Genetically modified purple tomatoes bound for fruit shops after regulator approval

The purple tomato was altered to make it taste better and boost nutrition.

Smoke and mirrors: How intoxicating hemp seeped into the first recreational marijuana market in the country

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. The owner of a marijuana ...
The Associated Press

Bring the desert’s warmth indoors this winter with big, bold succulents

Shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants in shades of green, red and purple are pretty much all most people know about indoor ...

We tested vapes in Colorado for signs of hemp. This is what we found.

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Leaders in the Colorado ...
Science Daily

Cannabis pangenome reveals potential for medicinal and industrial use

Scientists analyzed almost 200 cannabis genomes to create the most comprehensive, high-quality, detailed genetic atlas of the plant to date. The atlas reveals unprecedented diversity and complexity ...
San Jose Inside

How Purple Lotus Became One of San Jose’s Most Beloved Family-Owned Dispensaries

Purple Lotus is a family-owned San Jose dispensary known for community service, fair pricing and a people-first approach to ...
Yahoo

Cannabis plants seized in city drug raid

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 70 cannabis plants were found at a property in Nunts Park Avenue in Coventry [West Midlands Police] A cannabis farm ...
Boston Herald

Massachusetts police chief warns of marijuana grow homes after ‘large-scale’ operation busted

A Massachusetts police chief is warning about the dangers of illegal marijuana cultivation facilities after his local department started making arrests in connection with a “large-scale growing ...
Phys.org

Origins of THC, CBD and CBC in cannabis revealed

Where do the well-known cannabis compounds THC, CBD and CBC come from? Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have experimentally demonstrated for the first time how cannabis acquired the ...
OPB

Some cannabis works about as well as ibuprofen against chronic pain, OHSU-led review finds

A systematic review of studies evaluating cannabis as a pain treatment concluded that some cannabis products do likely work to reduce chronic pain a little bit. The overall reduction in pain was small ...
Reason

Trump's Marijuana Order Vindicates Longstanding Criticism of the Plant's Legal Classification

Nearly four decades ago, Francis Young, chief administrative law judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), concluded that marijuana did not belong in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances ...
The New York Times

Why the New Cannabis Classification Matters

Moving cannabis to a category of drugs that includes some common medicines will have implications for research, businesses and patients. By Jan Hoffman President Trump on Thursday ordered cannabis to ...