TheRawStory Research published online May 14 in Social Psychological and Personality Science has uncovered that marijuana buffers people from experiencing social pain. “Prior work has shown that the analgesic acetaminophen, which acts indirectly through CB1 receptors, reduces the pain...

HuffPost Butcher William Von Schneidau at Pike Place Market. This is what they meant by pot-bellied pig! We’re getting high on the hog of BB Ranch butcher William von Schneidau, who feeds marijuana to his pigs and sells...

Current marijuana users have 16 percent lower fasting insulin levels compared to non-users, according to the American Journal of Medicine Activist Post Regular marijuana use is associated with favorable indices related to diabetic control, say investigators. They...

Minds.com If signed by the governor, these bills will take major steps toward completing the legalization process within Colorado. In November, voters there passed an amendment to the state constitution that essentially legalized the personal use of...

DrugWarChronicle In a ruling that will leave California’s patchwork approach to medical marijuana dispensary regulation in place, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that local governments can ban dispensaries from operating within their jurisdictions. For patients, that...

StoptheDrugWar Idaho is officially not a marijuana-friendly state. Although it is bordered on most sides by medical marijuana states (Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and Montana), it so far refuses to accept the medicinal use of the herb. And...

Barry Blunt/Marijuana/com The word “cure” may be a stretch but a recent study at Temple University seems to indicate that THC, cannabis’ lifeblood, does in fact reduce negative symptoms associated with HIV. At the very least, the...

So why is the DOJ still going after state sanctioned, legally operating marijuana collectives?  Marijuana.com Nearly nine out of ten Americans — including 80 percent of self-identified Republicans — now say that marijuana should be legal if its...

NATUREANDNEWZ Click here to view the embedded video. A television station in California airs the first ad promoting medical marijuana. Truth Is Scary

 Waking Times  The secret is out: marijuana is medicine. And not to the surprise of the pharmaceutical industry, who is slowly but surely gaining exclusive rights to the medical properties of this age-old plant. But wait. How...