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Stand-up comedian Adam Hartle and director Anthony Hashem have set out to promote the release of their new movie, Mile High: The Comeback of Cannabis, by passing out complimentary marijuana to adults.
Uruguay President Jose Mujica told AFP Wednesday that sales of marijuana will be delayed until next year because of difficulties in implementing the controversial law legalizing the drug.
The National Institute of Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse recently funded a study at the University of Washington looking into whether exposure to a pro-pot Twitter feed might encourage America's impressionable youth to try smoking pot.
This January, under government pressure, many of the United Kingdom’s internet service providers (ISPs) turned on "porn filters" for all of their customers, but as warned by opponents of Internet regulation, the filters are now blocking large amounts of clean content.
"Do you want to hit this?" a man asked President Barack Obama in a bar in Denver Tuesday night. The president laughed but didn't indulge.
New evidence suggests beta-caryophyllene, a terpene in cannabis, may be effective for treating anxiety and depression. Although some compounds like THC activate both cannabinoid pathways — CB1 and CB2 receptors — beta-caryophyllene specifically targets the CB2 receptor.
Cannabis is currently classified as a class B drug in the United Kingdom after being downgraded from class B to class C in 2004, and back again to class B in May 2008. However, recently appointed Crime Prevention Minister, Norman Baker, has said legal cannabis should be “considered” and has urged resources to be channeled into tackling hard drugs.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed the “Compassionate Care Act” which legalized medical marijuana. With the State Department of Health expected to have the program up and running within the next 18 months, Forbes identifies five things NY employers should consider about the legalization of medical marijuana.
A new school is launching this fall that will teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about pot. The Northeastern Institute of Cannabis, located in Natick, Mass., announced that it will soon start accepting applications and begin offering classes in late August or early September.
The prohibition of marijuana in Washington state fell early Monday as a small number of retail shop owners received an electronic copy of a license to sell just-for-fun cannabis.
Legal marijuana businesses without bank accounts are unfairly assessed a 10 percent penalty on federal employee withholding taxes they are forced to pay in cash. And rather than waive the penalty for cash-only businesses paying the tax on time, the IRS advised the companies to avoid the assessment by using techniques that amount to money-laundering.
With so many people suffering from depression, it comes as a relief to know that certain foods, including cannabis, can help alleviate the feeling by bringing mental clarity.
The Magical Butter Machine was developed for an easier way to make cannabutter than the relatively complex grind-decarboxylate-cook-strain-separate routine that people have been using for decades.
Inside a minor league clubhouse this year, a player who had tested positive for marijuana a second time wasn't concerned, according to a witness. He didn't plan on curtailing his marijuana use, either. "I'll just smoke my way onto the 40-man," he said.
People around the country are praising the bold statement former President Bill Clinton made on cannabis, but nothing he said was either progressive or supportive of cannabis policy reform and shouldn't be praised as such.
In 1975 Robert Randall was arrested for possession of a narcotic, cannabis, and of a ‘dangerous drug,’ LSD. Randall’s arrest led to the court case of Randall v. US (1976) when, for the first time, a federal court ruled that there was a medical use for cannabis and Randall possessed a valid medical reason for using it.
As Minnesota and New York become the 22nd and 23rd states to implement medical cannabis laws, both states plan to prohibit smoked cannabis.
Morocco is among the world’s top three cannabis producers in the world but condemns cannabis production on paper. However, because the country’s economy benefits from it, two political parties have drafted a bill that will legalize cultivation and allow farmers to sell their produce directly to the government.
