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While no psychoactive substance is completely harmless, modern science continues to prove that cannabis is one of the safer and more effective therapeutic agents available. Here's a look back at some of the most significant marijuana-centric studies published over the past year. 1. Pot Use...

The nation's first recreational marijuana shop opened nearly three years ago in Colorado. Since then, a growing body of research has shown that the availability of recreational marijuana – in Colorado and elsewhere – is having little to no effect on teens' propensity to smoke weed. That's the...

Mexican advocates for drug reform are voicing alarm about the country's widening gap with the United States on marijuana legislation, as criminal violence surges again south of the border. Tens of thousands have been killed over the years in Mexico, on the front line of a U.S.-led war on...

A new survey of 1,000 adult Manitobans reveals that almost one-quarter of those surveyed said that they would consider smoking marijuana if it was made legal, almost double the number of those who admitted to using pot over the last twelve months. The Winnipeg Free Press/Probe Research Inc...

Arcview Market Research, in partnership with New Frontier Data, has released its Washington Legal Cannabis Market State Profile, which explores the recent significant changes to the state's cannabis industry. The elimination of the medical system that was operating in parallel to the adult use...

In 2016, more countries legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes. Marijuana, or cannabis, is "the most widely cultivated, produced, trafficked and consumed drug worldwide," according to the World Drug Report, but its legality has long been a topic of debate...

It's been a big year for pot. More than half the states in the country now allow marijuana use of some kind; Denver expanded its understanding of social use, and voters approved a ballot initiative that will allow marijuana to be smoked in public; and Colorado sold over one billion dollars'...

More than 20% of medical marijuana users live in states that have not legalized its use, a finding that suggests physicians may be recommending the drug regardless of its legal status. In addition, 10% of medical marijuana users also report using the drug recreationally, new data show. "We...

Mexico City — As legal marijuana use spreads rapidly across the U.S., Mexican legislators are taking small steps to decriminalize pot in a country where the war on drugs has killed more than 100,000 people over the past decade. The rising disparity in drug legislation is stoking a debate in...

Tbilisi, DFWatch — Georgia's Constitutional Court has struck down a law which sent many young people to prison for using marijuana. Being charged with possession and consumption of marijuana will no longer land you in jail in Georgia, after the Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled it...

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On Nov. 8, Massachusetts became one of the eight states that voted for new policies on marijuana for adult use. Despite strong opposition from Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh since Question 4 was introduced, the Bay State started implementing new policies to legalize, tax and...

Despite legalizing cannabis for both medical and recreational use in 2014, Colorado law remains complex. Possession and use of cannabis is legal for those over the age of 21, but those protections to not extend to public use, driving while in any way intoxicated, or to employers' substance...

This week's question comes from James in Orinda, who asks: Q: "I voted for the legalization marijuana in the last election. I want to know about what the rules are. How much can I have? How much can I grow? Can I be fired for smoking pot off the job? I can drink while I'm not on duty; can I...

Teen marijuana use fell sharply in Colorado in the years 2014 and 2015, after the opening of that state's recreational marijuana market, new federal survey data show. The state-level data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health showed that 18.35 percent of Coloradans ages 12 to 17 had...

As an an elderly (75) chronic pain patient I've had several discussions with primary care and pain management docs about the dangers of opioid use although I've used a minimal dosage, actually 1/2 the minimum, to ratchet down pain, without such problems for 15+ years. We have discussed fulsomely...

Boston – A voter-approved law allowing adults to possess, grow and use limited amounts of recreational marijuana took effect Thursday in Massachusetts, but it will still be at least another year before the state issues retail licenses to sell the drug. For now, that leaves recreational users...

Boston - Massachusetts on Thursday became the first state in the densely populated U.S. Northeast to legalize marijuana for recreational use, a step that advocates say could help spread the drug's acceptance across the United States. The state is one of three where ballot measures legalizing...

A recent poll found that 46 per cent of Islanders support legalizing marijuana for personal use. The study, conducted by public opinion and market research company Corporate Research Associates, asked 1,502 residents from the Atlantic provinces if they support or oppose the legalization of...