The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) collected several applications today from prospective Registered Marijuana Dispensary (RMD) operators, as today marked the Phase I application deadline. With the passing...

Gupta Kush is a new indica organic pot strain from Helping Hands Herbals Dispensary in Boulder, CO named after CNN’s MMJ crusader Dr. Sanjay Gupta. GK has its origins...

Could Florida be the first state in the South to approve medical marijuana? A bill that would have done that was stymied this year in the legislature,...

DEA puts public safety and lives at risk On the heels of Dr. Sanjay Gupta‘s endorsement of medical cannabis, and Eric Holder’s speech advocating reform of the...

I could smell the weed even a mile and a half away from the epicenter of Seattle Hempfest 2013. It was just a short drive from my...

CNN reports that — despite the increasing calls from activists, the public, and even Dr. Sanjay Gupta (who was Obama’s original pick for Surgeon General) to reschedule marijuana...

Years after such a system was supposed to be in place for medical marijuana, Colorado regulators are preparing to roll out a system using radio frequency tags...

Have you done LSD, psilocybin or mescaline? You are no more likely to exhibit symptoms of mental illness or find yourself in mental health treatment, says a new...

A new study from Denmark confirms what cannabis advocates have said for years — marijuana is much safer than other substances when it comes to driving impairment....

The Denver Police Department recently held a one-hour ask me anything session on reddit, and so many questions were asked about marijuana that the department decided to...

Dispensaries get regulation in Oregon, a dispensary will open in Delaware, and they’re already popping up in Arizona. There’s more medical marijuana news, too; let’s get to...

Granny Storm Crow has been collecting articles and research on cannabis for years and she is sharing it all with us. Our friend at Beyond Chronic have...

More sticky-fingered cops, including one on a DEA task force, a cop tries to cover up a fatal drug deal at his home, another cop goes away...

I believe each individual should explore the rationale for self-medicating. I’m not suggesting to anyone that they fully ignore conventional wisdom, medical evidence or your doctor’s advice,...

Mortal Kombat is old enough to drink. That would make me feel really old if the game didn’t still make me feel so young. The game kicks...

013 Canada’s police chiefs are ready to quit arresting people for marijuana possession. Meeting in Winnipeg over the weekend, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution...

Forbes’ Howard Gleckman describes the motivation behind the legal marijuana industry’s eagerness to pay taxes: to be able to deduct expenses. He then uses this example to...

013 Four decades after President Richard Nixon ushered in the modern war on drugs, fewer than one out of 20 Americans think it is being won, according...

Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection released revised regulations for the medical marijuana industry in the state. Issues that were addressed include limiting background checks for caregivers and...

013 At the center of the Marijuana Policy Project’s “controversial” ad at NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 was the claim that cannabis is less toxic than alcohol. It’s true–just ask the...