HIV patients who test positive for past exposure to cannabis have higher CD4+ and CD8+ counts than those who test negative for the herb.
Under DC Councilmember David Grosso’s plan, the Medical Marijuana Improvement Act of 2017, patients would be allowed to self-certify as qualifying for weed.
Lesotho just became the first African nation to grant a license for medicinal cannabis. This marks a big shift in how weed is viewed on the continent.
Ontario is adopting a zero tolerance policy toward many drivers who use cannabis. Truckers, motorists 21 and under, and new drivers are affected.
California lawmakers, following up on voters’ cannabis legalization last November, have formally called on the federal government to reclassify cannabis.
The Illinois Legislature is a considering a proposal to legalize recreational cannabis for adults 21 and older, allowing products to be safely regulated,
A new study from the University of Indiana indicates that medical cannabis, if legalized on a national level, could save almost 50,000 lives a year.
Previously a controlled drug, doctors in New Zealand can now import and prescribe the non-psychoactive cannabis extract cannabidiol, CBD.
Senate President pro tempore Orrin Hatch, a conservative, on Wednesday proposed legislation which encourages research into the use of medicinal cannabis.
What if there were an online service where patients could submit authorizations, order online, and pay for their cannabis or seeds with cannabis coins?
Less than 2 weeks after stores started selling cannabidiol, Nebraska’s Attorney General sent a memo to law enforcement describing the practice as illegal.
Teenage weed usage rates decreased nationally in 2016 and are now at their lowest levels in the past 15 years, according to the National Survey on Drug Use.
GOP leaders in the House of Representatives won’t allow a full House vote on an amendment that offers protections to medical states from federal raids.
Wisconsin is moving towards becoming the first state to legalize cannabis through the Legislature, rather than through a voter initiative at the ballot box.
The cannabis industry scored a win in the California Legislature as lawmakers killed a proposal which banning marijuana advertisements on clothing.
The tax windfalls associated with cannabis legalization in places like Colorado are becoming harder and harder to ignore.
Police are facing questions on their priorities after a Texas couple was busted for marijuana while looking for a missing friend as Hurricane Harvey hit.
Two cannabis farmers in Northern California have been charged with offering a sheriff a million dollar bribe to look the other way.