As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country's Liberal Party move forward with their big agenda following last year's election, the US's northern neighbor could soon undertake an enormous change in drug policy: marijuana legalization.

Massachusetts voters are split on whether their state should follow suit of states like Colorado, Washington, and Alaska—and legalize recreational marijuana.

According to a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll Saturday, 43 percent of likely Bay State voters said they would support a likely ballot initiative to legalize the sale of marijuana to anyone more than 21 years old, while 45.8 percent said they would oppose the measure.

Hillary Clinton wants to remove Cannabis Marijuana from Schedule 1 Federal Classification.  Taking it off the same schedule as such dangerous recreational drugs with the highest potential for abuse and addiction, among them heroin and cocaine.  This is what the MMJ industry has been waiting for!  Getting weed off of Schedule 1 should be a boon for the Cannabis industry, right?  The likely Democratic nominee who is churning inevitably closer to the nomination of the same party that brought us 8 years of President Obama and state level legalization in Colorado, Washington, Oregon with several more putting initiatives on the ballot that would involve some sort of legalization of recreational cannabis use on a state level.

It was 2007 and the years leading up to it had been very good for John Fritzel.

Then it was 2008 and it wasn’t.

By 2009 the one-time Subway franchisee and  newest would-be real estate mogul was in bankruptcy, another in the line of business failures caught in the contrails of the nation’s economic collapse.

The future was bleak.

“The music just stopped and there weren’t any more chairs,” said Fritzel, whose Subway success opened doors to an ill-fated real estate venture.

Voters will soon be deciding if recreational or medical marijuana is right for their state.

This could be a transformative year in more ways than one. Not only are voters heading to the polls in six months to decide who should become the next President of the United States of America, but voters in quite a few states could be heading to their respective state polls to decide whether or not to expand the use of medical or recreational marijuana within their state.

Hundreds of families throughout the world have been drawn to Colorado to seek medical marijuana treatment for their children's ailments. These parents and their kids, dubbed “international medical marijuana refugees,” travel thousands of miles in an attempt to procure what they say are lifesaving elements, the Guardian reported Monday.

It's pretty safe to assume that if a man doesn't change after the age of 40, he's definitely not going to change by the age of 69. What you see is what you get.

And that's why Donald Trump will not be able to pivot to the center now that he is the presumptive Republican nominee. Trump's demeanor and personality might change for a night when the in-laws come to town, but over the course of their visit, he will eventually revert to his old ways.

Through a new licensing agreement between two Washington-based companies, cannabis-infused sugar and salt can make its way to the state's recreational retail marijuana market.

Seattle-based DeepCell Industries developed a technology to fuse THC from marijuana with crystals, like salt and sugar. Now, Green Labs, a licensed producer/processor in Raymond, have inked a deal to manufacture and distribute DeepCell's brands.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

They climbed to the top of a long list of entrepreneurs in the marijuana industry through acquisition, sweat equity and ruthless pursuit.

Vail’s largest commercial developer. An owner of a car-detail shop. A former nonprofit event planner. A businessman who made a fortune in child car seats. A one-time Subway franchisee bankrupted by real estate losses.

These marijuana business entrepreneurs — Peter Knobel, Joshua Ginsberg, Rhett Jordan, John Lord and John Fritzel — have emerged atop Denver’s pot industry just two years after the first recreational joint was sold. 

In all, they hold 134 marijuana business licenses in Denver — about 13 percent of the total. 

Cannabis 101 tells us there are three basic types of strains: Sativa, Indica, and hybrid. Sativa strains give an uplifting head high, Indica strains produce a more relaxed effect on the body, and hybrids are a mixture of the two. However, without proper research, it’s really a guessing game of what strain is the correct one to use to treat your specific condition. 

The new Releaf app has users record how they are feeling during a smoking session to learn which strains people are using to make themselves feel better.