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The World Health Organization, the health agency of the United Nations, has officially recommended that cannabidiol (CBD) not be internationally scheduled as a controlled substance. WHO research on CBD's therapeutic use and side effects found that the cannabinoid was not a public danger...

The proportion of Americans who express support for marijuana legalization in opinion polls has risen sharply over the past decade from the low 30s to as high as 60 percent. But a new poll shows that what Americans who support "marijuana legalization" actually want is more nuanced than it might...

An overwhelming majority of health care professionals who care for children with cancer would be willing to help those children get medical marijuana–though less enthusiastically if they happen to be among the providers who are actually eligible to provide it, found a new study. In a survey...

There was a candid – albeit somewhat horrifying – discussion before the Cannabis Control Commission that gave a glimpse into just how far down the merry marijuana lane this state could go. Michael Latulippe, an official of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance and a member of the...

Carli Jo Bidlingmaier was talking to a group of 20-somethings in a living room in the Bel-Air neighborhood here, weeks before the wildfires. She was explaining that consuming marijuana allows a woman to awaken her "yoni," a Sanskrit term for vagina favored by Hollywood bohemians. "Everybody...

Local volunteers with the Utah Patients Coalition have been collecting signatures in Sanpete County for several weeks. Volunteering for this project has been a journey that has opened my eyes to the vast numbers of people who are suffering here in our county because of the laws that have...

The Ohio Department of Commerce came under fire from state officials Tuesday for hiring a medical marijuana program consultant who had a felony drug conviction on his criminal record. The felony conviction would have disqualified the consultant from being awarded the medical marijuana...

From texting a local dealer to dropping into a neighborhood dispensary or ordering online, Canada's black market for recreational marijuana has seen significant changes in recent years and, no doubt, will see more as the country hurtles toward a new world of legalization next summer. What...

The idea of legal medical cannabis or marijuana appeared to gain another conservative Republican convert on Tennessee's Capitol Hill Thursday. "The era of Reefer Madness is over," said Rep. Bob Ramsey, who referenced the 1930s cult movie about the perceived dangers of marijuana. Ramsey is...

One of Canada's most prominent marijuana activists has taken aim at former police officers who have entered the country's fledgling cannabis industry, saying it was "hard to stomach" that those who spent years sending people to jail for pot offences are now poised to profit as the country moves...

One of Minnesota's two medical marijuana manufacturers is turning away some patients, blaming a delay in third-party testing of its medications. The problems at LeafLine Labs are causing issues for patients such as Kellie Germann, who uses medical marijuana to treat her post-traumatic stress...

Hawaii is one of 29 states that allow medical use of marijuana, but it is the only state that requires registration of all firearms. If you are familiar with the criteria that bar people from owning guns under federal law, you can probably surmise what the conjunction of these two facts means...

Business interests have long tried to pack legislative bodies with members who are sympathetic to their work, but electing marijuana-friendly members to the county Board of Supervisors has never been so important to the cannabis industry. Recreational marijuana sales begin on New Year's Day...

There's only a few weeks to go before California adults can legally buy marijuana in jurisdictions where local governments permit, and Long Beach officials want to get the message out that "driving high" is a bad idea. City government's Health and Human Services Department plans to spend a...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, head of the presidential commission on opioids, warned of supposed dangers of marijuana in a letter to President Donald Trump earlier this month about the panel's findings, saying the current push for the drug's legalization could further fuel the opioid epidemic...

As more voices join in towards the proper legalization of cannabis, Johnathan Cilia, co-founder of pre-legalization NGO ReLeaf, speaks to some of the main local exponents. During a recent event, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat recently said that Malta's drug laws had "failed" to do their job...

Talk isn't cheap for the founders of Ellementa. It's the foundation of their business, a new digital platform and community that highlights how cannabis can be used to improve wellness for women. Partners Aliza Sherman, Melissa Pierce and Ashley Kingsley are building their audience one city at a...

The list of ailments that qualify a patient to use marijuana in New Jersey doesn't cover all the people it could help, says a panel of doctors and health professionals that studied the issue for 19 months. Migraines, Tourette's, and anxiety and chronic pain stemming from various maladies...

With temporary licensing on the horizon, California's cannabis industry is obviously on the cusp of really big things. With this green rush, our California cannabis business attorneys have been brought on to work on all kinds of M&A deals and a bevy of MAUCRSA and local law regulatory compliance...

Every now and then, the culture experiences a watershed, a moment when we look up and say, wow, things really have changed. I know you think I am talking about sexual harassment, but I'm not. It's far too early to say whether the torrent of revelations about sexually predatory men will shame...