Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana

Federal officials are exploring how to deal with banks and other businesses that serve marijuana dispensaries and growers in states that have legalized the drug.

LINWOOD — Talk of Mainland Regional High School’s new random drug and alcohol testing policy filled the school’s hallways Monday, the first day of classes for students.

WASHINGTON -- When Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Aug.

The Assembly will vote Monday on a measure to change some of the state's medical marijuana regulations to ease access for sick children.

The state's Liquor Control Board released the proposed regulations nearly a year after the state voted to allow recreational use of marijuana

Martin Lee, author of "Smoke Signals," discusses the healing powers of the cannabis plant.

While political discussion on both sides of the border addresses the possibility of loosening restrictions on marijuana, Health Canada seems to be doing...

Sleep - it's one of the major reasons why 2.2 million Americans have a doctors recommendation for cannabis. "Cannabis sativa L. has been utilized for treatment of pain and sleep disorders since anc...

A few dozen medical marijuana supporters rallied Wednesday in front of the Capitol, claiming law enforcement officers are violating state law by punishing people who use cannabis for medicinal purposes.

WASHINGTON -- A broad coalition of law enforcement officers who have spent the past three decades waging an increasingly militarized drug war that has failed to reduce drug use doesn't want to give up the fight.

First and foremost, we all understand that marijuana is not known for inducing aggressive behavior. Even if it was labeled as a performance enhancing drug, its effects are far from it.

It was under American pressure that we criminalised what was culturally acceptable in our country. Now that America has changed its mind, maybe the time has come for us to do the same too.

Legislators in Puerto Rico are preparing to debate a bill that would allow people to use marijuana for medicinal purposes in this conservative U.S. territory, officials said Thursday.

The Freedom Festival sponsored by the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition (MassCann) and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)

Social entrepreneur Michael Lodberg Olsen challenges authorities in Denmark with project to give users 'dignity'

The use of psychedelic drugs or LSD may actually be good for you, a team of researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology concluded in a study published Tuesday.

Who does a better job keeping drug users safe? The police or medical professionals?

A new drug, “Molly” on the streets and in pop culture, is causing a panic after two possible related deaths in New York City this weekend. As the drug Molly

The Mexico City council is considering the legalisation of cannabis plants and the creation of private marijuana smoking "clubs" as it mulls controversial legislation to liberalise consumption.

Medical marijuana businesses worried that federal agents will close them down now have a roadmap to avoid prosecution, courtesy of the Justice Department's decision to allow legal pot in Colorado and Washington state.

Washington DC — In a controversial move said to raise funds for a possible war in Syria, President Obama today announced plans to auction off all of the marijuana that has been seized in drug raids since he took office in 2008.