North Carolina

This guest post by Kevin Baiko, M.D., self-proclaimed champion for medical cannabis and North Carolina Congressional Candidate, explains his drive for advocating for cannabis with his platform. I never dreamt I’d be running for US Congress, as a Republican, championing …

A Sanford, North Carolina resident is facing felony charges for possession of marijuana with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia. Instead of stemming from a stop and frisk run-in or tense roadside interaction, this particular arrest occurred after …

“Legal access to cannabis may reduce the use of multiple classes of dangerous prescription medications in certain patient populations,” according to the results of a new study. Regardless of what some officials in the Trump administration believe, Americans have a …

Published: Sep 6, 2017, 8:03 am • Updated: Sep 6, 2017, 8:03 am By Tom Withers, The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns defensive tackle T.Y. McGill has been charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession in North Carolina. A team spokesman …

Image via Like the rest of you, we at MERRY JANE watched anxiously as hordes of white nationalists, emboldened and abetted by Donald Trump, clashed with protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia over the proposed removal of a statue of Confederate general …

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has announced the first meeting of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. An Executive Order signed by President Trump on March 29, 2017 chartered the Commission to “obtain advice and recommendations for the President regarding drug issues.” Acting solely as an “advisory body,” the President’s Commission must submit their final conclusions by October 1, 2017.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was selected by Trump to lead the Commission.

Police officers in North Carolina got a little more than they bargained for this week, when they tracked down what they thought was a rural cannabis cultivation site, but instead uncovered a half-acre field full of poppy plants ready to be turned into opium, the base form of heroin.

According to CNN, Catawba County Sheriffs went to the rural home of 37 year-old Cody Xiong, who they suspected of growing marijuana.

The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission is considering joining a lawsuit against the DEA over hemp regulations. The lawsuit is being filed by Founder's Hemp of Asheboro, the first company to register as a hemp producer in the state. The suit will contest the DEA's ruling that products made from cannabidiol hemp are illegal and therefore cannot be transported across state lines.