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A former kidnap victim caught with cannabis in his car admitted that he dealt the drug to his friends. Rohman Ahmed was planning to dish small bags of the class B drug out to pals at a party — but police pulled him over first. The 22-year-old pleaded guilty to possession of a drug with...

As I walked into the Jackson medical cannabis dispensary last weekend, I noticed behind me an old, frail woman. Her hands were shaking, and her voice was filled with tears. "The OxyContin doesn't take away the pain," I heard her say to the attendant. She asked the cashier for a few grams...

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has introduced a bill to Congress that, if passed, would make it easier to do research on marijuana. "It's high time to address research into medical marijuana," Hatch wrote in a pun-filled statement. The Marijuana Effective Drug Study Act of 2017 would streamline the...

The latest federal survey data shows that while teen marijuana use continues to decline in the era of legal pot, adult use is rising. The percent of people over the age of 18 who smoke it in a given year has risen from 10.4 percent in 2002 to 14.1 percent in 2016. In other words, 46 million...

Smoking cannabis behind closed doors could get you evicted from your home, campaigners have dramatically warned. Housing providers in Liverpool have launched a new initiative warning tenants they could be thrown out of their rented home if caught using the illegal drug. Posters and...

After a year of field visits and 1,193 interviews, mostly with health care providers, the 3,000 page Indian Hemp Drug Commission Report concluded in 1894 that even moderate use of cannabis caused no significant physical, mental, or moral damage to the user. For the ensuing 120 years, this has...

All the diverse effects of legalizing recreational marijuana may not be clear for a number of years, but one consequence has become evident almost immediately: Pot has never been so cheap. Steven Davenport of the Pardee Rand Graduate School has analyzed marijuana retail prices in Washington...

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has seen the light! Maybe. The Democratic senator criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week after he announced he would recommit the Justice Department to the so-called War on Drugs. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions says we need to bring back the War on...

More political parties are lining up firmly or cautiously behind cannabis decriminalization - with even stronger backing for making the drug available for pain relief in certain medical cases. There is also strong support among the public - around two-thirds support decriminalization or...

Israeli company Panaxia, selected 18 months ago to set up a plant in New Mexico for producing medical cannabis products, has announced the signing of a new contract for setting up four more plants in the same style in other US states. The first plant began production six months ago. The new...

An operation involving the Revenue's Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs & Organized Crime Bureau and the Finglas / Blanchardstown Drugs Unit took place yesterday morning, targeting drug importations. During this operation, at a house on Blakestown Road, Blanchardstown, a package was...

A California man who authorities say was traveling with $700,000 worth of marijuana has pleaded not guilty to drug charges. Harold Miller waived his right to a preliminary hearing during an appearance in South Central District Court Monday. Court documents say the 71-year-old Sacramento...

Consuming cannabis can significantly cut your chances of having a stroke, according to a new study published in the journal, 'Neuropsychopharmacology.' Researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas found that cannabis improves blood and oxygen flow, consequently slashing the risk of...

Marijuana has a history that dates back thousands of years all the way to Ancient Egypt where cannabis was used for its healing powers. Now, marijuana is consumed for recreational purposes, and many lawmakers are taking action to legalize the drug completely. Many individual states have already...

An estimated $1 million worth of marijuana was seized at a home off Jodeco Road Wednesday during the execution of search warrant by the Flint Circuit Drug Task Force. Major Chad Rosborough, the joint task force's commander, said approximately 1,250 pounds of marijuana were seized from the...

When New Jersey Senator Cory Booker introduced the Marijuana Justice Act on Aug. 1, he knew its odds of becoming law were slim to none. From a practical perspective, the bill – which would remove cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Agency's scheduling system – is likely to fare no better (and...

Medicinal cannabis, also known as medicinal marijuana, is used either to treat disease or improve symptoms. Cannabis has been considered to be a major source of drug addiction. Extract from the dried flower bud part of the plant called as Marijuana has certain medicinal properties. The two...

A man who made headlines for destroying evidence by eating cannabis he had hidden in his bottom was arrested as part of the raids in Strike Force Arctic last week. Hamish Macintyre-Cathles, 38, of Bomaderry was arrested during the operation and charged with three counts of supplying a...

Vince Cable says the Liberal Democrats will keep pushing for the legalization of cannabis. The party's new leader believes it makes sense to "regulate and control the market" rather than let criminals "control the mixing of substances". The government say it has "no plans to legalize...

OK so i took a home drug test and the line on it is their but it seems extremely faint im a heavy smoker and only stopped smoking 6 days ago and i had been smoking everyday before then. I have always had a fast metabolism and have always been extremely skinny could that factor in to any of this...