September 2014

Kate Pickert Matt Figi hugs his 7-year-old daughter Charlotte inside a Colorado greenhouse. The plants are a special strain of medical marijuana known as Charlotte’s Web, which was named for Charlotte after she used the plant to treat epileptic seizuresBrennan Linsley—AP For years, some parents have turned to medical marijuana to treat their children’s debilitating […]

Clark Fouraker, WLTX The discussion comes after the General Assembly last session passed a bill legalizing industrial hemp, which also has THC, the substances that makes marijuana illegal. “We see fit, that albeit a little bit different, should ride together,” said Clint Leach with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. “South Carolina is very unique

By Vanita Gupta Editor’s note: CNN’s David Mattingly reports on the case of a Missouri man sentenced to life in prison for purchasing marijuana Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Erin Burnett OutFront. Vanita Gupta is a deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union and director of the organization’s Center for Justice. The opinions

In Georgia, Ravert often sees people caught in a double bind – being too sick to work unless they have access to medical marijuana, and then after accessing the same, being unable to find a job because of the medication that allows them to look in the first place.

By Niraj Chokshi Go ahead, get the jokes out of your system. The staff of High Times, the counterculture drug magazine, has heard them all before. For 40 years, they’ve put up with stoner quips and stereotypes. “People have this idea that we sit around and get high all day,” says Danny Danko, the magazine’s

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Policy makers have suggested a variety of strategies to reduce injury and death from prescription opioid overdose, including drug-monitoring programs, scrutiny of doctors writing prescriptions and improved access to substance-abuse treatment. Now a study has found evidence that legal access to marijuana is associated with fewer opioid overdose deaths. Researchers with the