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Sequencing The Marijuana Genome To Cure Disease, Get You Less High

Medicinal Genomics has just finished sequencing the cannabis genome. Not to make some truly righteous bud, but to find the parts of the plant that are medicinally valuable and make them into drugs that don't also get people stoned.READ»

Buzzkill of the Day: U.S. Marijuana Industry Responsible for $5 Billion in Energy Consumption

It might be all-natural, but that joint you're smoking has a serious carbon footprint--it's responsible for 1% of all electricity use in the U.S.READ»

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Marijuana Business Potential Unearthed in Groundbreaking Study [Infographic]

The first ever study of its kind by See Change Strategy takes a deep dive into medical pot, a growth industry. Here's a free sample of the data. If you want more, though, you'll have to buy it. READ»

WeedMaps Launches Groupon for Pot, Stoners Cheer

WeedMaps, a massive clearinghouse for medical marijuana information, is now offering daily pot deals in your inbox. READ»

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What Prop 19? The Future of California's Marijuana Industry

Dreams of legalized marijuana in California went up in smoke this week as Proposition 19, the state's legalization measure, failed to pass. What happens now to the state's pot industry?READ»

Getting High on Pot Profits, Man

The legalize marijuana movement sometimes seems to have a hard time, um, like what was I saying? Oh yeah, explaining their arguments for decriminalization, man. But don't forget that there have been some fairly significant victories ...READ»

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Imagine Pot Was Legal. How Would You Brand It?

Print Magazine asked four designers to imagine what a legal pot package might look like. Here's what they produced.READ»