Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana

Stories of nightmarish acid flashbacks and a lifetime of frazzled synapses are false, according to a report from Norwegian researchers, who argue that LSD may even be beneficial to people.

Researchers say ingredients in marijuana may be able to interfere with harmful DNA activity in skin cells

Five year old Zander Welton will receive CBD-rich oil to try to stop his severe and uncontrollable seizures

Hepatitis C is an often-fatal viral disease of the liver afflicting about four million Americans. Chronic hepatitis C infection causes fatigue, depression, joint pain and liver impairment, includin...

Just how deadly a killer is marijuana? Here's a GIF showing all of the people who have died after overdosing on pot:

Hemisphere project, revealed by NYT, has AT&T employees sit alongside drug units to aid access to data in exchange for payment

On the 29th and 30th of August 2013 a committee of academics, politicians and civil society (NGOs, USAID, UNODC, e.g.) took part at the 2-days-long 11th National Conference on Drugs Policy in Buenos Aires, sponsored by the National Senate, the...

The scale and longevity of a data storage program run by the government in partnership with AT&T was unmatched by other government programs, including the National Security Agency’s gathering of phone call logs.

Up in smoke: There needs to be a Parliamentary debate on drug reform, especially cannabis possession, say experts.

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Washington State are still targets for the federal government, despite their claims that they will respect Washington marijuana laws.

Get ready for a Breaking Bad future in which we all 3D-print our own drugs.

Voters statewide approved I-502 last November, 56-44, which allows state regulation of marijuana production, processing and sales.

That more and more major high street stores are going online to increase their sales is no longer news but is a well-established fact.  However, this trend is true not only for legal and legitimate businesses but for illegal ones...

Marijuana may prevent liver damage caused by exposure to cadmium.

In August 2013, nine month after the ballot, the Attorney General Eric Holder permitted Colorado and Washington States to pass a new legislation for marijuana that encompasses a new system for taxation and regulation of cannabis for adults.

THCV in marijuana may provide relief from nausea without psychoactive effects.

Marijuana is less toxic, addictive and harmful than alcohol, says successful campaigner for legalisation

Yesterday, August 31, 2013, brought the entire medical marijuana movement to a stop with the tragic news that one of their own, a well known woman known as “Jen

THE Royal Mail and Parcelforce are being turned into unwitting drugs couriers, according to a landmark new report on substance abuse from an influential think tank.

Colombia has been living in a constant internal conflict since its independency, at the beginning of the 19th century. This conflict has been transforming during the years.

By Stephen Bright, Curtin University and Martin Williams, Monash University