A new study suggests that states where medical marijuana is legal put less strain on Medicare and see less use of prescription medications.
In a nation with an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, that could be a very positive sign....
Tobacco kills - we all know that. And it's probably common knowledge that a large percentage of marijuana users also smoke tobacco. That, as it turns out, is an especially bad idea.
A new study out of the United Kingdom...
A team of medical researchers in Australia is developing a therapy for skin cancer that involves a new marijuana-based treatment.
The medicine scientists hope to create would be used to treat melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The study...
Nearly 50,000 Americans die by drug overdose each year, but that fact is not as simple as it may seem. Most of these deaths are caused not by illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine but by prescription painkillers...
The conversations that surround marijuana policy vary down the years. Back in the day it was the theory of the "gateway drug." Then we learned cannabis can help glaucoma patients, relieve the suffering caused by cancer treatment, and prevent...
John Fritzel was doing very well in the mid 2000s. He ran a Subway restaurant franchise, he had a soaring real estate business, and his finances were booming.
And then, in 2008, it all came crumbling down. He filed for...
A new study suggests marijuana advocates are more likely to win the fight for legalization at the federal level if they pursue medical cannabis reforms first.
Efforts are underway to reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act so the drug...
Honey bees and marijuana don't exactly go hand in hand in the public imagination. Many growers consider bees to be pests, but not everyone.
Nicolas "Trainbees," a French medical marijuana cultivator, earned his nickname over 20 years of beekeeping and...
If you have a chronic disease and you're reading this, odds are you use marijuana to treat your symptoms. The drug has a wide range of medical uses, from reducing nausea and chronic pain to fighting spasms and seizures...
Medical marijuana in America is a relatively new thing. At its very oldest, it dates back no further than the 1970s, when the federal government launched an experimental program to give a short list of patients lifetime access to...
