A South Carolina hemp bill has cleared the Senate agricultural panel, and a bill to allow patients to use CBD-rich oils was introduced.

The Epilepsy Foundation is calling for increased access to medical marijuana for patients and research purposes.

Washington’s House voted 67 to 29 to pass a medical marijuana dispensary ban, in part to protect the profits of the upcoming recreational shops.

Village City, Oklahoma councilman Jerry Broughton proposed decriminalization, saying pot users don’t belong in jail.

Collective Evolution discusses how THC kills cancer cells, with a video explanation from molecular biologist Dr. Christina Sanchez.

A non-profit Christian dispensary in Sacramento is fighting the IRS for the right to deduct business expenses.

Less than 2 months after the first recreational dispensaries opened in Colorado, revenue estimates for legal weed have jumped significantly.

Thanks to recent reform, Italy no longer treats cannabis enthusiasts the same as heroin enthusiasts, and is set to release 10,000 pot prisoners.

Cannabis enthusiasts in Boulder, Colorado finally have a recreational marijuana dispensary nearby.

Leaf Science lists the 9 countries that could be the next to legalize marijuana.

A new study finds that marijuana may prevent blindness from pigmentosa.

A bill to legalize medical marijuana in Iowa has been introduced, but may fail due to a lack of GOP support.

Excavation of the stone age city Çatalhöyük in Turkey has yielded the earliest hemp fabric ever found.

Reno Mayor Bob Cashell has changed his mind, now voicing support for licensing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.

Legalization in the US has fueled legalization efforts elsewhere, giving momentum to the push for legal pot worldwide .

Mike Power describes the failures of prohibition, giving ten reasons why the UK needs drug policy reform.

New developments may soon allow for automated paperwork and identity verification in dispensaries.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker thinks that alcohol is safer than pot, and is upset about the president’s remarks to the contrary.

Officials at the Department of Justice are preparing guidelines to allow banks to do business with licensed pot shops.

Massachusetts dispensaries will be allowed to make home deliveries, becoming one of the few places with legal MMJ to allow such services.