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It is obvious throughout this book that K knows his cannabis and that he really loves to grow. Just in case you haven't figured it out, the author's name is K. He has always identified himself by this simple one letter moniker over the years to avoid police attention. His real name is revealed...

On probation for a bloody 1999 gang murder, Miguel Valdes takes a host of pills to keep his longtime schizophrenia in check. Now, he can also legally use another medicine – marijuana, a drug that normally would get a convicted killer locked up for violating probation. A Miami judge this...

The screech of a chair across the floor of a fast-food restaurant made Tom Mertz instinctively jerk his head toward the noise. He felt the pain immediately in his neck. And when he drives, his right leg throbs unless he keeps rubbing it. Everything hurts. At 68, Mertz, who served...

When Neil Reiten grew hemp this year for the first time on his North Dakota farm, he knew the crop would get his neighbors talking. He also knew it would attract the attention of the U.S. government, specifically the FBI. Reiten and his employees were fingerprinted and put through...

Portland police on Friday released details about what led police to arrest the principal of a medical marijuana dispensary on drug charges last month. Andrew Bozzuto, 54, of the Northford section of North Branford, was seen in what appeared to be a “hand-to-hand” exchange of marijuana with...

Democrat Phil Murphy's victory in the governor's race Tuesday night drives New Jersey "full-steam ahead" toward legalizing marijuana and cultivating an estimated $1.3 billion industry, the sponsor of the legislation said. Throughout the campaign, Murphy has embraced the idea of making...

At least two Pennsylvania doctors whom the state approved to recommend medical marijuana will not be seeing patients anytime soon. Mehdi Nikparvarfard, who owns six urgent-care facilities, has been held on federal charges in Philadelphia since August for allegedly threatening to kill a U.S...

Joshua James Frey is clear: "Without medical marijuana I would be dead." This Marine Corps veteran is a two-time Purple Heart awardee. He is among the former warfighters, led by the American Legion, who are on the frontlines of the fight for a sensible, federal medical marijuana policy...

After nearly a decade of fighting for liberalized marijuana laws, David Overholt is hoping to cash in. As Michigan appears ready to expand the medical marijuana industry and, possibly, legalize recreational marijuana use, Overholt has put his 82-acre farm on the market for $2 million. That's...

As cities throughout California welcome the sale of recreational cannabis in January, San Francisco lawmakers seem to be trying to squeeze the industry out – at least that's the view of one elected official. The city that prides itself as birthplace of the medical marijuana movement is now...

An Italian court has acquitted a man of cannabis possession because he is a Rastafarian and was using the drug to meditate. The 30-year-old was arrested in May last year after police found eight grams of cannabis in his pocket and a further 50 grams at his home. A prosecutor called for him...

Todd Beckman was known for his line of tanning salons and strip mall massage parlors, but it was his side business, importing crates of marijuana, that ultimately got him into trouble, authorities say. The St. Louis entrepreneur, who is facing kidnapping and gun charges, had the weed shipped...

Officer Nick Novello worked his regular shift Saturday at the city's central patrol station. After a quick change into his civilian clothes, he headed off to an event you wouldn't expect to find a cop in his off time: a downtown rally calling for the legalization of marijuana. Not only...

One of the country's most well-known think tanks is calling out United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his repressive attitude toward cannabis, particularly medical marijuana. On October 25, the Brookings Institution published an essay criticizing Sessions for his "biases on the issue...

Between November 2016 and May 2017, Jonathan Fruchter, a 37-year-old Navy veteran, was receiving care at a post-traumatic stress disorder inpatient clinic with the Lyons New Jersey VA Medical Center. He spent his days in meetings that started with a check-in meeting every morning at 8 a.m., then...

There's a reason most cannabis cultivations in Colorado are in warehouses: People are scared. Afraid of the elements, pests and the unknowns of farming under the sun, most growers prefer to stay inside, taking control of their environments and nurturing their delicate crops with extreme care...

Deryn Blackwell, from Norfolk, was sent to a hospice shortly after his 14th birthday to live out his final few days. He was frail and in extraordinary pain after a relentless battle with a one in a billion form of cancer, Langerhans cell sarcoma. But after his parents secretly gave him...

Five members of a marijuana and money laundering organization have been sentenced to prison after previously pleading guilty to a slew of charges, including intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. The investigation that revealed...

Shawn Collins will get to help shape the budding legal marijuana industry in Massachusetts after all. The Cannabis Control Commission selected Collins, an assistant treasurer who has been Treasurer Deborah Goldberg's point person on pot for the last two years, to lead the nascent commission...

The war on marijuana continues to rage in Pennsylvania. Despite slow progress in loosening the commonwealth's laws on the devil's lettuce – including a new medical cannabis products law and municipal decriminalization ordinances in its two largest cities, its state capital, and the borough that...