Despite the stereotype of marijuana users as burned-out teens munching on Doritos, today, the fastest growing demographic of cannabis users is actually baby boomers and senior citizens. This increase of use is for good reason—cannabis has proven itself to be a powerful weapon against the ravages of age.

The world’s oldest woma...

Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

The administration of liquid cannabis extracts containing THC is associated with the mitigation of various symptoms of Alzheimer’s-related agitation and dementia...

Once upon a time I talked with a person who was looking at investing in Illinois’ medical marijuana industry. At the time of our discussion, Illinois was still in the process of reviewing applications for...

Denver, Colorado-based cannabis seed-to-sale company, Flowhub, is officially redefining the smoke break. Companies in Colorado are not only allowing cannabis smoking at work, they’re encouraging it. Flowhub’s founders say that cannabis increases creative productivity.

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It’s becoming an all too familiar occurrence, Instagram deleting accounts related to the cannabis industry. This week’s victim, Dixie Brands, manufacturer of premium cannabis-infused products.

“This is just one more example of the daily injustices and dis...

I recently got my hands on a Haze V3.0 Vaporizer, and it is amazing. The first thing that I noticed about the vaporizer was the way it looked. The design doesn’t look like any other handheld vaporizer tha...

Getting quality medical cannabis information is not as easy as people would think. You can search online all day, and be left wondering what information you read was ...

No one should be in jail for a plant. A petition has been started to free David DePriest, who is ser...

By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

A majority of Americans, including two-thirds of Democrats, believe that marijuana should be legal for adults, according to nationwide survey data compiled by YouGov.com.

By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

Alcohol is typically the first substance consumed by individuals who report polydrug use later in life, according to data published this month...

Jon-Henry “J.H.” Barr, Esq. is a prosecutor in New Jersey, and has been since 2001. He has personally seen how the justice system treats marijuana users. I think that there are many prosecutors o...

John Walsh will live in the hearts and minds of marijuana reform activists forever. I never met John, but I heard about his awesomeness way before I co-founded this blog in 2010. There is ...

New York recently launched its ultra-restrictive medical marijuana program for patients suffering from “severe, debilitating, or life-threatening” conditions, but so far there are no signs that state officials are eager to expand the program to service a wider spectrum of patients.

On Monday, Health Commissioner Dr. H...

Dear Dan,

I was given my first plant this spring - a clone of "something." Supposed to be guaranteed. Anyway, I live in Denver CO area, and we had so many rough storms and rain this spring that I couldn't plant it outdoors until end of May or so. It is about 5 feet high and very nice and round with thick middle and all the stems and leaves are lush...

In a recent town hall meeting, Maine Governor Paul Le Page made the incredibly racist comments that out-of-state drug dealers “with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty” are impr...