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Politics

World Health Organization Calls for Rescheduling Cannabis

The World Health Organization has released its long-anticipated recommendation on cannabis scheduling. But rather than removing...

Politics

World Health Organization Delays Cannabis Rescheduling Recommendation

The last-minute delay by the United Nations’ public health agency has cannabis advocates frustrated and clamoring...

Politics

World Health Organization to Review CBD & Fake Pot

The World Health Organization will review the impacts of rescheduling around cannabidiol and some synthetic pot...

Current Events

Week in Review: World Anti-Doping Agency Cannabis Position Remains Unchanged

ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.

In The Magazine

Cannabis Around the World

Thailand, Canada, Israel and Costa Rica move the weed conversation forward.

Politics

Weed-Fueled Workers of the World, Unite! New Pot Employment Rights Bill Introduced to Congress

New legislation introduced in the House of Representatives is being hailed by advocates as a critical...

Medical

The Health Benefits of THC Are Overlooked in CBD Mania

Having just undertaken a "critical study" of CBD, the non-psychoactive cannabinoid held to have multifarious medicinal...

Medical

Using Cannabis for Sexual Health

Foria CEO Mathew Gerson talks about media misrepresentation and exciting new products.

Legal

WHO Report: Marijuana Leads to ‘Laughter & Talkativeness’

World Health Organization says cannabis is relatively safe.

Politics

FDA Wants to Hear From the Experts on Pot, THC and CBD

The federal government is seeking comments on cannabis safety and medical uses before it presents before...

Cannabis

CBD Gets a Green Light For Medical Application

The World Health Organization released a report saying that CBD should not be a controlled substance,...

Politics

Appeal To a Higher Power: Can the UN End Marijuana Prohibition?

The UN’s World Health Organization committee on drug dependence is re-examining CBD, which could lead to...

CBD

CBD Is Psychoactive — And That’s OK

Perhaps the biggest lie put forth by people in the cannabis industry is that CBD is...

Economics

CBD Company Pivots to Hand Sanitizer

Other cannabis companies with extraction and manufacturing capacity could follow Green Ridge Biosolutions’ example.

Medical

Cannabis & Dementia: New Study Explores Pot’s Potential for Treatment

A groundbreaking study is set to begin in Australia to determine if cannabis can improve the...

Medical

Dangerous Synthetic Cannabinoids Found in Liquid Claiming to be CBD

A student’s heart-pounding high was found to be from synthetic cannabinoids in a CBD product.

Politics

Former Heads of State: Drug Classifications Are All Politics, No Science

As anyone who’s read the Controlled Substances Act can tell you: duh.

Medical

Look Out, CBD Could Soon Be Used as an Antibiotic

Cannabidiol has been shown to snuff out bacteria in the lab.

Medical

A Cannabis ‘Overdose’ Death in Louisiana? Why Experts Don’t Buy It

A Louisiana coroner declared a local woman's death to be the first on record attributed to...

Politics

Analysis Optimistic About Progress in the Asian Cannabis Market

A new report by the British think-tank Prohibition Partners foresees a $5.8 billion cannabis market in...