Marijuana

Nicholas Hohns shows off a tray of strawberry-lemon CBD gummies at his Deutermann Farms kitchen in Clayton, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

A $28B hemp THC industry is fighting to save itself from a looming federal ban

By Gene Johnson

October 3, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

The ban “threatens to reduce retail revenues by $28.3 billion, displacing 225,000 jobs and reducing...

A pedestrian crosses East Ontario Street at North Fairbanks Court in Chicago in 2018. The building at left contains 620 N. Fairbanks Ct., where cannabis store Guaranteed Dispensary opened late in 2025. (Jośe M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Judge upholds permit for controversial cannabis shop in Streeterville

By Robert McCoppin

September 10, 2026 at 4:20 p.m.

A judge upheld Chicago's permit for a controversial cannabis store in Streeterville, despite new evidence...

A Chicago resident shows a marijuana plant growing outdoors at her home garden on Aug. 19, 2026. The resident, who has a medical cannabis card, is currently growing four plants in her backyard to cultivate for personal use. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Illinois regulators propose allowing licensed cannabis producers to grow outdoors

By Robert McCoppin

August 20, 2026 at 6:10 p.m.

In a major reversal, Illinois regulators have proposed letting cannabis companies grow cannabis outdoors.

House postpones vote to decriminalize marijuana until after election

By Contributed Content

September 18, 2020 at 1:29 p.m.

WASHINGTON - House Democrats' plan to vote on legislation decriminalizing marijuana before the November election...

Robin Boyd places items into a neighbor's shopping cart, including produce donated by an area group for distribution from her business, The Scentuary, Sept. 17, 2020, in Chicago. The South Shore neighborhood business owner is working with a group called Southshore Restore to establish a cannabis dispensary in the area.

‘If someone with experience can’t get this license, who can?’ Illinois governor’s team to meet with critics of marijuana licensing process.

By Robert McCoppin

September 18, 2020 at 1:45 p.m.

Amid a flurry of complaints that the marijuana licensing process is flawed, Gov. J.B. Pritzker's...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks May 20, 2020, in Springfield.

‘If someone with experience can’t get this license, who can?’ Pritzker’s team to meet with critics of marijuana licensing process

By Robert McCoppin

September 17, 2020 at 4:15 p.m.

Amid a flurry of complaints that the marijuana licensing process is flawed, Gov. J.B. Pritzker's...

Study finds dramatic increases in vaping marijuana, nicotine among young adults

By Detroit News

September 17, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The number of young adults in the U.S. who are vaping...

Martha Stewart, blissed out on CBD, is doing just fine

By The New York Times

September 18, 2020 at 1:28 p.m.

"Have you tasted them yet?" Martha Stewart asked. She was standing in her kitchen in...

Trump and Biden: Two profiles in cowardice on marijuana

By George Liebmann

September 18, 2020 at 1:32 p.m.

Since the beginnings of the drug war, national policy on marijuana has been essentially frozen....

An employee tends to marijuana plants in a room in Simsbury's Curaleaf cultivation facility, where marijuana is grown. A new study by a UConn economist says legalizing recreational marijuana in Connecticut would generate between $784 million and $952 million in new state tax revenue over five years..

Study: Legal marijuana in Connecticut would raise between $784M and $952M in state taxes in first five years

By Christopher Keating

September 17, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

A new study by a UConn economist says legalizing recreational marijuana in Connecticut would generate...

The August Complex Fire has burned through more than 1,100 square miles (2,850 square kilometers) across five counties in Northern California and is on a westward path that threatens the rugged and famed Emerald Triangle.

California blaze threatens ‘Emerald Triangle’ marijuana zone

By Associated Press

September 15, 2020 at 2:07 p.m.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The largest wildfire in California history is threatening the country's...

Column: Is enduring justice for medical marijuana coming soon?

By David Hodes

September 15, 2020 at 1:43 p.m.

A medical marijuana case questioning the constitutionality of the DEA's scheduling of medical marijuana had...

Marijuana shops in Illinois sold nearly $64 million in recreational weed during August, topping the previous record set in July by more than $3 million.

Illinois recreational marijuana sales hit nearly $64 million in August, marking a new record

By baiduhai

September 17, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

Marijuana shops in Illinois sold nearly $64 million in recreational weed during August, topping the...