Before one can answer the very important question asking whether or not marijuana addiction is currently on the rise, the whole idea of “addiction,” needs to be clearly defined. When someone most commonly thinks of addiction or...
Now that cannabis is becoming more mainstream, we’re seeing a shift from “getting high” to “getting healthy.” There’s room for both, of course, but for many who use CBD, they’re not looking for a high. This begs...
Of all the many health problems marijuana treats, mental illness may be the most controversial. Chronic pain, for all its complexity, is far simpler than depression, psychosis, or other mental disorders. And for all we don't know about what...
For decades now, the debate over legalizing marijuana has focused on the drug's two primary uses: medical and recreational. Medicinal cannabis use gained public and political support far faster than the recreational kind, and that discrepancy remains.
But what is...
The war on drugs failed a long time ago, even if it has taken a while for America's leaders to get the message. The same is true in other parts of the world, but as in the United States,...
Confused Colorado stoners will have an easier time determining whether their chocolate bars, cookies, and iced coffee contain marijuana.
The new stamp required on all edible products sold in Colorado
State officials started enforcing a new rule in October that requires...
It makes perfect sense. Legal marijuana threatens the profit interests of the pharmaceutical companies that make competing medications. But now there's proof of the outsize role the industry is playing in the fight to stop pot reform.
Reports in September...
Medical marijuana patients in New York have some good news, as the state has adopted new regulations making it easier to get the drug.
The new rules allow home-bound patients to get medical cannabis via delivery while granting nurse practitioners...
Marijuana activists are crying foul over emails tied to the Democratic Party that show the alcohol industry trying to undermine cannabis legalization. But the controversy may be little more than a tempest in a teapot.
The revelations came in a...
It's common knowledge the federal government and its law enforcement agencies officially oppose marijuana legalization, which makes it all the more ironic that the same government has a financial interest in MMJ.
As it turns out, the U.S. Department of...
