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Nashville – Willie Nelson wants his friend Loretta Lynn, who recently revealed that she tried marijuana for the first time at the age of 84 for her glaucoma but didn't like it, to give pot a second chance. "She's got a lot of guts," Nelson said during a recent interview with the Associated...

Concord – One of the unsuccessful bidders in the state's medical marijuana program is suing the Department of Health and Human Services, claiming the agency did not follow competitive bidding statutes or its own bidding guidelines in denying him one of the licenses to open an alternative...

Harrisburg, Pa. - From sunrise to well past sunset all week at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, Shawn House has been in sales mode. The owner of Hempzels in Lancaster County is convincing people to try his food products at his Main Hall stand. His soft pretzels are the main seller. Sourdough...

Carbondale – A doctor involved in an ongoing battle with the state over his certification of patients in Illinois' medical marijuana program is planning to close his clinics in Marion and Orland Park. Dr. Bodo Schneider announced Tuesday that he'll close both locations of the Pied Pfeifer...

Houston - A California man never imagined the world of trouble he could end up in for a prescription he's had for years. Phillip Blanton faces two felony drug charges after his prescribed medical marijuana and edible cookies were found in the trunk of his car during a traffic stop. It happened...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general did not provide a definitive plan during the first day of his confirmation hearing Tuesday for how he would direct the Justice Department to treat states' legalization of marijuana, but he said just enough to make Pueblo County...

Under normal American circumstances, when someone wins a full and complete appeal on a case, the gets his rights restored. At least, that's how it is supposed to work. And if you're a physician like Dr. John Nadolny, formerly the medical director of Canna Care Docs, it's expected that your...

The International Cannabis Business Conference is set to repeat on past success with the announcement of Henry Rollins as the keynote speaker to their upcoming event. The punk rock icon and cannabis law reform advocate will speak in detail at the San Francisco ICBC in February, The ICBC...

In July 2015, Illinois resident Darren Miller went to the hospital with a variety of unusual symptoms. After an open-heart surgery that occurred a few days later, on his 50th birthday, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and told he only had six months to live. Yet, six months later...

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has outlined his stance as a firm opponent of marijuana, but during his confirmation hearing Tuesday, he offered only vague answers about how he might approach the drug should he be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general. Although Sessions...

Holyoke – Vacant mill buildings along a series of canals serve as constant reminders of this impoverished city's halcyon days as the Paper City of the World. But the mayor has a distinctly 21st-century plan for the old factories. Alex B. Morse imagines marijuana growing in them. Morse, the...

James Nowacki, an outspoken government critic from Gary who has spent the past six days making a 160-mile walk to the Indiana Statehouse, completed his trip Friday, arriving in midmorning at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Nowacki, who has said he wants to spend the next few days lobbying the...

It took me awhile to perfect the cookie recipe. I experimented with ingredients: Blueberry, Strawberry, Sour Diesel, White Widow, Bubba Kush, AK-47 – all strains of cannabis, which I stored, mixed with glycerin, in meticulously labeled jars on a kitchen shelf. After the cookies finished baking...

In what could become a precedent-setting decision, a New Jersey administrative law judge has ordered an insurance company to pay for medical marijuana for an injured worker who suffers from lingering neuropathic pain in his left hand after an accident while using a power saw at an 84 Lumber...

When Paul, a young British soldier, arrived at his checkpoint in Afghanistan in early March 2011, he remembers looking out from the tall guard tower, wondering where the first attack would come from. Manned by just 13 soldiers, Paul's isolated posting was only 500 metres from the closest known...

A Central Florida marijuana dispensary made its first delivery to a Jacksonville patient Tuesday – the same day a constitutional amendment goes into effect that will make more types of medical cannabis available to Floridians. Knox Medical is one of a handful of Florida dispensaries that have...

The transition game always suited Antonio Harvey throughout his career on the court, so last June after Harvey received the unfortunate news that his radio broadcasting position with the Portland Trail Blazers was being eliminated, it took him only a matter of minutes to realize this was not...

Washington, D.C. - A group of the top political supporters of legalizing marijuana gathered in July at a cocktail reception to toast what they were certain was upcoming national recognition of their cause that would lead to success on Capitol Hill. "This is the year that this issue crests,"...

Morgan Freeman, one of the most beloved actors of our time, is notorious for his soothing, charismatic voice. He's narrated numerous documentary films and appeared in even more feature films. While Freeman is known best for his performances in the film industry, he is less known for his...

This year's election may have been dominated by Donald Trump, but it was also about marijuana. California, Massachusetts and Nevada made recreational use legal as a bunch of other states moved to legalize medical use. The victories weren't all about getting high. The promise of marijuana is...