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A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for helping to run a large-scale marijuana growing operation that used his family’s plumbing business as a front. Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old Thomas Laverty, of Clinton, was also sentenced Tuesday to eight years of probation and ordered to pay $3,100 in restitution. He was convicted in January 2020 after…

The Dallas Mavericks star forward will take an executive role with the sports nutrition company, joining NFL star Patrick Mahomes on BioSteel’s athlete roster.

Parallel CEO Beau Wrigley told CNBC that it is a good time for the cannabis company to go public, noting that “it’s a time for consolidation in the industry

Actor and marijuana enthusiast Seth Rogen is bringing his cannabis and lifestyle brand, Houseplant, once available only north of the border in Canada, to the United States.

Marijuana sales skyrocketed in Massachusetts last year as more retail stores opened up, and as it became easier to get, a growing number of people are using it to cope with COVID.

Mikayla Bell of New England Treatment Access answers some common questions about buying marijuana from recreational and medical dispensaries in Massachusetts, also giving helpful tips for new users.

Dr. Jordan Tischler, a cannabis specialist with Inhale MD, answers the top 10 questions patients have asked him about using marijuana medicinally.

Canopy Growth shares rallied Tuesday after the Canadian cannabis company said it expects to be profitable by the second half of 2022.

The 45-second Super Bowl commercial features Martha Stewart and John Travolta.

Many states have legalized marijuana to some degree. A trio of senators wants to repeal the federal cannabis prohibition and provide relief for pot convictions.

Every ballot measure involving the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana passed in 2020. Marijuana may now be one of the truly bipartisan issues in the U.S.

The United States Coast Guard pulled into Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with $400 million worth of cocaine and marijuana. The drugs were confiscated in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.

The ex-chief of staff to a former Massachusetts mayor has pleaded guilty to extortion, bribery and other charges in a federal public corruption case.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $45.9 billion state budget on Friday that will not raise broad-based taxes and reflects a more optimistic view of state finances than once feared early in the pandemic. But Baker sent back with amendments a key section of the legislation that would expand access to abortion. Baker, a pro-choice Republican, said he supports many…

Richard DeLisi is a free man after serving 31 years of a 90-year sentence for selling marijuana

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, rapper and global business mogul, adds a premium cannabis brand, Monogram, to his portfolio.

Potatoes and wild blueberries are two of the agricultural products Maine is most known for. Now, there might be a big green addition to that list. Medical marijuana sales from January to October 2020 alone were roughly $222 million, according to new data from Maine’s Department of Administrative and Financial Services. And The Portland Press Herald obtained data from Maine…

Maine has a new top crop, and it’s not potatoes or blueberries, it’s marijuana.

The House passed the MORE Act, which would decriminalize cannabis and marks the first time that Congress has ever voted on the issue.

The bill, which comes as more states legalize recreational marijuana, aims to curb the damage done to Black Americans by cannabis convictions.