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Politics

Addressing Cannabis in State of the Union

Tonight the President of the United States will address the nation in the annual State of...

Legal

Feds Tell Court Pot Still as Dangerous as Heroin

Despite the progress marijuana made with the federal government in 2014, including the elimination of DEA...

Medical

GW Pharmaceuticals Issues Year-End Report

GW Pharmaceuticals, the 16-year-old British pharmaceutical company that has focused its energies on the development of...

Legal

Marijuana Policy Project Predictions for Legal Weed in 2016

The outcome of this year’s general election has proven to be super fuel for the legion...

Economics

A Rundown of Women On Top of the Cannabis Industry

In 2004 Grammy Award-winning singer Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer and was given the...

Legal

NY Sees Decrease in Cannabis Arrests

Many people across the country have been excited to witness the changes in cannabis legislation in...

Joint Opinions

NYC Decriminalizes Marijuana… 37 Years Late

The long withstanding battle in New York City between stoners and the boys in blue has...

Legal

NYPD Drops ‘Buy-and-Bust’ Operations

The New York City Police Department has been ordered to terminate a program they’ve implemented called...

Joint Opinions

Canna-Coitus A-Go-Go: Research on Sex & Marijuana Stagnate Since the 80s

Thousands of years before some pharmaceutical mastermind developed a little blue pill to assist the sexually-defunct...

Joint Opinions

Marijuana and Ebola: The Claim and the Controversy

America has been in a wild-eyed state of panic for the past several weeks, as news...

Economics

U.S. Could Rake In $3 Billion… If Pot Were Legal

The line down at the neighborhood gas station down the street is a little longer than...

Medical

Special Interests Lobby Against Marijuana

It’s no secret that alcohol and pharmaceutical companies have supported anti-marijuana organizations. The California Beer &...

Politics

Global Leaders Gather to Condemn Drug War

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post’s Washington bureau chief, moderated a discussion between members of the Global Commission...

Joint Opinions

DEA Reclassifies Hydrocodone While Cannabis Remains Schedule I

No one dies of marijuana overdose. At least, no one did in 2010, according to statistics ...

Legal

Barcelona Orders Shutdown of 50 Cannabis Clubs

There’s no doubt that the folks in Europe have been enjoying the perks of all the...

In History

Marc Emery Released From U.S. Custody

Photo by Rebecca Cook Canadian publisher and cannabis activist turned American federal prisoner Marc Emery was...

Medical

CBD Laws and Epidiolex

The expanding number of CBD-only medical marijuana laws is setting the stage for some dramatic changes...

Politics

Prince of Pot Released from Prison

A lot has changed since the proclaimed “Prince of Pot” was convicted back in 2009. Washington...

In History

First CBD Law in Nation Goes Into Effect

The first CBD-only medical cannabis legislation went into effect in Utah on July 8 as the...

Medical

Pennsylvania Takes Steps Towards Legalizing Medical Marijuana

The Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Act is finally making its way through the Pennsylvania State...