Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana

In 1739, in response to public enthusiasm for another war with Spain, Horace Walpole was heard to mutter: "They may ring the bells now: they will be wringing their hands before long." In Afghanistan, where this year's poppy harvest is breaking all...

Parents of children who suffer from seizure disorders told harrowing stories of their debilitating effects in an appeal for help from Modesto City Council members at this week’s Safety and Communities Committee meeting.

How Legalizing Drugs Would Save Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars: Op-ed by Ted Galen Carpenter,
A report released last month tells us that the international war on drugs is failing. That comes as no surprise as a ...

A Douglas College student newspaper has apologized to police in New Westminster for publishing a fake story alleging police mistakenly distributed lollipops laced with LSD to children on Halloween.

"Charlotte's Web" isn't just a classic piece of children's fiction, it's also the name of one of the most coveted medical marijuana strains that is being used to treat children with epilepsy.

A bill that would allow for the growing and sale of pharmaceutical-grade marijuana at pharmacies in Michigan passed the state Senate on Wednesday on a 22-16 vote.

Thought to be driven by rural prescription drug abuse, a new CDC report suggests that the problem is nearly as bad in the cities.

The OAS’s June 2013 paper on the drugs problem in the Americas responded to a growing debate in Latin America and has been seen as groundbreaking. Its underlying message is that current approaches to drugs are not working and that change is needed.

Robert Booker admits that he didn't really need the money he got from drug dealing.

The picture to your left is showing immunofluorescence of the human glioma cell line.

In Pennsylvania, bills introduced this year in both the House and the Senate would legalize medical marijuana.

Pharmaceutical companies and distributors have decided to calculate “loss to trade channels” on account of the new pricing policy.

Police in Denver are using a nose telescope to tackle odours from the recreational use of marijuana

Every year, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its national, tribal and community partners holds the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This year it was on Oct. 26.

The federal government has subsidized the criminalization of millions of young people simply for possessing pot.

Professor Val Curran and Professor David Nutt will carry out the trial for the show Drugs Live: Cannabis looking at the effect of skunk, cannabis resin and a placebo on volunteers in a laboratory setting...