Marijuana News

August, 2015

• 9 August

  NIDA Director: CBD is “a safe drug with no addictive effects”

  Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a U.S. government institution, believes that cannabidiol (CBD), a ...
• 7 August

  U.S. Marijuana Industry: Great for America, Awful for Cartels

  Medical and recreational marijuana legalization has led to many proven benefits in the United States: increased tax revenues, new jobs, healthier marijuana, ...
• 6 August

  Arizona Campaign to Legalize Marijuana Hits 50K Signatures

  The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA) in Arizona announced that they have collected 50,000 signatures within 10 weeks. ...
• 5 August

  Study: Emails More Damaging to IQ Than Marijuana

  A British study by TNS Research revealed that workers who are distracted by phone calls, emails and text messages tend ...
• 4 August

  5 New York Medical Marijuana Dispensary Licensees Announced

  The New York State Department of Health has awarded five companies cultivation and dispensing licenses for the state’s medical marijuana ...
• 2 August

  Study: Marijuana May Help Heal Broken Bones

  In a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Israeli scientists found that broken bones healed ...
• 1 August

  Petition Forces UK Parliament to Debate Marijuana Legalization

  A marijuana petition in Britain has recently received 158,000 signatures which forces parliament to debate marijuana legalization in September. The British government’s Petitions ...

July, 2015

• 31 July

  4 Reasons Why Law Enforcement Want to Legalize Marijuana

  Law enforcement was designed to protect our communities, but marijuana prohibition – and the drug war as a whole – ...
• 29 July

  Marijuana Could Aid in America’s Drug Overdose Epidemic

  A 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that nearly 5 million Americans have tried heroin. Nearly ...
• 26 July

  5 States That Will Probably Legalize Medical Marijuana Next

  A few unlikely states are expected to legalize medical marijuana in the near future. Approximately 40 states currently have at ...