Marijuana

Illinois is the 11th state to allow marijuana's use and sale for recreational purposes.

About 500 people were outside Dispensary 33 in Chicago. Renzo Mejia made the first legal purchase in the shop shortly after 6 a.m., the earliest that Illinois' new law allowed such sales.

Illinois is joining Michigan as the only Midwestern states broadly allowing the sale and use of marijuana.

The speculation comes after a since-deleted YouTube video showed a man opening a can of Coke that he claimed was infused with CBD oil.

“The speed at which kids are taking up this behavior is very worrisome,” said Dr. Nora Volkow of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the federal agency that pays for the large annual teen survey.

The appeal came after a marijuana producer sued the state for "unconstitutionally restricting" the license registration process.

Studies have indicated that a rising number of mothers-to-be have turned to marijuana products for relief from morning sickness and headaches, though it's effectiveness has not been backed by science.

Several factors have combined this year to weigh down cannabis stocks.

Willie Nelson may have given up smoking, but he hasn't stopped using marijuana.

From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years.

The man behind the pro-marijuana Veterans group, NEVAUSA, explains how he is helping fellow veterans find relief not just by consuming marijuana and its byproducts, but by the "cultivation therapy" involved with growing it themselves.

Marijuana taxes are expected to rise in California where legal businesses are competing with cheaper black market sellers.

A House committee approved a proposal to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level. 

A House committee approved the legislation on Wednesday.

"There's some companies that are selling products that don't have any CBD in it, or there's products that are being sold that has THC in it," said former NBA player Al Harrington.

Authorities said samples of the seized plants tested "well above" the federal limit of 0.3 percent of THC for "industrial" hemp.

Three months after medical marijuana became available in Louisiana, doctors and clinics say some patients are finding the cost for therapeutic cannabis too high for treatment, pricing them out of a medication they waited years to obtain.

The group says regulations should expressly ban the use of additives, cutting agents and artificial flavoring known to be harmful in cannabis vaping products.

Farmers across the country have been waiting for the final rule for months.

The rule is set to be published Thursday and effective immediately.