As cannabis legalization draws closer to becoming law in Canada, the University of Ottawa says its time to start preparing Canadian lawyers to tackle the new rules and regulations for recreational marijuana, writes Calvin Hughes.

Travelers hoping to take advantage of the Netherlands’ lax weed laws during their next visit may want to rethink their itinerary.

Several cities across the marijuana-friendly country recently have taken steps to limit the public use of cannabis.

This week, The Hague became the first Dutch city to ban it in the city center, the central train station, and major shopping areas.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. ("Aurora" or the "Company") (TSX: ACB) (OTCQB: ACBFF) (Frankfurt: 21P; WKN: A1C4WM) today announced it is acquiring approximately 71 acres of land in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where the Company intends shortly to commence construction on a new high-technology hybrid greenhouse cannabis production facility.

To this end, the Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the City of Medicine Hat, concerning terms and a general understanding of potential transactions, including a prospective 10-year, 42 MW energy supply agreement.

Strainprint, the leader in cannabis data & analytics, is pleased to announce that Dr. Caroline MacCallum, Dr. Danial Schecter and Dr. Dean Elterman have joined its Board of Medical Advisors. Strainprint works closely with its medical advisors to support patients, enhance research and to advance the scientific understanding of cannabinoid therapy.

With over 400,000 medical records and almost 7 million data points, and growing, Strainprint is the most trusted source for strain efficacy and patient use data. Dr. MacCallum and Dr. Schecter will jointly lead Strainprint's Medical Advisory Board as Co-chairs and Dr. Elterman will focus on specific cannabinoid studies through the University Health Network.

2018 is set to be the year of extending the beauty boundaries with the rise of body part specific masks for the décolletage, arms and breasts, silk cocoon finger balls that you place on your fingertips to help with exfoliation and one of the hottest ingredient trends on the radar this year, cannabis.

A lot of this has to do with the legalisation of cannabis in anumber of states in the US: nine to be exact States - Alaska, California (the first state to do so in 1996), Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington have legalised cannabis’s recreational use and a further 29 states have legalised it for medical use.

Long, white, and hairy. Healthy roots result in bigger yields for marijuana gardens.

One of the single most important factors of how well a marijuana plant will grow, and how much it can yield, is the health and strength of its root system.

Below the surface of your growing medium, the root mass is comprised of a tangled web of roots that store sugars and starches (cannabis plant food) and transport needed minerals to the plant. The marijuana plants roots are covered in millions of small hairs that absorb water and minerals from the surrounding root zone.

Walk into a medical marijuana dispensary in New Jersey and the first thing to hit you is the stink.

Weed’s scent is a sour blast that seems to reek of citrus, diesel, and skunk. At the Garden State Dispensary in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, charcoal air purifiers — encased in gleaming steel and larger than jet engines — are strategically placed through the facility. It’s hard to say whether their presence tempers the odor, which is generated by thousands of cannabis plants growing under lights in the same building.

Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA) announced today that its subsidiary Dixie Botanicals™, one of the most recognizable cannabis brands in the world, has appointed Brent Albin as Director of Sales and Marketing.

Denver’s licensing department on Friday released the final adopted rules that business wanting to allow the social use of marijuana in their buildings will have to adhere to in order to get a permit.

Denver voters approved Initiative 300 last November, which opens up the possibility for the existence of the clubs. The city, state and local organizations have been hammering out exactly what requirements the businesses have to follow since.