MedicalMarijuana

A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists.

Last week, a new bill was introduced by lawmakers that would remove the federal ban on marijuana and let states produce, regulate and tax it. Though it's unclear how much traction the bill will achieve, it shifts the debate from a moral to an economic one and raises a number of questions about consumer safety.

Maybe the Ganja Gourmet should consider franchises in nearby Washington state. Lawmakers in the Evergreen State are considering legalizing and regulating marijuana. Two dozen other states are considering bills that will allow medical marijuana and make "small" amounts of the magic weed legal. "In...

What do you get when you mix the culinary skills of Emeril Lagasse with a favorite ooey-gooey treat of the 70s (AKA pot-laced brownies)? The Ganja Gourmet, of course. Now those with a prescription for cannabis don't have to limit their choices to smoking or brownies. A Denver entrepreneur has...

Although California has a huge population of residents carrying prescriptions for medical marijuana, the social stigma attached to the drug has led the elderly to be very hesitant about adopting it as a palliative for age-related problems such as loss of appetite, nausea and chronic pain. Now...

Voting ends today in Oakland, Calif. on a measure to create a new business category, for the first time officially recognizing medical marijuana dispensaries as a business class of their own. The measure would also impose a 1.8% business tax as a percentage of sales. Heretofore, these shops were...