They want in on this budding industry. New York City bodega owners rallied in The Bronx on Sunday morning to urge state politicians to allow them to sell marijuana in the city’s 15,000 stores when the green is ultimately legalized. “Rather than drug peddling outside of these bodegas, we want to bring them inside,” said...

Doctors and scientists criticize ‘flawed pop science’ of Tell Your Children – but author Alex Berenson stands by his claimsA group of 75 scholars and medical professionals have criticised a controversial new book about the purported dangers of marijuana, calling it an example of “alarmism” designed to stir up public fear “based on a deeply inaccurate misreading of science”.

Cannabis has gone high-end. Barneys New York aims to light up the marijuana market with its own posh pot boutique called The High End, a head shop of sorts selling smokers’ accessories from rolling papers and leather ashtrays to bespoke glass bongs and cannabis-infused candies. The company will roll out these luxury marijuana accessories at...

Mental health issues in teenagers could be minimised by age controls and regulation over the strength of the productNew research was published this week highlighting the associations between teenage cannabis use and a range of mental health problems. The results suggested that use of the drug was associated with an increased risk of depression and a significantly higher risk of suicide attempts.As usual in a...

DENVER — Colorado regulators say more than $6 billion in marijuana products have been sold since 2014 in the state. The figures released Tuesday represent sales through the end of 2018. According to the Colorado Department of Revenue, more than $1.54 billion of marijuana for medical or adult use was sold during 2018. That is...

Prepare to explain what you’re growing. Research state and federal regulations. Get ready to weed.

Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug by teenagers worldwide. In Canada, among youth aged 15 to 19 years, the rate of past-year cannabis use is 20.6 percent, while in England, 4 percent of adolescents aged 11 to 15 years used cannabis in the last month.

The leader of the City Council said Wednesday that he’s considering legislation to overturn the Health Department ban that prevents restaurants from adding CBD to their food and drinks. “I think this was an overreaction,” Speaker Corey Johnson said Wednesday. “I want to hear what the Health Department wants to do to correct this given...

Study finds one in 14 cases in under-35s could be avoided if teenagers did not use the drugScientists believe they have identified about 60,000 cases of depression in adults under 35 in the UK, and more than 400,000 in the US, that could be avoided if adolescents did not smoke cannabis.An international team of scientists looked at 11 studies published from the mid-1990s onwards, involving a total of more than 23,000...

When a politician lamely tries to fake being cool, it’s worth considering just how false he or she really is. The latest case is Sen. Kamala Harris. On a radio show Monday, she “confessed” to smoking pot in college: “And I inhaled.” Asked if she was listening to weed-loving Snoop Dogg at the time, she...

She must have been smoking some really good stuff. Sen. Kamala Harris got rapped for getting her rap eras mixed up when she told radio interviewers that she listened to Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur while smoking pot in college — even though she graduated in 1986, years before they hit the scene. The Democratic...

Alerted by a tipster, the authorities could hear a tiger and smell a tiger. When they entered the home, they found a tiger.

A pothead who sneaked into an abandoned home in Houston to toke up made a wild discovery — a fully grown tiger locked in a cage. Police found the 350-pound female tiger on Monday in deplorable conditions and inside a too-small cage on East Avenue J, ABC 13 reported. The unidentified toker called 311 after...

A Connecticut man whose bid to become a firefighter in the state's largest city was rejected because he uses medical marijuana has sued.

Companies are eager to avoid the notion that they are targeting young customers, but stories have highlighted medical benefitsA Los Angeles doctor’s license is reportedly at risk after he told a father give his four-year-old a cannabis-infused cookie to control his temper tantrums. The incident, which emerged last month, captures the concerns of legalization opponents who fear easier access will lead...