Medical marijuana is one step closer to reality in New Hampshire.

The first applicants to open medical marijuana facilities in New Hampshire have been approved by the state, but it will likely be months before they open.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that Prime Alternative Treatment Centers of New Hampshire, Temescal Wellness, Inc., and Sanctuary ATC were selected to begin the post-selection registration process.

These three companies, chosen from a pool of 14 applicants, will be able to operate four medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state.

As a kid, summer camp consisted of canoeing around a lake, perhaps practicing archery in a field, and of course the familiar scent of bonfire mixed with the unmistakable odor of bug spray. Summer camp as an adult is basically the same, except it also smells like marijuana, if you're headed to this particular camp in Colorado.

This is a marijuana update.

Legal marijuana sales continue to draw national attention. BloombergBusiness recently estimated that the industry’s revenues are nearly $3 billion annually – almost all in cash.

In the places where marijuana is legal, more and more children are being accidentally exposed to their parents' drugs, a new study found.

The good news is that it is still rare for children to be exposed to marijuana when they are younger than 6 — but the trend is not exactly heading in the right direction.

Marijuana is legal now in more places than ever, and as a result, the number of reports that children have accidentally ingested or inhaled the drug is increasing.

The new study, published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, analyzed figures from the National Poison Data System, which is the clearinghouse for data from all of the poison control centers in the United States. The data in the study covered 2000 to 2013.

As marijuana brownies become more common in American households, will more young kids be accidentally eating them? (Getty)

With over a dozen states relaxing medical marijuana laws and Colorado and Washington legalizing recreational use, the likelihood of U.S. children encountering pot at home is increasing.

As marijuana becomes more prevalent throughout the United States, researchers at Ohio’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital wondered whether more children are accidentally ingesting the substance. Small and curious kids love to stuff whatever they might find around the house into their mouths, whether it’s a refrigerator magnet or big brother’s Lego piece. Are kids popping pot brownies?

Connecticut now has more than 4,000 registered medical marijuana patients, new figures from the state Department of Consumer Protection show.

The Medical Marijuana Program, which began last fall, had 4,097 registered patients as of June 5, up from 3,600 in April and 2,300 in September.

The number of registered patients, while steadily increasing, is still far below the 20,000, by one manufacturer's estimate, who could be served by the four medical marijuana manufacturers and six dispensaries.

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Why the US Shares Responsibility for the 'Mexican Drug War' And Its Atrocities

The following is an excerpt from A Narco History: How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the "Mexican Drug War"  by Carmen Boullosa and Mike Wallace (OR Books, 2015):

The term “Mexican Drug War” is a misnomer, as the phenomenon to which it refers was a joint construction by Mexico and the United States, erected over the last hundred years. If that’s true, then it suggests that ending the “war” would likely require a joint effort from both sides of the border. Are there any signs of this happening?

CannaCamp includes special weed-and-cuisine pairing dinners and cannabis yoga classes

If vacation is about serious chillaxing and getting away from it all, CannaCamp may be just the ticket for some travelers. The ranch, now accepting reservations, claims to be America’s first “cannabis resort,” where vacationers can toke up without fear—and in plenty of company.

Always on the lookout for ways investors are participating the cannabis space, today we are taking a look at a publicly traded company that, on the surface, offers a unique access point. Rather than a recommendation for or against the companies mentioned here, consider this a case study on the intricacies and pitfalls of small cap stock investing in general, especially in areas like cannabis where “alternative financing” is often the only kind a company can obtain.