- Growing Cannabis and Opium Poppies May Be Key to U.S. Supply Chains
After supply chain disruptions that made critical medicines scarce, a federal effort is underway to ensure domestic stocks of pharmaceutical ingredients.
- Cannabis is now legal in many US states – but can the smell get you in trouble?
Parts of the country are starting to treat cannabis like alcohol when it comes to policing intoxicated driving As states around the country continue to legalize recreational and/or medical cannabis use, more are beginning to treat cannabis like alcohol when it comes to policing intoxicated driving. A recent unanimous decision by the Illinois supreme court found that the smell of burnt cannabis alone does not […]...
- As America’s Marijuana Use Grows, So Do the Risks
The drug, legal in much of the country, is widely seen as nonaddictive and safe. For some users, these assumptions are dangerously wrong.
- Some vapes claiming to be cannabis contain ‘synthetic cannabinoid’ – study
University of Bath researchers found seven vaporizers sourced from the US contained dangerous SC compound A new study from the University of Bath revealed that seven vaporizers claiming to contain cannabis actually contained a much more dangerous “synthetic cannabinoid” (SC) compound. Earlier this year, the same lab published a study showing that over one in six vaporizers confiscated from schoolchildren […]...
- New Yorkers fume as weed shop could be moving into massive, landmarked bank
You can still get your green in Greenpoint.
- Stories of Marijuana’s Little-Known Harms: ‘It Took Over Everything’
A growing number of marijuana users in the U.S. are experiencing severe health problems like these.
- California pot shops can serve food and drinks like Amsterdam ‘cafes’ under new bill
Cannabis cafes are going to be a huge part of the future of cannabis in our state and help to beat back the illegal drug market,"...
- 6-year-old guest at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ White Party recounts open drugs, naked women ‘everywhere’
While attending Diddy's Hamptons party, a six-year-old kid saw naked women, pot smoking and boozed-up guests.
- Chronic pain patients are more supportive of cannabis access than doctors
A study reveals a gap between patient and physician attitudes on medical marijuana policies.
- Clinical trial shows synthetic cannabis reduces agitation in Alzheimer's disease
Researchers show that a pill form of the drug dronabinol, an FDA-approved synthetic version of marijuana's main ingredient, THC, reduces agitation in patients with Alzheimer's by an average of 30%.
- Woman named ‘Marijuana Pepsi’ from birth doesn’t smoke weed or drink soda — but will never change her name
A woman called Marijuana Pepsi from birth says she’ll never change her name – even though she doesn’t smoke weed, or drink fizzy drinks or alcohol."...
- Cannabis Has Become Upscale Chic. I Miss the Old Red-Eyed Stoners.
Widespread legalization has created a polished new market for cannabis products — one that’s trendy, spalike and weirdly unfun.
- California Will Allow Amsterdam-Like Cannabis Cafes
Marijuana businesses will be allowed to serve food and have live music performances as a way to attract more customers.
- Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas? | Simon Jenkins
Cherrypicking what has worked from decriminalisation abroad is far preferable to building more prisons for drug offenders What can a German do but a Briton cannot? What can a New Yorker, a Chicagoan and a San Franciscan do, but a Londoner cannot? What can Canadians, Dutch, Portuguese, Chileans, Uruguayans, Maltese all do? The answer is they can legally smoke cannabis. In California there are now courses for […]...
- Supreme court’s Chevron decision adds ambiguity to cannabis law: ‘It’s a mess’
Decision that weakened power of government regulatory agencies sows confusion to already chaotic cannabis law A recent supreme court decision that weakened the power of US government regulatory agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has added additional confusion to America’s already chaotic cannabis law. This month, a federal court was able to overrule the DEA on what qualifies as legal […]...
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