Her long brown hair hangs over her face, her big brown eyes full of wonder, she has an ease about her which she’ll tell you doesn’t come easy.

At first glance, she doesn’t look like a mom of three. On most days, if it’s not the baby tugging on her leg, it’s her toddler but she’s learned to keep moving by wrapping the baby on her back, carrying the toddler and guiding her eldest.

The injection of modern technology into the developing world of cannabis and legal medical marijuana is helping the industry climb to new heights and increase engagement with consumers, especially when it comes to cannabis patients in the medical facet of the industry. The synergy created between modern technology and the explosive cannabis industry is allowing leaders in marijuana to leverage consumer technology engagement for companies such as Reliq Health Technologies Inc. (OTC: RQHTF) (TSX-V: RHT), Acology Inc. (OTC: ACOL), Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTC: CBIS), Lifestyle Delivery Systems Inc (OTC: LDSYF) and mCig, Inc., (OTC: MCIG)  

With multi-state legalization and expanding marijuana approvals, the substance is being actively explored for usage in medicines. An industry report predicts that the cannabis pharmaceutical sector could represent 10% of the overall specialty pharmaceutical market by 2020 and balloon to $20 billion.

Among more than 100 active cannabinoids found in cannabis, cannabidiol (CBD) is of primary interest, as its medical benefits appear promising without the severe side effects found in another cannabinoid called THC.

Here is a list of top innovative usages of the substance to treat various health conditions.

Lawmakers have introduced two bills aimed at doing just that.

New York could be one of the next states to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

State lawmakers recently submitted two bills -- A3506 and S3040 – aimed at creating a system that would allow marijuana to be taxed and regulated in a manner similar to alcoholic beverages.

Want to know how to grow weed safely? Soon you’ll be able to ask the Colorado Department of Agriculture.

The agency is moving past years of skepticism on regulating marijuana. Agriculture officials are telling other states what they’ve learned about regulating a plant that is illegal under federal law.

The department is also working on the world’s first government-produced guidelines on how to grow weed.

Pot’s commercial popularity has forced state agriculture officials to stop considering marijuana a running joke and start thinking of it as a commercial crop in need of regulation.

Colorado sold about a billion dollars’ worth of marijuana last year, making it a cash crop, the same as many others.

A fresh way to consume cannabis is gaining fans in California.

Pot-laced mints that contain as little as 2.5 milligrams of THC, the chemical compound in marijuana that makes users high, began cropping up on dispensary shelves last fall and are gaining favor among users who want to avoid smoking or over-dosing on edibles.

"People who quote-unquote 'don't smoke weed' will definitely eat a cannabis-infused mint," Jim Patterson, CEO of marijuana delivery service Eaze (also known as the "Uber for weed"), tells Business Insider.

The signs that marijuana has moved mainstream are everywhere. With a majority of Americans supporting cannabis legalization, medical marijuana enjoying supermajority support, electoral victories across the nation

As marijuana consumption grows with expanding legalization, most users still want to be discreet about their practices. Entrepreneurs are helping these customers keep their cannabis consumption under the radar, and to connect them unobtrusively to retailers and like-minded users.

Tyrone woman living in Los Angeles with son says she does not want to be criminalised.

A Co Tyrone woman whose son with epilepsy is being treated with medicinal cannabis in the US, has said she is unable to return to Ireland because the treatment is illegal here.

A rare fungal infection has killed a California man undergoing cancer treatment and it’s believed he got it from medical marijuana.

The treatment left the man’s immune system compromised, but his death still surprised doctors because he was relatively young and his cancer was beatable. He was using medical marijuana to fend off the treatment’s effects. After his death, testing of 20 medical marijuana samples from across the state found the vast majority were contaminated with dangerous bacteria and fungi.

“It started with a couple patients that were undergoing very intensive chemotherapy and a stem cell therapy, and those patients were very immune compromised,” explained Dr. Joseph Tuscano of the University of California, Davis Cancer Center.