Weed News

Pittsburgh - Pa. Senator, Daylin Leach, along with Neill Franklin of LEAP, are proposing a bill that would decriminalize marijuana distribution and use in that state. Despite cannabis being illegal federally, many states have been treading a different path.

Washington - Lawmakers are ready to propose legislation which would allow individual states to regulate marijuana without worrying about violating federal drug laws.

Wheat Ridge - As the number of people being prescribed medicinal marijuana increases, so has the number of pets requiring treatment for ingesting the drug, some of which have died of overdose.

San Francisco - Researchers at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco found that a marijuana compound known as cannabidiol can stop metastasis in many types of aggressive cancers.

A Canadian biotechnology company has expressed an aim to cultivate medical marijuana in a former copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The company has been growing other types of plants in the mine for more than a decade.

Research by The Lancet revealed that 200 million people worldwide are using illicit drugs. Australians and New Zealanders top the list of cannabis, speed and crystal meth users.

For Mary Jane, a beloved and oft-slandered figure, victory is nigh. Forty years after the inception of Richard Nixon's War on Drugs, a true drug policy reformation is looking to blossom.

Amherst - The province of Nova Scotia has been ordered to help cover the costs of a growing operation for a woman's medical marijuana.

Toronto - In possibly one of the largest marches in Toronto history, thousands of proponents of legalizing marijuana took to the streets of the city of Toronto for the sixth annual Freedom Festival and annual Global Marijuana March.

Denver - A new bill that would set the standard for driving under the influence of pot has entered the Colorado Senate for a preliminary hearing on Monday.