Recreational Marijuana

Medipharm Labs Corp (OTC: MLCPF) has announced that its subsidiary has received a sales license from Health Canada that allows it to start delivering products based on previously established supply agreements. What Happened Medipharm Labs, a Canadian company that specializes in production...

Cannabis stocks were trading mostly higher Wednesday after voters in Michigan OK'ed recreational marijuana, while medical marijuana measures were approved in Utah and Missouri. Investors who take this as a positive signal for every publicly traded cannabis stock may want to reconsider,...

The unbelievable run in Tilray Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY) found a new gear Wednesday when the stock traded up more than 50 percent after the company's Tuesday announcement that it had gained approval from the DEA to import marijuana to the U.S. Another huge day put Tilray stock up a...

Beverage companies aren't usually associated with disruption and innovation, but at least two names deserve credit for their recent M&A deals: PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) and Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ), according to CNBC's Jim Cramer. PepsiCo PepsiCo's acquisition of...

Residents of California could be heading to the voting polls in November to decide the legal status of recreational marijuana. According to Reuters, the proposed "Adult Use of Marijuana Act" would make it legal for individuals over the age of 21 to possess up to one ounce of marijuana for personal...

April 20 of each year marks a celebration for marijuana enthusiasts, despite the herb still being illegal in most of the country. For investors, what this means is until marijuana becomes legalized at the federal level, you'll be hard pressed to find many pot stocks trading in New York....

The ingestion of marijuana has been associated with the "munchies" for decades, historically characterized as the consumption of junk food because of almost uncontrollable cravings ("appetite stimulant") ignited by the medicinal and recreational plant. That link seems...

For months now, Colorado has been reaping the economic fruits of the state's legalization of recreational marijuana use for adults. Denver, Colorado's largest city and home to the majority of the state's cannabis dispensaries, has been enjoying a variety of financial benefits,...

Editor's note on July 28, 2015: Dr. Marlon Fuller is no longer affiliated with BudgetWeed.com. BudgetWeed.com is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based cannabis industry product and service locater. The website, according to its founder and CEO Dr. Marlon Fuller is “a fusion between Yelp and...

Leslie Bocskor is one of the legal cannabis industry's high-profile personalities. Based in Las Vegas, he is founder of Electrum Partners, a group that develops expansion strategies for the marijuana market. He's also founding chairman of the Nevada Cannabis Industry Association. How did...

Benzinga spoke with Alan Brochstein, founder of 420 Investor, earlier this week at the Cannabis Business Summit in Denver. Brochstein shared his insights about the burgeoning marijuana industry and the future of publicly-traded stocks within the sector. In the second and final part of this...

Colorado Approved The Largest State Funded MJ Resarch Grant Ever A new grant system in Colorado is handing out up to $9 million in funding for medical marijuana research. This will be the largest state funded research product on the plant, and Dr. Larry Wolk, executive director and chief...

In a move that has surprised some Capitol Hill observers, the Republican-controlled House voted early Friday to block the Justice Department from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. The amendment passed by a vote of 219 to 189. It was attached to fiscal 2015 funding measures for a...

New Study Links Casual Marijuana Use To Brain Abnormalities A study conducted at Northwestern University links casual, recreational marijuana use to abnormalities in key regions of the brain. The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, focused on 20 causal smokers and 20 non-smokers...

There are a lot of explanations for the stoner term, “420.” Some people say it represents 4:20 p.m., the time immediately after classes when a group of California high school students in the 1970s used to gather to get high. Whatever its origins, 420 has entered the U.S. lexicon as a reference...