Cannabis

And the world is embracing cannabis more and more. It’s likely that every November election in America from now until 2030 will include new states in the Union adopting legal cannabis.

In this economy, everyone’s looking for jobs wherever they can find them, no matter how unorthodox the job description may be.

It is sure to be a study that drug warriors will grasp onto in their efforts to keep the  War on Drugs alive and (barely) kicking.

New York is looking at $3.1 billion market if the state legalizes recreational marijuana. That's according to NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Governor Tom Wolf announced this week that eight medical schools—including the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Penn State College of Medicine—have been approved by the state to conduct medical marijuana research.

The cannabis industry is unfurling fast and part of its momentum is due to the tech world’s involvement.

In December 2015, with much fanfare and political grandstanding, the Pittsburgh City Council announced it had passed an ordinance decriminalizing cannabis.

Oprah loves her weed, or at least that's what close friend Gayle King says. During an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, King said that she's never smoked marijuana before but that Oprah has done so in the past.

In the Estonian language, the literal translation of the word "cannabis" is "kanepi". Earlier this week, the rural Estonian town named Kanepi voted to adopt a marijuana leaf as its official logo.

In New York, it's getting real. You can almost taste it. Cannabis legalization appears to be getting closer to reality.