Medical Marijuana

News4’s Juliana Valencia goes inside one of D.C.’s first medical marijuana dispensaries as the city holds a tax holiday.

The District is making it cheaper and easier to get medical marijuana this week. News4’s Mark Segraves reports this comes as the medical marijuana industry in D.C. is being hurt by competition.

In an effort to get more people back to its medical marijuana dispensaries, D.C. has implemented a tax holiday.

In a narrow vote, the D.C. Council failed to approve emergency legislation that would lift the requirement of seeing a doctor before being able to purchase medical marijuana.

Medical marijuana products purchased at any of D.C.’s seven licensed dispensaries will be exempt from the 6% sales tax.

The catalysts for cannabis stocks are adding up, with risk appetites returning and the SAFE Act back on the table in Congress, ETF managers say.

Cannabis ETF manager Tim Seymour shares his 2022 forecast for the rapidly growing industry as U.S. legalization hangs in the balance.

A Massachusetts cannabis company is celebrating National Brownie Day on Wednesday with what it believes is the “largest THC-infused brownie ever made.” MariMed Inc. said the massive confection is 3-feet-by-3-feet square and 15 inches tall, weighs 850 pounds, and contains 20,000 mg of THC. The brownie was also made to celebrate the launch of the company’s new line of cannabis-infused…

Cannabis stocks could be primed for upside as several catalysts align for the industry, says Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF (CNBS) portfolio manager Tim Seymour.

Earnings, consolidation, technicals and the macro layout should all be on cannabis investors’ radars heading into the fourth quarter, Tim Seymour says.

The University of Maryland graduated its first class in a masters’ program that studies medical marijuana in May. The program is the first of its kind in the nation.

This degree could help medical professionals, chemists and those who aim to work in marijuana-related policy, to understand the effects of the drug. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Before Matt Gaetz rose to national prominence as an ardent backer of Donald Trump, the now-Florida congressman carved out an unusual reputation as a Republican state lawmaker who wanted to liberalize marijuana laws

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A mom and her two daughters took the cannabis industry by storm when they became the first women-owned marijuana business in New York. Their company, Etain, supplies medical marijuana but may branch out once recreational weed is approved in the state. Co-founder Hillary Peckham talked to NBCLX about the personal reason her mom got into the business and how they...

Light up! A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a big step forward Tuesday as five more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

A former state lawmaker who helped create Maryland’s medical marijuana industry has been sentenced to two years in prison for taking bribes for legislative favors

Registered marijuana dispensaries in D.C. can offer delivery service, curbside pickup and at-the-door pickup starting Tuesday amid the coronavirus crisis, the mayor and health department announced.  The temporary order by the mayor is “necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare” of medical marijuana patients as they abide by D.C.’s stay-at-home order and adhere to social distancing guidelines, the...

A Colorado girl with a rare form of epilepsy whose recovery inspired the name of a medical marijuana oil that drew families to the state has died.

As more states legalize pot for either recreational or medicinal purposes, people trying to buy it legally are still faced with a big obstacle. News4’s Mark Segraves explains.