In December last year, US President Donald Trump raised some eyebrows when he signed the 2018 Farm Bill — a bill including the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, which sees hemp officially removed from the Controlled Substances Act.

In short, this means that hemp can now be regulated as an agricultural crop, representing a major win for hemp growers and hemp CBD companies (CBD stands for cannabidiol — you can learn how CBD interacts with the body here).

Cannabis may be legal in California, but the new rules of the road are so confusing that even former California Highway Patrol officers are struggling with them.

That became clear on a September morning when a pair of former CHP officers who now run a licensed cannabis distribution business found themselves arrested after a traffic stop on Interstate 5 in Stanislaus County.

Rick Barry, 48, and Brian Clemann, 47, were released from custody in Merced hours later, but the CHP kept the $257,000 the two men were transporting and handed it over the the Department of Homeland Security, according to a lawsuit filed in Merced County Superior Court.

The Maryland General Assembly is back in session, and the state’s education needs could mean that cannabis legalization will be a major policy contender in 2019. Several lawmakers recently voiced their concerns about Maryland’s education funding — or lack thereof — and some are weighing all viable options to get the necessary resources.

Today is Martin Luther King Day, a holiday to celebrate one of the great Civil Rights leaders in U.S. history. And while America has made progress on many of the issues King fought for, there are other issues that still need to be addressed. And one of the biggest violations of American civil rights is the War on Drugs, writes Joseph Misulonas.

Here are five ways the War on Drugs violates civil rights.

As lawmakers and state agencies craft legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in New York, industry experts and market analysts say the move would create a lucrative market that could quickly exceed $1 billion and offer a profitable alternative crop for farmers across the state

If New York legalizes cannabis and begins retail sales within 12 months after the legislation, demand for cannabis could exceed $1.3 billion in the first year of sales, according to John Kagia, the executive vice president of industry analytics for New Frontier Data, an analytics firm that specializes in the cannabis industry.

Customers are raving about the new slices at Pizza City in Fort Lauderdale — especially the marinara sauce, which is infused with cannabidiol, aka CBD oil, the trendy but controversial compound commonly found in marijuana.