Marijuana
New York City dark horse mayoral candidate John Liu announced his support for the legalization of recreational marijuana last Wednesday, potentially re-igniting a conversation about the role the drug has in the city and state moving forward.
Uruguay is one step closer to becoming the first South American nation to legally regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana.
A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows a majority of Americans now support the legalization of marijuana. This is the first time in 40 years of polling that more than half of American have been in favor of legalization.
Pop singer Rihanna celebrated her 25th birthday on February 20 at a Hawaiian getaway with her on-again-off-again boyfriend singer Chris Brown. Photos show the "Diamonds" singer hanging out with Brown on the beach wearing a hot bikini and fishnet cover-up.
Lawmakers in the Kentucky state Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill legalizing the industrial cultivation of hemp in order to give the state an economic boost. On Thursday, Kentucky Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul introduced the Industrial Hemp Farming Act to remove the plant from its current classification as a drug and allow farmers to begin growing the crop.
Seattle police are still investigating how and why a 10 pound package of marijuana was delivered to a Kmart store on Monday.
On Thursday, the Cannabis Committee of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) announced that its alliance with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a medical marijuana and trade organization that represents pot dispensaries.
Those over the age of 21 in Colorado can now smoke marijuana for recreation instead of having to obtain a medial prescription.
Washington state made history on Thursday as the first in the nation to legalize marijuana possession for adult recreational use, an occasion celebrated by dozens of users near Seattle's famed Space Needle tower amid blaring reggae music and a haze of pot smoke.
Twice a day, Mykayla Comstock takes a pill filled with cannabis oil, medical marijuana. The 7-year-old has an aggressive form of childhood leukemia.
Several ballot measures, from same-sex marriage to health care, were voted on during Election Day 2012.
A link has been found between recreational marijuana use and an increased risk of developing certain types of testicular cancer that tend to carry a worse prognosis, according to a recent study.
