All across the United States, tens of millions are getting ready to decide both the immediate and long-term future of cannabis legislation. Quite the contrary to the picture in the United Kingdom, lawmakers are putting it all in the hands of the people…as opposed to just making their minds up for them. Well, they are in nine US states, anyway, where both medical and recreational cannabis laws could be overhauled massively by the end of the year.

Carl Sagan was famous for intoning about “billions and billions” when describing how many stars, galaxies and planets existed in the cosmos. That mantra should be chanted by anyone trying to understand marijuana use and policy in the United States. In the aggregate, Americans report smoking pot about 4 billion days a year (totaling up all the days each individual reported pot use for that year). But under the assumptions that some people understate their marijuana use on government surveys and that some users smoke more than once a day, the true annual total of use episodes could easily exceed 10 billion.

Known for its healing properties, CBD concentrate or Cannabidiol is an absolute preventive medicine. A natural substance that is made or derived from the stems and roots of cannabis plant, CBD is no less than a medical wonder. The herb is being touted as the next big thing in the food supplement industry and is believed to have scope for a possible bigger medical application.

CBD concentrate is among the 85 chemical substances that are found with cannabis plant. CBD concentrate mainly comes in oil form as well wax form and is purely legal way of treating anxiety, muscle pain, spasm or various types of inflammatory diseases.

Edible weed makers want to take a bite out of the $5.4 billion legal marijuana industry in what seems like the most counterintuitive way possible: give people less pot.

Small-dose, or "microdosed," edibles make up one of the fastest rising sectors of the industry, according to a group of panelists at the recent New West Summit in San Francisco, California.

Billionaire and tech entrepreneur tells New West summit attendees marijuana should be decriminalized worldwide.

Renowned billionaire and tech entrepreneur Richard Branson told a room full of cannabis advocates he was simply in the mood to "take a spliff or two," and much of the world is ready to legally take some tokes, too.

"Why not?" the Virgin Group founder asked a crowd of about 1,000 people Saturday during the second annual New West Summit conference, "The Future of Cannabis, Now," in downtown San Francisco. 

Make Halloween horrifying again with these Donald Trump pumpkins.

So obviously “Trumpkins” are going to be YUGE for this Halloween. I mean, tremendous! So if you don’t want your Trumpkin to be a complete low energy loser like Jeb Bush or “Little Marco,” here are some tips:

First off, of course you’ll want to get an orange pumpkin. This part should be relatively easy.

When you do the mouth, try to make it look as much like an angry anus with teeth as possible.

I guarantee your Trumpkin will be amazing!

Cedella Marley’s voice has an intoxicating Jamaica lilt, the sound of a heritage she has long shared with fans of her late father, Bob Marley. Cedella is the eldest child of the legendary reggae artist and spiritual leader of cannabis culture.

More than 35 years after his death, Cedella and the Marley family have jumped into the cannabis business in partnership with Seattle-based Privateer Holdings. They are launching Marley Natural, a line of hemp body products, elegant black walnut accessories and smartly packaged bud — what the superstar called “the herb.”

“We’re very excited to bring Marley Natural to Canada,” said Marley.

The marijuana grow-light story sits at the intersection of semiconductor cost curves, cutting-edge indoor botany, utility efficiency incentives, outlaw pot growers, and the slow societal acceptance of a newly legal intoxicant.

And it's a very big business.

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) issued a formal statement calling for the rescheduling of marijuana and called for more research to determine its safety and effectiveness this week.

The organization notes that there is a lack of evidence regarding the long-term effects of marijuana use, and overlapping state and federal laws create huge obstacles for physicians who may want to prescribe it.  Under the current federal law, clinical research on marijuana is hindered, and physicians are faced with difficult ethical and legal questions.

“Many patients could potentially benefit from its use,” said ASRA Board member Samer Narouze, MD, PhD. “Neuropathic pain is probably the indication with the most convincing clinical evidence,” he said.

A new Wikileaks e-mail leak shows how presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was prepared to respond to certain marijuana-related questions in the most recent debate, including her position on whether banks should be allowed to do business with marijuana companies. The e-mails were part of a hack of John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chair.

One of the e-mails states:

“If pressed: what about marijuana banking restrictions – should we let marijuana businesses access banking services?