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A local legislator known for tackling controversial issues, including gun control, has found another one he wants to tackle. District 69 State Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, said he plans to file a bill to make the use of medical marijuana legal in Indiana. "I am going to force the issue on...

While a high-profile case is under way at the Pretoria High Court regarding the legalization of marijuana, we spoke to a few international experts at the Drug Policy Week conference to get their views on this controversial topic. Dr. Raquel Peyraube, Clinical Director of ICEERS and Advisor...

Colorado's cannabis industry has been holding its collective breath ever since President Donald Trump nominated Jeff Sessions for attorney general. And since he was sworn in, Sessions, a proponent of the war on drugs, hasn't been shy about saying that marijuana should remain illegal federally...

Jeff Hunt, the vice president of public policy at Colorado Christian University, invited Westword and others to share his op-ed titled "Marijuana Devastated Colorado, Don’t Legalize It Nationally" earlier this week. Although we declined, USA Today obliged in spreading Hunt's reefer-madness...

My mother is 90 years old in a wheel chair and suffering terribly. She has osteoarthritis. She actually has two spinal fractures in her back that they can do nothing about. She has been to three pain specialists and nothing seems to help hydromorphine, Tylenol 3 etc she is on them all. Today...

Any reason to think that this is a bad idea? This is the south side of the greenhouse. The north side of the roof, which has only half the square footage, has blue tarps, opaque tarps, and no tarps, so there's at least some white light getting in.

The hemp industry has already kicked off in Halifax County in Hobgood, and eventually the fibrous plants will become medicinal products. Local farmer and veteran Scott Propheter gave the Halifax County Board of Commissioners an overlook on how the hemp industry was managing in the area...

It's back! CBD capsules, oils and creams are once again being sold at Georgetown Market. The small natural grocer on the city's northwest side is trying to send a loud message. "We need to make a stand to let people know that we believe that CBD should be available in all 50 states," said...

Florida has seen a 60 percent surge in the number of patients being treated with medical marijuana since June. Florida had 16,760 patients on June 7, according to state reports. Florida added more than 10,000 patients by July 27, for a total of 26,978 on the books – that’s a 60 percent...

A New Jersey senator has fired a shot across the bow of the lead ship in the War on Drugs. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has proposed the Marijuana Justice Act, which would legalize marijuana at the federal level and encourages states to legalize the narcotic through the use of financial incentives...

Margarita’s 13-year-old son, Carlos, usually sits in a wheelchair. He suffered a cardiac arrest just after birth and was diagnosed with near loss of brain function. Since then, Margarita has dedicated herself to taking care of him, becoming well acquainted with his frequent epileptic seizures...

Pollution from illegal marijuana farms deep in California's national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has turned thousands of acres into waste dumps so toxic that simply touching plants has landed law enforcement officers in the hospital. The volume of banned or restricted...

Apollo-13 is one of those strains a grower could spend his life learning and one I have been working with for a long time now. The cutting we have is old and hard to work with. She is a bit picky on nutrients and has an almost vine like growth creating a very wide sagging bush that needs a lot...

Greetings everyone! I'm returning to the grow scene after life events prevented me from growing my own for the last 4 years. I feel as though there have been a lot of changes in tech since last time, also living in Massachusetts where legislation has changed and recreational use is now legal! If...

Nipton, Calif., 60 miles south of Las Vegas, isn't convenient to a whole lot. It sports a hotel, a trading post, a historical plaque and a whole lot of passing trains. And as of this week, Nipton has something else: a cannabis company for an owner, with designs on turning the hamlet into a...

This week, Senator Cory Booker introduced legislation to legalize marijuana nationwide. If passed, the New Jersey's Democrat's bill would "expunge federal marijuana convictions and penalize states with racially-disparate arrest or incarceration rates for marijuana-related crimes," according to...

Nipton, CA (population 20), located on the border of California and Nevada, is a remnant of the California Gold Rush. Now one of the first publicly traded companies to specialize in the legal cannabis space is hoping it will be the centerpiece of a 21st Century Green Rush. American Green has...

Hi, I'd like to find out if a patient is currently undergoing chemo is it ok to administer RSO at the same time? My friend has stage 4 lung cancer and he is on his 3rd chemo today. He started RSO yesterday with 1 drop (0.01 ml) 2x per day. It has 62thc:18 cbd. I look forward to your...

A Kentucky congressman proposed a law this week that would classify hemp as a agricultural crop and legalize the its growth by American farmers. The bill was co-sponsored by two Republicans and one Democrats, meaning it has at lease some bipartisan support and the potential to become a reality...

Jackson County has the second-most acres registered for hemp production of the 36 counties in the state, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture. At 462 acres, Jackson is behind only Polk County, to the west of Salem, with 639 acres. In third place is Clackamas County with 370 acres...