Last night as a guest on The Late Show, Whoopi Goldberg was able to talk about her newest Marijuana endeavor. Back in March, it was announced the she would begin selling Marijuana product to help with women’s menstrual cramps. She had a chance to speak more on the new company’s focus, and wanted people to know it will not get you high.

Montel Williams is launching his very own line of medical marijuana.

The former TV talk show host announced his new medical marijuana line, LenitivLabs, in a press release and opened up more about his new products Thursday during a cannabis convention in Los Angeles.

Stanford engineers are hitting the breaks on driving under the influence of marijuana with a roadside device that can tell whether someone’s too stoned to be behind the wheel.

Their new “potalyzer” applies the same magnetic nanotechnology used in cancer screenings to detect THC molecules in saliva after someone lights up, and to also measure the concentration of the drug in someone’s spit.

Deep into the looong November ballot, many voters will be sorting through a typical mix of school bond measures, sales tax hikes and the like. But this year, in dozens of cities and counties in California, communities will also face pivotal questions about the future of marijuana.

A campaign to legalize recreational cannabis statewide has dominated the political debate over weed this year. Less noticed, and in some respects more significant, is a proliferation of local ballot measures that will help determine whether, where and at what cost cannabis products will be available – regardless of the outcome of the state vote.

There is no doubt that the legal cannabis business is booming. In August, the Oregon Department of Revenue announced that it had collected more than $25 million in taxes on cannabis sales in the first six months of 2016. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) had previously estimated only $18.4 million in taxes in the entire first two years of sales. That means so far this year Oregonians and our visitors have consumed more than five times the amount of legal cannabis than the state expected.

1000’s of individuals descended upon downtown Los Angeles for an enormous marijuana expo.

The Hashish World Congress and Enterprise Exposition goals to coach these interested by becoming a member of or networking with the cannabis trade.

Many gathered on the Los Angeles Conference Middle to have the ability to speak to attorneys, docs and advocates about cannabis-based companies.

A lot of the speak additionally circulated round Proposition 64, which might make recreation marijuana authorized in California.

The measure shall be on the Nov. eight poll. A number of advocates spoke in favor of the invoice, together with Montel Williams.

Justin Shepherd, a former employee at a Kohl's in Calfornia, is suing the department store chain for wrongful termination. Shepherd says he worked at Kohl's for years before he was diagnosed with acute and chronic anxiety. Shepherd received a recommendation for medical marijuana from his doctor. Shepherd didn't notify the company that he had started to use it for his illness, but in 2012 Kohl's its personnel policies to include exceptions to its drug testing for employees in certain states, like California.

Deep into the looong November ballot, many voters will be sorting through a typical mix of school bond measures, sales tax hikes and the like. But this year, in dozens of cities and counties in California, communities will also face pivotal questions about the future of marijuana.

A campaign to legalize recreational cannabis statewide has dominated the political debate over weed this year. Less noticed, and in some respects more significant, is a proliferation of local ballot measures that will help determine whether, where and at what cost cannabis products will be available – regardless of the outcome of the state vote.

A brother and sister duo are the brains behind the newest arena of hedge fund management; legal cannabis-focused funds.

Morgan and Emily Paxhia lost their father to cancer in 1996, and at the time treatment via medical cannabis was mostly illegal and socially unaccepted.

The experience compelled them to jump into the marijuana space as both investors and advocates – Yahoo Business reports.

In a blip in time, marijuana’s image has been rebranded from sketchy to consumer-friendly, largely thanks to female executives disassociating the plant’s positive attributes from its historically bad rap. Women dominate from a consumer standpoint, too—from Apothecanna’s ganja-infused moisturizers to Whoopi & Maya’s THC-laced bath soaks, it seems there are no lucrative opportunities left unturned. In the midst of this canna-commodity boom, one company is gaining an edge by taking marijuana a little farther south than it’s used to.