Where’s Weed allows consumers to pre-order legal marijuana purchases through new online apps.

Where’s Weed, the largest online source for finding legal marijuana businesses, has announced the release of a new online pre-ordering platform through the website and newly launched mobile applications.

With the new platform, customers can quickly and safely pre-order legal marijuana with trusted businesses in their community. Within 60 seconds, customers can select products, upload medical verification and schedule a pick-up at their convenience.

LAS VEGAS -- DigiPath, Inc. (OTCBB and OTCQB: DIGP), the independent cannabis testing and media firm, has joined the Coalition for Responsible Cannabis Production (CRCP), a nationally focused industry standards and production protocols organization.

DigiPath and CRCP are currently collaborating with the Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG) and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to address public health and safety issues related to the cannabis industry.

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., -- The creators of Sprig -- the delicious, refreshing, THC-infused citrus soda -- announced that distribution of the product has begun in Southern California and is now available in select medical marijuana dispensaries. Sprig is the first scientifically made, low dose THC beverage in California. Sprig advocates a safe, social, light-use message for new and experienced cannabis consumers.

BuzzFeed is no stranger to criticism, and a lot of people steer clear of their content altogether. But that doesn’t change the fact that this is one of the most popular media sites in the world.

R.I. — The number of patients enrolled in the state's medical marijuana program has exploded in the past two and half years, more than doubling from 4,849 in 2013 to 11,620 today.

As of the beginning of this year, there were 684 physicians in the state providing certifications for medical marijuana patients, up from 512 in 2013, or a 33 percent increase over two years.

But while those numbers have skyrocketed, the number of people the state has devoted to the program's oversight — the licensing of patients and all those allowed to grow marijuana — has not changed.

Washington state regulators are tightening their grip on medical marijuana this week by targeting dubious patient authorizations. But some clinics say the changes, which begin Friday, will put them out of business.

The new Cannabis Patient Protection Act requires any health care provider who authorizes more than 30 medical cannabis patients in a month to report to the Department of Health.

Registration is now opened for the Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition (CWCBExpo) taking place September 16-18, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA.  CWCBExpo in LA is sponsored by the International Cannabis Association (ICA) and will be the leading event on the West Coast providing the latest information, resources and tools for producers, processors, dispensary owners, healthcare professionals, investors, lawyers as well as cannabis entrepreneurs. 

Inhaled cannabis can blunt the pain of diabetic neuropathy without seriously impairing cognitive function, a new study shows.

"The higher the dose, the more the pain relief," first author Mark Wallace, MD, told Medscape Medical News. "There was, however, a dose-dependent increase in euphoria."

The study is the first randomized controlled trial of inhaled cannabis for diabetic neuropathy pain, said Dr Wallace, chair of the Division of Pain Management at the University of California, San Diego. It was published in the July issue of the Journal of Pain.

Dozens of medical marijuana businesses in Las Vegas could face delays in their opening dates. The state isn’t rethinking the law that legalized the growth and sale of cannabis for patients’ use. Rather, it’s having trouble filling bureaucratic posts responsible for signing off on the dispensaries' compliance with that law.

After two recent employee departures, there are currently no inspectors based in Southern Nevada. In the meantime, one based in Northern Nevada has been traveling south when needed. The state is currently working to fill those vacancies.

Members of the medical marijuana industry are raising concerns about the turnover.

As a U.S. Army medic during the invasion of Iraq, Dante Cammarata was tasked with treating wounds, handing out pills and saving lives.

Back in the civilian world and grappling with his own less visible wounds, Cammarata, 34, says the cannabis plant probably saved his life.

Now the Olympia college student hopes to keep fellow veterans from taking their own lives by promoting marijuana as an alternative to prescription pills. By one estimate, post-traumatic stress disorder afflicts one in five Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.