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A group of 22 medical experts convened by Johns Hopkins University and The Lancet have called today for the decriminalization of all nonviolent drug use and possession. Citing a growing scientific consensus on the failures of the global war on drugs, the experts further encourage countries and...

Is this a great country or what? Oh, sure, as Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump puts it, "We are led by very, very stupid people," but still – the ingenuity of the populace shines through. Sometimes the inhabitants of America find a path around their political potholes. Case...

Eureka Springs residents had a chance to show their support for medical marijuana on Super Tuesday when they showed up at the local polls and signed so many petitions that it was hard to keep them on hand. "We set up on primary Tuesday outside one of the polling places here in Eureka Springs...

As more patients across New York take advantage of the state's newly-implemented medical marijuana program, employers will likely need to tweak their company drug policies to accommodate change. The program, which was launched by the state Department of Health on Jan. 7, provides access to the...

Alright, so I have a drug test coming up on 4/5/16 (20 days). It has been 50 days since I last smoked. When I was smoking I was doing the concentrates for the most part out of a G pen & also high quality hydro. I did this for about a month. I'm very active so it's not like I was sitting around...

The powerful narcotics killed the pain, but Ben Marksmeier feared they might kill him, too. The Army National Guard sergeant lost most of his right leg in 2007 to a roadside bomb in Iraq. While undergoing surgeries and physical therapy to rehabilitate his left leg, Marksmeier said, he twice...

An experimental cannabis-based drug has successfully treated children with a rare form of severe epilepsy in a keenly anticipated clinical trial, more than doubling the value of its maker GW Pharmaceuticals. The study of GW's Epidiolex in Dravet syndrome is the first of four final-stage Phase...

Supporters of Cannabis recently gathered in Barcelona, Spain to champion for the legalization of the drug for medicinal purposes. Legalization of Cannabis has courted controversy the world over ,but in recent times,more countries are becoming more accustomed to the idea of marijuana as a...

It is doubtful that the Legislature will even vote this year on a bill to legalize certain medicinal uses of marijuana, much less pass it. We hope someday, however, common sense will overcome unwarranted fears to allow patients who would benefit from medical marijuana to use it legally. The...

This will come as a surprise to those who didn't know rodents enjoyed gambling. But scientists in Canada report in the journal Behavioural Pharmacology that they have discovered stoned rats make better choices than their sober cousins in simulated gaming situations. Cannabis: a helping hand at...

The Special Senate Committee on Marijuana, chaired by Senator Jason Lewis, has submitted a report that expressed concern regarding the potential legalization of the drug. According to a release from Lewis' office, the Committee submitted a thorough review of the current marijuana laws in the...

The legalisation of marijuana in a small number of US states has had a bonus side-effect: hurting the pockets of the Mexican drug cartels who illegally supply much of the drug to the country. The US Border Patrol reported a nearly 9 per cent decrease in marijuana seizures in 2015 from 2014...

During the National Anti-Drug Day, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi cautioned that other countries move to decriminalize marijuana cannot be used as a benchmark here, citing that out of 26,668 addicts in the country last year as many as 23.9 per cent were repeat offenders...

During the National Anti-Drug Day, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi cautioned that other countries move to decriminalize marijuana cannot be used as a benchmark here, citing that out of 26,668 addicts in the country last year as many as 23.9 per cent were repeat offenders...

Apparently Peter Dunne thinks I'm wrong about bringing medical marijuana into New Zealand. Here's a longer discussion of why I don't think I am. Yesterday I wrote this post, leveraging off a RNZ story about a judge discharging a woman without conviction for mailing herself medical marijuana...

Australia has just passed the laws needed to allow medical marijuana to be grown and distributed. Once that starts happening, New Zealanders will be able to go across the ditch to get it - and then legally bring it back here. The whole issue of medical marijuana's (non)-availability in New...

The federal government legalised medical marijuana nationally last week, but with several trials currently underway and a number of biotech companies keen to get in on the ground floor, just how the drug will be administered is part of the research. It certainly won't be smoked and there will...

At the first sound of distress, Mark "Buc" Williams of Lockport can leap out of his chair like a lightning bolt when his son Tommy has a seizure. There isn't anything he and his wife Patrice wouldn't do to help their son, so they spent several years lobbying for the New York Compassionate...

Canada's biggest drugstore chain is exploring the possibility of getting into medical-marijuana sales in a move that would dramatically alter the landscape of the new industry, bringing one of the country's best-known retailers into the business if the strategy went ahead. Shoppers Drug Mart...

Drug crimes still carry the death penalty in some places across the world. Many Americans might argue that drug laws – particularly marijuana possession laws – are too harsh in the United States. Still, compared to some other countries, American drug laws are relatively relaxed. The...