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Cashing in on the weed industry

Health & Medicine

Thousands of visitors converged on the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center this week for the sixth annual Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo.

a soldier and policeman face a field with their backs to the camera

Is medical marijuana the antidote to Lebanon’s trade deficit?

Smoke rises above a crowd assembled in front of the Ottawa government building

Move over gummy bears. Soon, you can drink weed in Canada.

According to the State Department Jamaica is the largest Caribbean supplier of illegal pot to the United States.

Jamaica wants in on the booming marijuana market. But will farmers be able to cash in?

Economics
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Medical marijuana legalized in Peru

Global Politics
Pot farm

Italy’s army enters the marijuana business

Global Scan

Italy recently allowed the chronically sick to purchase marijuana for medicinal purposes. But the country’s supply has been severely constrained. Now the army is stepping in. Meanwhile, in Canada, the elk supply is anything but constrained and that’s a problem. And President Barack Obama may have to ally with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.

The World

You get your soda from a vending machine, so why not your medical marijuana?

Health & Medicine

Canada is making it a whole lot easier to get medical marijuana. Think vending machines.

The World

You get your soda from a vending machine, so why not your medical marijuana?

Health & Medicine

Canada is making it a whole lot easier to get medical marijuana. Think vending machines.

The World

Could legalizing medical marijuana boost the economy?

Conflict & Justice

So who benefits financially from the legalization of marijuana? And could legalizing and taxing the drug be a good way to boost local and state economies? Ryan Nerz joins us now to talk about these issues.

Sebastian Castro teaches a workshop on how to plant marijuana from trimmings in preparation for the new rules that would allow consumers to have up to 6 plants at home if they get licensed.

Pot growers in Uruguay come out of the shadows

Global Politics

Last December, Uruguay became the first country to regulate the sale and production of marijuana, from seed to smoke. Now, people who were growing pot illegally are preparing to start legitimate businesses.