A new wave of research points toward cannabinoids having an adaptive, immunomodulating effect, rather than just suppressing immune activity.

Once upon a time, cannabis and hops were the same plant. When did they diverge? What does that mean for lovers of cannabis and beer today? Our favorite intoxicating substances are inspiring a new breed of beverage.

If not for Dennis Peron, the courageous cannabis and gay rights activist who died on Jan. 27, 2018, medical marijuana might not be legal throughout much of the United States today. This book excerpt describes the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers’ Club, the first medical marijuana dispensary in America, which Peron established and ran in open defiance of federal and state law.

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“It was a place where people came to laugh for the last time before they died.”

What will recreational legalization of cannabis mean for California growers? Angela Bacca takes a look at what the history of drug law enforcement could spell for the future.

How did it happen that a medical marijuana ballot initiative supported by almost 90% of Florida voters in the spring was defeated in November? Let us count the ways. “Our state is not providing the structure and safe access that we need to help our children. It is very frustrating.”