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'It's the right thing to do': An upstart New York City mayoral candidate...
An upstart challenger for the New York City mayor's office is calling out Bill de Blasio's "baffling" claim that the city has ended marijuana arrests — and he's pushing for the city to decriminalize...
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Mexican police busted a drug-dealing ring using UberEats as cover, and it may...
Police in Mexico City disrupted a drug-trafficking operation in on May 28, capturing several suspects and uncovering a new, possibly positive development in the area's drug trade.After a shooting that...
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Media members say the Cavs' locker room smelled like marijuana after Game 2,...
The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday, but after the game, one of the first thing some in the media noticed in the locker room was a certain...
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One of the world's largest marijuana IPOs is a bust (LEAF)
Canada's largest marijuana initial public offering is a bust.MedReleaf, Canada's second-largest licensed grower of medical marijuana, plunged by 28% in its trading debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange...
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These retirees are making a living in legal weed's booming shadow industry
She worked in sales and marketing; her friend taught high school English. They retired and settled into their golden years."Retirement was nice but certainly it left you lighter in the pocketbook,"...
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Researchers figured out the amount of marijuana that helps people relax — and...
Marijuana and relaxation have always had a bit of a funny relationship.On the one hand, nearly half of cannabis users say that their goal is to relax. Yet many people are also familiar with the...
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One of Trump's closest allies is starting a lobbying group to change the...
Longtime Trump adviser and staunch conservative Roger Stone has a new mission: legalizing marijuana nationwide.Stone announced on Friday at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo in New York the...
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4 common misconceptions about how drugs get to the US through Mexico and...
The issue of illegal narcotics flowing from Latin America into the US through Central America and Mexico has come to the fore in recent months, as policymakers in Washington turn their attention to the...
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A potent opiate behind surging drug overdose deaths is now being found in...
The potent opiate behind surging drug overdose deaths across the U.S. is now cropping up in the marijuana supply, according to officials in Ohio.Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco confirmed...
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Two studies on the effects of marijuana on drivers have completely different...
Two U.S. studies on the effects of marijuana on drivers in states where it is allowed for recreational use came to different conclusions about whether it increases risks behind the wheel.A study by the...
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There's a potentially crippling shortage of marijuana in Canada
Canada has an unusual problem: There's a shortage of legal marijuana. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is aiming to legalize marijuana in the country by July 2018, but there's such a lack of marijuana...
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What it's like to work as a 'budtender' in the legal marijuana industry
Coffee shops have baristas. Bars have bartenders. And marijuana retailers have "budtenders."An estimated 30,000 Americans work in legal marijuana dispensaries, with a significant portion of those...
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Police are searching far fewer cars in states that have legalized marijuana
The legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado had at least one unanticipated effect on the streets: a sharp decline in the number of traffic stops resulting in searches by state...
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Here's when you can start legally buying marijuana in Nevada
Sales of recreational marijuana kick off in Nevada on Saturday, July 1, and the state is expecting on onslaught of tourists coming to sample the local merchandise.But visitors might have tough times...
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Some marijuana retailers are using bitcoin — and that could be a problem for...
On the surface it seems like a match made in heaven. Bringing together two of the fastest-growing things on the planet — the marijuana industry and bitcoin — should allow bitcoin to gain new exposure...
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Some psychiatrists think cannabis can be considered a psychedelic drug like...
Marijuana isn't typically thought of as a psychedelic — a drug that produces hallucinations or an apparent expansion of consciousness.But according to Julie Holland, a psychiatrist with a private...
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Companies are quietly patenting marijuana, and it could lead to a messy legal...
It’s hard to make sense of cannabis regulation.The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule I drug.That means the government believes it has “no currently...
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Nevada sold out of legal marijuana so quickly that the governor endorsed a...
Less than two weeks after sales of recreational marijuana kicked off in Nevada, stores are running out of pot to sell, according to the state's Department of Taxation.On Friday, Gov. Brian Sandoval...
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This marijuana-infused coffee pod company makes K-Cup-style coffee with a kick
A startup out of San Diego, California, has made it easy to add a little extra lift to your morning with marijuana-infused coffee pods.This week, Brewbudz debuted a line of coffees and teas spiked with...
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Nevada sold out of legal marijuana so quickly, the government used a...
On July 1, Nevada locals and tourists visiting from out of state waited hours in line in triple-digit temperatures to become the first in the state to purchase legal recreational marijuana.Less than...
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