Our nation is in the midst of the greatest crisis in generations, with the Covid-19 pandemic impacting Americans’ physical and emotional well-being, while plummeting the nation’s economy into the worst economic downturn in our lifetimes. As the country begins what is likely to be a slow climb out of economic morass, federal, state, and local governments will be looking for new sources of revenue to replenish dwindling budgets and provide jobs to millions of Americans who find themselves out of work.

After nearly 4 years of what some researchers saw as foot dragging, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced it will evaluate 37 applications to grow marijuana for medical research and proposed new rules for the prospective growers that outline how the cannabis-growing program would work.

New rules would govern companies and organizations seeking to produce cannabis for medical studies

UC Davis researchers find that California cannabis safety tests cost growers about 10 percent of the average wholesale price of legal cannabis. The biggest share of this expense comes from failing the test.

There was a big winner at the Miss Universe contest on December 7 and she wasn't even crowned the champion. Alyssa Boston stunned the audience during the costume competition when she walked out in a green outfit with pot leaves on it.

Democrat JB Pritzker says pardons represent first wave of thousands expected under state’s new marijuana legalization law

(Reuters Health) - Regular cannabis use has risen more quickly among people with...

The Canadian singer-songwriter’s citizenship application had been delayed because of his marijuana use

For most of its history marijuana has been deemed not safe for work. But as attitudes and uses for marijuana change, some positive ripple effects are finding their way into the office.

Los Angeles County prosecutors are joining other district attorneys to use technology to wipe out or reduce as many as 66,000 old marijuana convictions years after California voters broadly legalized the drug. The county is working with the Code for America nonprofit tech organization, which uses computer algorithms to find eligible cases that are otherwise hard to identify in decades-old court documents. The group has offered its Clear My Record technology free to all 58 state district attorneys.

Cannabis appears to help induce sleep but it does not seem to promote sleep continuity, according to new preliminary research

Cannabis dispensaries and delivery services across California and other states have reported a huge boost in sales over the past week.

Canada's opposition Liberal Party head Justin Trudeau has called for the legalization of marijuana, putting himself and his party on a collision course with the ruling Conservatives ahead of 2015 elections. Trudeau's stand also differentiates the Liberals from the New Democratic Party (NDP), which has been the progressive party on drug reform, but which only calls for decriminalization.

The human brain contains an extensive network of special receptor sites that modulate nervous system function only when activated by the appropriate cannabinoid compounds, many of which are found in abundance in the marijuana plant. And emerging research continues to uncover the unique role these cannabinoids play in protecting brain function, which in turn helps…

More Americans support legalizing pot than ever before, but some of them may be getting a little burned out on actually using the drug, according to a new Gallup survey.

The Swiss prison guards agree that marijuana use among inmates is a good thing.

Border agents recovered a waterproof canister containing the drugs, after the man surfaced near Marine City, Michigan, on the American side of the St.Clair River.

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

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.

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