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Plenty of folks would rather police just leave marijuana alone, like voters ostensibly asked them to. But even among this contingent, there are disagreements about whether and to what degree government regulation is reasonable in the era of legalization. On one end are the purists who argue...

She worked in sales and marketing; her friend taught high school English. They retired and settled into their golden years. "Retirement was nice but certainly it left you lighter in the pocketbook," Barbara Diner, a 30-year veteran of the cable television and telecommunications, says...

There are good days for West Tarricone. Days when she can laugh and live like any other 9-year-old. Days when she can play with her brother, Blake, and watch “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on her iPad. But there are also bad days. Days when her body weathers 100 seizures. Days when it has closer to...

Nicky Haynes has almost forgotten the pain she used to be in. She has been taking Sativex, a drug derived from cannabis, for about five years and says it has hugely improved her life. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1994, and her condition progressively worsened to the point where...

Marijuana businesses are growing in Arizona. The medical marijuana industry has seen growth each year since voters approved the legalization of medical marijuana six years ago. Ninety medical marijuana dispensaries were open in Arizona in 2015, compared to three years ago when only three...

A study proves once again the promise of CBD's medical benefits, which still aren't available in Idaho. A study published days ago in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that a cannabis extract can dramatically cut–and even potentially eliminate–epileptic seizures in those who suffer...

Angela Pryor, a 41-year-old woman from Ross County, Ohio, is not living the life she thought she would. She used to stay at home and take care of her kids while her husband, Jesse, went to work as a carpenter. But as Jesse fell into opioid addiction, Angela had to pick up the slack. It became...

This plant started off as an experiment to see if I could replicate a sativa tree, with a single trunk, and all branches going for the sun in equal amounts and equal directions. Now that you have the backstory this is what we have. My version of a cloned Jack Herer Should I start to LST by...

Olivia Newton-John announced the devastating news yesterday that her cancer has returned. Having previously beat breast cancer in 1992 at the age of 43, undergoing a partial mastectomy and breast reconstruction as part of her battle against the illness. She had been suffering from severe...

I introduce to you, "The Church!" I grew this strain once before and decided to go for a much longer veg this time around, 10 weeks of 24/7 light to be exact. This strain has surpassed my expectations! She is extremely stable and her genetics are outstanding. She is resistant to...

A few months ago, I mentioned to someone that my husband and I were planning our son’s upcoming birthday party at a local chocolate factory. Given that we would be entertaining 30 7-year-olds for a couple hours, a hefty amount of patience would be needed, along with a giant cake (and maybe some...

Annalise Lujan started collecting pop-tabs for the Ronald McDonald House at the age of 4. She wanted to be a doctor someday, or maybe a gymnast. She definitely wanted to help people. "She is just a giving soul and loves to help others," says Maryann Estrada-Lujan, Annalise's mother. "She...

One family's journey helped inspire a Netflix documentary and spawned new life-saving research at the University of Pennsylvania. Another family has a child that has begun to no longer need medication for her severe illness because cannabis oils changed her life. Still another successfully...

Without ever being charged with a crime, a West Philadelphia grandmother had her home and her car confiscated because her son sold less than $200 worth of marijuana. Elizabeth Young, now 72, is just one of thousands of victims of civil forfeiture, which allows police and prosecutors to...

A Dublin head shop has been giving unfounded medical advice about a medicinal marijuana product to parents of children with autism. Staff at The Hemp Company on Capel Street gave advice to an undercover Times reporter last month about Cannabidiol oil, a derivative of the marijuana plant...

Regulations for Sale of Recreational Marijuana in Nevada Revealed Now that Nevada has approved an early start to recreational cannabis sales, existing medical marijuana companies in the state are readying for a burst of new business that could equate to tens of millions of dollars in...

Canberra: A former Australian beautician arrived in Brisbane on Sunday after being released from jail in Bali, Indonesia, following a drug-trafficking conviction that earned her the title of "marijuana queen". Schapelle Corby was arrested in 2004 at the Bali airport for possessing 4.2 kg of...

Alicia Castilla was watering the plants in her garden on a quiet Sunday afternoon when five police patrol cars screeched to a halt outside her home. A team of 14 officers "armed to the teeth" stormed through her gate and arrested the mild-mannered, 66-year-old intellectual. They seized...

Thousands of criminal cases related to marijuana are being reviewed since the passage of Proposition 64, allowing those with felony convictions or charges to reduce their sentences to misdemeanors or have their offenses dismissed altogether. "I heard the Sacramento County Sheriff's...

Jeanine Moss, a 62-year-old grandmother of two, never expected to get into the cannabis industry. But that was before her hip-replacement surgery. Ms. Moss, of Marina Del Ray, Calif., had quit her job as a marketing consultant before she had her hip done in 2014. As she left the hospital, her...