Medical marijuana

For about every study that demonstrates marijuana and cannabidiol can provide relief to certain types of pain patients, there's another that shows these drugs perform even worse than placebos.

As of 2017, more than 80 percent of U.S. marijuana business owners and founders were white. Local governments are doing their part to try and change that.

Julia Ezell, the former lawyer for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, has plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts for falsifying death threats against her from non-existent angry marijuana advocates.

Researchers say cannabis appears to treat both pain and insomnia—but urge caution about use of the drug.

One member of the public at the vacation spot described the incident as "pretty crazy."

There are three big arguments around marijuana legalization—money, health and crime.

Medical marijuana is legal in 33 states as of November 2018. Yet the federal government still insists marijuana has no legal use and is easy to abuse.

The U.S. experience suggests most stigmas linked to using weed are not supported by scientific evidence.

The Canadian Medical Association wants to phase out medicinal cannabis, citing concerns over "the lack of clinical research, guidance and regulatory oversight," a report said.

Republicans and Democrats voted to pass a bill that increases patients' access to medical marijuana, despite a veto attempt by Governor Paul LePage.

The Florida Department of Health said it has appealed the ruling, which triggers an automatic stay.

The research is scheduled to begin in late 2018.

Almost 30 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea.

Cannabis oil helped him go for up to three weeks without a seizure, after experiencing as many as 30 per day.

Marijuana may be the world's most effective remedy for autism—if only it could reach the children who need it.

Jose Belen tried countless strong pills for his PTSD. None of them worked, until he found medical marijuana.

Donald Trump had other ideas.

After a long, hard road, the first marijuana dispensary in Texas is poised to open its doors to treat epilepsy patients.

"It's going to be kind of tragic that all of this was put on hold for decades."

Alexis Bortell and the others involved in her lawsuit against the U.S. government will have their day in court soon, and her lawyer thinks they can win.

For eighth graders, binge drinking and prescription drug abuse decreased after medical marijuana legalization, but increased for 12th graders.

The organization's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence found "no evidence of public health related problems associated with the use of pure CBD."

Providers who could actually give families the option to use medical marijuana were less likely to help their patients access medical marijuana than those who could not.

"The train has left the station for marijuana reform...the American public demands it," Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) told Newsweek.

Maryland legalized medical marijuana in 2014, but its first dispensary opened last week.

Maryland's first medical marijuana bill was passed in 2013.

A recreational marijuana bill has floundered in the state legislature and would face a chilly reception from Governor Andrew Cuomo.

"We've got other priorities we ought to be spending our resources on," Alberto Gonzales, the attorney general for President George W. Bush, told Newsweek.

A ban on recreational marijuana is the modern-day Prohibition, according to advocates who want the drug to be as mainstream as alcohol is for adults.

Peru is the latest country to legalize medical marijuana. Where else is cannabis legal in the world?