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(HealthDay)—Over the last four decades, more American teenagers have decided to say no to drugs and alcohol, a new report shows. “There has been a steady increase in the proportion of students graduating high school who report never having tried …

New research suggests that police are more effective at their jobs in states that have adopted legal cannabis laws. In a study published this month in the journal Police Quarterly, the legal marijuana programs in Colorado and Washington have “produced …

As the number of states legalizing medicinal and recreational cannabis increases, so too does the tension between state and federal laws governing enforcement. One of the dozens of marijuana amendments floating through congress is the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, …

There is also research that suggests the nonpsychoactive component of marijuana, known as cannabidiol or CBD, has medical applications in the treatment of mental and physical illnesses, and even neurological illnesses like Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s. CBD may also be …

In Oakland, California, the price of legal weed is too damn high. With a 10% local tax on every cannabis sale in the recreational market and a 5% fee on all medical products, the East Bay hub is alienating consumers …

The Arizona Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction and stated that cannabis extracts are not protected under MMJ Act. Continue reading at theweedblog.com

The state of Colorado has denied a widow life insurance after cannabis was found in her husband’s system. Continue reading at theweedblog.com

Michael Loik, of the Loik Laboratory in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz explains why the choice of pink: “That is because of the dye that was selected to allow the red wavelengths of sunlight …

Enrique Curbelo is delighted. Selling cannabis has allowed the affable 76-year-old to keep his privately owned pharmacy in Montevideo open in a market dominated by big chains. “I had to sell what they didn’t sell,” he told AFP. “For me …

Industrial hemp plant products: tea, oil, rope, protein powder and hemp fabric. Credit: Shutterstock There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence that Cannabidiol (CBD) oil – a concentrated oily extract made from cannabis – can help treat a variety of ailments. It’s …