Cannabis is currently classified as a class B drug in the United Kingdom after being downgraded from class B to class C in 2004, and back again to class B in May 2008. However, recently appointed Crime Prevention Minister, Norman Baker, has said legal cannabis should be considered and has urged resources to be channeled into tackling hard drugs.

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed the “Compassionate Care Act” which legalized medical marijuana. With the State Department of Health expected to have the program up and running within the next 18 months, Forbes identifies five things NY employers should consider about the legalization of medical marijuana.

A new school is launching this fall that will teach you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about pot. The Northeastern Institute of Cannabis, located in Natick, Mass., announced that it will soon start accepting applications and begin offering classes in late August or early September.

The prohibition of marijuana in Washington state fell early Monday as a small number of retail shop owners received an electronic copy of a license to sell just-for-fun cannabis. But less than a day before the likely first retail sale of marijuana in Washington, no one knows for certain which stores will be open.

Legal marijuana businesses without bank accounts are unfairly assessed a 10 percent penalty on federal employee withholding taxes they are forced to pay in cash. And rather than waive the penalty for cash-only businesses paying the tax on time, the IRS advised the companies to avoid the assessment by using techniques that amount to money-laundering, according to a petition filed in U.S. Tax Court.

With so many people suffering from depression, it comes as a relief to know that certain foods, including cannabis, can help alleviate the feeling by bringing mental clarity. This recipe combines refreshing foods notable for their healing benefits in fighting depression, as well as a cannabis infused sesame-lime dressing, to promote peace and light-heartedness.

The Magical Butter Machine was developed for an easier way to make cannabutter than the relatively complex grind-decarboxylate-cook-strain-separate routine that people have been using for decades. He calls it a “Botanical Extractor” because this new version doesn’t just make cannabutter, but also oil and alcohol extractions.

Inside a minor league clubhouse this year, a player who had tested positive for marijuana a second time informed teammates of the 50-game suspension he would serve because of it. The player wasn’t concerned, according to a witness. He didn’t plan on curtailing his marijuana use, either. “I’ll just smoke my way onto the 40-man,” he said.

People around the country are praising the bold statement former President Bill Clinton made on cannabis while promoting his non-profit work with the Clinton Global Initiative on NBC’s Meet the Press this week, but nothing he said was either progressive or supportive of cannabis policy reform and shouldn’t be praised as such.

In 1975 Robert Randall was arrested for possession of a narcotic, cannabis, and of a ‘dangerous drug,’ LSD. Randall’s arrest led to the court case of Randall v. US (1976) when, for the first time, a federal court ruled that there was a medical use for cannabis and Randall possessed a valid medical reason for using it.

As marijuana becomes incrementally more legal for all uses, states grappling with implementing legislation responding to constituent demand for cannabis in all its forms have passed various measures restricting cannabinoid content or strains available. As Minnesota and New York become the 22nd and 23rd states to implement medical cannabis laws, both states plan to prohibit smoked cannabis.

Morocco is among the world’s top three cannabis producers in the world but condemns cannabis production on paper. However, because the country’s economy benefits from it, two political parties have drafted a bill that will legalize cultivation and allow farmers to sell their produce directly to the government.

Except for tourists and the pot curious, who will each buy a few grams at most, the appeal of state-licensed recreational marijuana won’t go much farther than novelty in Seattle. Especially under the current tax and regulatory structure pushing prices up … but not just because of that.

Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry starts a transformation Tuesday that could add hundreds of new pot businesses to the state and reconfigure the market’s architecture. Previously, only owners of existing medical marijuana shops could apply to open recreational stores, and all businesses had to be generalists, growing the pot that they sold.

New research shows marijuana-based treatments could delay the progression of a fatal condition known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study, published in the journal CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, found that treatment with Sativex, a cannabis-based pharmaceutical, led to a modest reduction in disease progression in mice that were bred to model ALS.

In January, 4 yr old Haleigh Cox stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated. Doctors at a hospital in Georgia told the family there was nothing else they could do, but the Cox’s decided to try one more non-traditional option. They moved to Colorado so Haleigh could take a form of cannabis oil. Her mom said, “In four months she has gone from 200 seizures every day to 6 seizures on a bad day.”

The Leaf Online delves into the roots of hemp in American culture such as when and where it was first grown, as well as how it was used for industrial, medicinal, religious and recreational purposes. In fact, some colonies made growing hemp mandatory.

Marijuana proponents in the State of Alabama are working towards the port of legalization, but are currently tied at anchor by the resistance of marijuana prohibitionists. Efforts to make legalization a reality have, however, dramatically increased over the last couple years.

There’s a ballot petition underway for medical marijuana and organizers of it complain they’re being harassed by police. Petition organizer Chip Paul wanted the Tulsa City Council to make police stop interfering, but councilors told them to take that up with internal affairs.

Pharmacists preparing for the advent of Connecticut’s medical marijuana industry gathered Wednesday to talk about the clinical aspects of dispensing a drug that has no federal approval nor the guidelines that go along with it.