marijuana

Updated on March 7, 2019.Texas leads the nation in arrests for possessing small amounts of marijuana. According to the most recent statistics available,…

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is reintroducing a bill on Thursday that would make marijuana legal at the federal level, the latest progressive legislation embraced by White House contenders.

The city announced that more than 9,000 marijuana-related convictions will be cleared. California voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016.

Massachusetts wants to give people of color a leg-up in the legal marijuana industry, but is off to a very slow start. Next to no black or Latino candidates have applied for licenses in the state.

Groups pushing for an expansion of the state’s medical marijuana law joined people pushing decriminalization and total legalization efforts at the State…

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with New Yorker writer and author Malcolm Gladwell about his new article, "Is Marijuana as Safe as We Think?"

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is urging Congress to legalize industrial hemp. The effort is one of the many provisions contained within the…

When researchers convinced a group of young people to stop smoking pot, their cognition quickly improved. This adds to research warning against teen pot use, despite marijuana's growing acceptance.

Pot sales begin today in Canada, which is only the second country after Uruguay to legalize the drug for recreational use.

As marijuana gains popularity among people 65 and older, geriatricians call for more research on how it affects elderly patients. Shifts in metabolism as we age can intensify any drug's side effects.