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Cannabis

Is Cannabis the Secret to the Cure for HIV?

Study after study indicates the vast potential that cannabis has for treating HIV, not to mention...

Joint Opinions

GW Pharmaceuticals is Uncle Sam’s Version of Legal Weed

A pharmaceutical giant has discovered what an increasing number of parents and patients across the United...

Politics

Utah Medical Cannabis Bill Passes Out of Senate, Onto House

In a 17-12 vote, SB 73, Utah’s whole-plant medical cannabis bill was advanced in third reading...

Medical

Amid Mormon Church Opposition A Third Medical Cannabis Bill Proposed In Utah

“It would be immoral to back down,” Sen. Mark Madsen told KUTV in Salt Lake City...

Politics

President Will Not Make Marijuana Reform a Priority in 2016

Although many people had hoped that President Obama would make an effort to end marijuana prohibition...

Economics

Tax Code 280E: The Dagger Pointed at the Heart of Medical Cannabis

Near the end of 2015, in the case of Canna Care Inc v. Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service...

Politics

Wary Massachusetts Senators Visit Colorado to Glimpse Own State’s Marijuana Future

Eight Massachusetts state senators, who form a special committee on marijuana, took a trip to Colorado...

Politics

NY Sponsors Big Pharma CBD Trials, But Will Not Expand MMJ

New York is apparently more interested in stroking the interests of Big Pharma than it is...

Joint Opinions

International Prohibition: The Next Battleground

Recently two U.S. cannabis reformers Steph Sherer of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) and Michael Krawitz...

Legal

DEA Eases CBD Research, But Only Big Pharma Will Benefit

Marijuana advocates across the United States waited eagerly on bended knee earlier last week upon the...

In The Magazine

Choose Cannabis Over Diet Pills For A Safer New Year’s Weight Loss Resolution

New studies are smashing the stereotypes of fat, lazy stoners and more people are choosing safe...

Culture

Q&A With FunkSac’s Garett Fortune

Being an entrepreneur means knowing an opportunity when you smell it. For Garett Fortune, that opportunity...

Politics

Sen. Bernie Sanders Moves to End Federal Prohibition of Cannabis

In a move that decisively sets his stance on drug policy apart from any other candidate,...

Legal

Operation Golden Flow: America’s Urine is Liquid Gold for Drug War Profiteers

It looks harmless enough, faint yellow, warm and contained in a plastic cup, but urine drug...

Medical

History of Drugs Chronicled in New Book

Dr. David Bearman's new book "Drugs Are Not the Devil’s Tools: How Discrimination and Greed Created...

Medical

Seniors Turn to Cannabis for Treatment

Seniors can get multiple benefits from cannabis.

Joint Opinions

Why Big Marijuana Could Never Be as Evil as Big Tobacco

With over half the United States having legalized marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes, there are...

Medical

Australian Researchers Developing Cannabis Weight Loss Pill

Thanks to cannabis, people who are interested in supplements for weight loss may have a healthier...

In History

The Story of Sgt. Will: How Cannabis Helped Save a Veteran’s Life

There is no cure for and cannabis is one of the few safe legal options to...

Medical

The People’s Medicine: How Legalization Improves America’s Healthcare

As the laws continue to change, the medical establishment is being increasingly confronted with the efficacy...