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If elected president, Sanders has pledged to legalize cannabis. Find out how he'd do that, as well as the challenges he'd face.

In case you haven't noticed, election season is upon us. We're a little more than a week away from Super Tuesday, which is when the greatest number of states hold their primary elections or caucuses for president of the United States. In other words, things are about to shake out on the political front, and a few front-runners are emerging.

Marijuana is legal for medicinal purposes in Minnesota. However, marijuana still isn’t legal at the federal level. The Senate rejected a proposal to legalize cannabis last year. Lawmakers did a survey in September to understand voters’ stance on cannabis legalization.

Those who have been following the federal marijuana reform efforts on Capitol Hill over the past year can tell you that Congress has been more active than ever on this subject. But with all this progress, the question remains: Will any of this effort result in actual changes to federal laws? 

Hauling hemp can be risky for drivers even though it’s now legal to grow it, process it and sell it — which is why some states are including provisions in their hemp plans to try and ease the pain, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) top legal official.

Speaking at USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, USDA general counsel Stephen Vaden said that a handful of states are requiring that drivers hauling hemp have documentation verifying that their cargo is legal.

Check out the curriculum for the nation's first cannabis-focused bachelor's program.

• Colorado State University-Pueblo will offer the first undergraduate weed degree in the US.
• The program will include intensive coursework focused on chemistry and advanced biology.
• Cannabis has become one of the fastest-growing job markets.

Weed can now get you a degree. A public university in southern Colorado has announced that it will offer the United State's first cannabis-focused major.

Kentucky’s state House on Thursday passed a measure that would legalize medical marijuana in the state after several unsuccessful earlier attempts.

The bill passed the chamber in a 65-30 vote, with all but two Democrats and a majority of Republican members present voting for it, the Courier-Journal reported.

When a major player in a given industry performs really well, it can often set the stage for the shares of others in the same industry to rise also. This is called a sympathy play. And it just happened in the Canadian cannabis industry.

Nearly two months into legal recreational cannabis sales in Illinois, there is a lot retailers can learn from dispensaries here, including how to leverage technology to manage demand and ease pain points for customers.