Heroin, one of the world’s most notorious narcotics, has a complex history that begins with the opium poppy. For thousands of years, people used the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) for its ...

As more states across the U.S. move to legalize recreational marijuana, North Carolina remains on the sidelines. While 24 states have adopted laws allowing adults to purchase and consume cannabis for ...

Two Pulitzer-prize-winning journalists traveled from their desks in the New York Times newsroom to the front of a standing-room only crowd at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven to give a talk on ...

The bipartisan proposal would adopt a private industry model and create a Cannabis Control Board that oversees products.

Recreational marijuana has not been legalized in Louisiana, however, state law does permit the use of cannabis for medical ...

Technology will soon make it possible to develop cheap, widely accessible psychoactive substances that are not harmful in the ...

An overwhelming majority of Americans—nearly nine in 10—support legalizing marijuana in some form, according to newly ...

Federal prosecutors accuse a former police officer of posing as a federal agent and selling the marijuana he extracted from ...

Guam legalized the adult use of marijuana on Thursday when Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero signed the contentious recreational cannabis bill into law. The new law allows those at least 21 years old to ...

Most California cannabis users seek symptom relief; few ask their doctors for advice. This and other trends suggest a need ...

A TAMIU professor co-authors a new book on drug reform in Argentina, Portugal and Uruguay, highlighting myths, benefits and ...

While Ohio’s new budget has been the legislative focus in the last two weeks, lawmakers continue to push to change the rules voters approved for recreational marijuana use. Many expected the House to ...