The National Football League takes a dim view of cannabis use, with many arguing player punishments are excessive compared to those who commit much more serious offences.

A professor of Organizational Behaviour and Sports Law thinks the league should actually embrace cannabis - for medical purposes at least.

The reason: marijuana can reduce side-effects and even cure common traumatic brain injuries that can lead to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), argues Dr. Jason Belzer in a recent article for Forbes.

Research by University of Michigan finds love of pizza is largely because of cheese addiction

Ah, the kit.

It’s a different variation for every smoker — some are simply just a joint and a lighter, others are overflowing with accessories. However dialed-in you keep your supplies, it’s always a buzz kill when you’re scrambling for something. So here at The Cannabist, our Smoker Supply Kit is here to prepare you for any occasion.

Chic cannabis accessories are finally becoming a reality, and for a night out on the town with your love or your crew, your ganja should look just as hot as you do. This #SmokerSupplyKit (show us yours!) leans toward the ladies, but dudes, you can class it up too. Pro tip: A vintage Dunhill lighter scores serious points.

Despite its common association with lazy behaviour, cannabis is becoming popular in the long-distance running community, reports Chas Newkey-Burden

VANCOUVER — A Colorado official has some sobering words of advice for Justin Trudeau if he fulfils his promise to legalize pot in Canada.

“It’s going to be a lot harder to implement than you think. It’s going to take a lot longer to do it. And it’s going to cost more than you think,” said Lewis Koski, director of the state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division.

Colorado is one of four U.S. states to fully legalize recreational bud. Their challenges — including how to regulate edibles like brownies and cookies and a rise in drug-impaired driving — could be instructive for Canada’s incoming prime minister.

Among the questions Trudeau’s government could grapple with are whether to allow people to grow pot at home or buy it in stores, and how much sales tax to charge.

Pot plants aren't the only thing thriving under Bruce Linton's watchful gaze.

The CEO of Canopy Growth Corp. -- the Smiths Falls-based enterprise formerly known as Tweed, North America's first federally approved and publicly listed medical marijuana facility -- is watching his company's stock skyrocket.

That the markets reacted so dramatically on the morning after Canadians elected a Liberal majority government, with leader Justin Trudeau campaigning on a promise to reform the country's pot laws, is no coincidence.

PHOENIX ­ — An Arizona State University student is asking the Court of Appeals to rule that he ­— and all others with state-issued medical marijuana cards — can legally have their drugs on university and community college campuses.

Attorney Thomas Dean contends state legislators acted illegally in 2012 when they expanded the voter-approved list of where medical marijuana use is illegal. More to the point, he said that makes the conviction of his client, Andre Maestas, invalid.

He is getting a fight from prosecutors.

STARKVILLE —

Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the shadow of legal marijuana is growing in the U.S. Based on the inability to generate sufficient ballot initiative signatures, it appears unlikely Mississippi will join that movement any time soon and certainly not by virtue of the 2016 election.

But electorates in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and the District of Columbia have legalized small amounts of marijuana for adult recreational use.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, some 21 states had legislation introduced in 2015 that would in some way allow or advance policy for adult recreational use of marijuana, including Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — A new four-level condo in the 500 block of Kenyon Street, Northwest has an amenity like no other condo in the city.

According to Urbanturf.com, the condos contain features that buyers would expect of a new condo. However, one of the units features a "grow closet for marijuana plants."

Eric Hirshfield, the condo developer told Urbanturf, "The closet in the fifth bedroom was a little screwed up. I thought 'What can I do to make this a special closet?"

Now that the Liberals are in power, Canadians want to know if prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau will keep his word and legalize marijuana or if his promise will simply go up in smoke.

According to the party’s campaign platform, Canada’s prohibition approach doesn’t work.

“It does not prevent young people from using marijuana and too many Canadians end up with criminal records for possessing small amounts of the drug,” the Liberals say.

“To ensure that we keep marijuana out of the hands of children, and the profits out of the hands of criminals, we will legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana.”

But even the soon-to-be sworn-in prime minister doesn’t know when that might happen.