Most Nigerian farmers now abandon growing food and economic crops for cannabis in a bid to become instant millionaires, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said on Saturday.

Councillors in Berlin have voted to launch the country's first cannabis cafe in their district. But some hurdles remain, it's reported.

As acceptance of medical marijuana grows, pet owners increasingly are using the drug to ease the suffering of their furry friends.

The Netherlands is unique in its policy on marijuana possession. While it is considered an illegal drug, having 5 grams or less on your person is not a criminal offense. Visitors to Amsterdam's coffee shops may find this law doesn't apply to them anymore.

The percentage of US workers testing positive for marijuana has fallen below 2%, according to an analysis released by American medical testing company Quest Diagnostics. The study, based on a scan of millions of patients tested as part of the company’s drug monitoring service, shows a marked decline in positive testing over the past 10 years—back in 2002, just under 3% of US workers tested positive for marijuana.

How prohibitionists and nanny staters are trying to keep marijuana illegal—or at least inconvenient.

It took nearly 15 years after voters approved medical marijuana for it to become available in the District of Columbia, but the next major change to pot laws in the nation's capital is on the fast track.

Washington’s Vashon Island is at an unusual crossroads. This rural community of 10,000, located just west of Seattle, has long been the closest the city has had to a farm corridor. With several hundred acres of land used for farming, most Vashon residents don’t just know their neighbors, they buy food from them. And, as island lore has it, this locavore spirit has also applied to marijuana since the 1970s.

One selling point of Washington's new legal marijuana law was that a huge chunk of pot-related tax revenue would be devoted to health coverage for low-income residents. But it's not clear the money will go to health care after all.

Uruguay has become the first country in the world to fully legalize pot — could others follow suit?

Satellite images of a property in southern Oregon, accessed via Google Earth, prompted law enforcement officials to take a closer look at some neatly ordered plants owned by 50-year-old pot farmer Curtis W. Croft, according to Grants Pass Daily Courier.

A poll released today by the Gallup organization finds 58% of Americans favor legalizing marijuana. It's the first time a clear majority has favored legalization since Gallup started asking the question in 1969.

Guards at a prison in the Moldovan village of Pruncul have pounced on a cat being used to traffick bags of cannabis, tied around its neck.

How Colorado and Washington govern their legal pot markets will be a test case for the rest of the United States

The nucleus of the vape community is ex-smokers eager to spread the good word, or ”ANTZ” as the jargon goes—Anti-Nicotine and Tobacco Zealots. Others are just plain seduced by the technology.

Anyone over the age of 18 caught with 10 grams or less of the drug will no longer have to make a court appearance and will not have offenses entered into their permanent record; instead, violators will have to pay a fine of 100 Swiss Francs (approximately $110), then be on their way.

After years of buying marijuana from drug dealers, Nick decided a few weeks ago that growing his own weed would not only be more cost effective, but safer. “I just wanted to take control of the situation and remove myself from the black market” he explains. “I’m tired of texting with drug dealers. It’s super shady.”

New research suggests people who smoke marijuana are skinnier than those who abstain.

Recently, there’s been a bunch of research indicating marijuana isn’t the worst drug in the world—long-term use of it might not harm IQ, and it can serve as an effective way to distract people from chronic pain

Businesses ranging from mom-and-pop shops to large corporations are online, but one emerging industry is so new, you won't find its merchants in your Google search results yet — recreational marijuana.