In a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday, a pair of executives for New Jersey cannabis company CanaFarma Corp. are accused of defrauding investors out of at least $4 million. Vitaly Fargesen, CanaFarma senior vice president of strategic planning, and Igor Palatnik,...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday signed a bill that stands to dramatically expand the state’s hemp industry by legalizing retail sales of a wide range of consumable products derived from the plant. Until now, the lack of explicit regulations has inhibited...

The evolution of the legal marijuana industry over the last decade is among the most striking social and cultural changes in recent memory. After decades of prohibition, today 36 states have legalized marijuana use for medical purposes, with 18 states permitting...

Hemp growers in Massachusetts can now sell hemp extracts and smokable flowers to the state’s more than 200 licensed marijuana retailers, a move that should allow MJ stores to serve a wider selection of consumers. A new rule that took effect Monday gives Massachusetts...

On Oct. 1, the opening of River Valley Relief Cultivation on Old Greenwood Road will give the River Valley its first medical marijuana growing facility.  Scott Hardin, director of communications for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, said Amendment...

Latin American businesses and governments are seeing the marketing and export potentials of an incipient liberalization of marijuana laws in the region. But to really cash in, it must be an investment in more than the raw material. After his stint at Stanford...