MADISON, Wis. -- Marijuana has been the talk of the nation for a while, it has made big strides in legalization for medical and recreational reasons. However, here at home, it still remains illegal--but it is changing. We investigated the changing face of marijuana and bring you the latest forms it comes in.

Weed is nothing new, but are you familiar with other THC products like Hashish and Hash Oil? It's a relatively new form of the drug that's morphing fast, and it shows that there is more to marijuana than your basic joint.

"If marijuana is legal to use, it shouldn’t be illegal to buy."

Oregon adults will be able to legally purchase recreational marijuana beginning Oct. 1, about a year earlier than had been expected.  

Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed a law on Tuesday allowing the sale of recreational marijuana in existing medical marijuana dispensaries, starting just three months after Oregon's reformed marijuana law went into effect.

The measure "is a smart solution to a short-term logistical problem," Kristen Grainger, Brown's spokeswoman, told The Huffington Post. "Oregon’s new recreational marijuana law went into effect in July 2015, but Oregonians couldn’t lawfully buy it anywhere for another year or more. If marijuana is legal to use, it shouldn’t be illegal to buy."

When you think of popular retirement destinations, Florida and Arizona likely come to mind.

But according to Reuters, some U.S. retirees are considering more than warm weather, good health care and close proximity to grandkids when deciding where to retire. Many American seniors are choosing to enjoy their golden years in a marijuana-friendly state.

Chris Cooper is a 57-year-old retired investment adviser from Ohio. He opted to retire in San Diego because California has legalized medical marijuana use. Cooper, who doesn’t like heavy-duty prescription painkillers like Vicodin, told Reuters that marijuana eases his back pain and spasms.

As decriminalization of the drug spreads across the US, a congress in Colorado is promoting cannabis-friendly ministries: ‘Our magic comes from marijuana’

“Magic is a sense of enchantment,” said Steven Hager, organizer of the first ever Congress of Marijuana Ministries, sitting in front of a flag of a marijuana-leaf-tailed phoenix. “It comes through Santa Claus or it comes through the Catholic church. It’s the same thing, running on the same rules. It’s how you enchant people.

“Our magic comes from marijuana.”

SHERIDAN — As Sheridan and Wyoming residents have the opportunity to apply for hemp extract registration cards, questions over similarities between hemp and marijuana arise. Cards will provide qualifying individuals with intractable epilepsy to treat their symptoms with hemp.

Coming from Cannabis Sativa — a plant typically used for industrial purposes — it carries only trace amount of Tetrahydro-cannabinol, the principal psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Products being made from hemp must contain less than 0.3 percent THC in order to be legally sold in Wyoming.

Hemp products — such as ropes and fabrics — are manufactured from the male plant while medical and recreational uses of marijuana come from the female plant.

“we were all partying the night before. We weren’t expecting any action because we were in a support unit. It was the only time I ever went into combat stoned. You get really alert when you are stoned because you have to be.”

Last week a close friend told me she was afraid to share my recent article: 7 Ways Pot Makes You a Better Parent. Although she liked it and was proud of me for writing the piece, she explained how she was scared that promoting the article in any way would land her in hot water with her governmentemployer.

Dating isn’t easy and for marijuana enthusiasts still dealing with black market stigma, it can be even harder. But with the help of some recently developed apps, love in the time of legalized marijuana may have become easier.

As public attitudes toward online dating and legalized cannabis shift, a new opportunity to openly connect members of the marijuana industry has arisen.

High There is a mobile dating app for people involved in the cannabis industry, or anyone interested in meeting people from the marijuana community. The app launched in February and has since been downloaded by 150,000 users and is available free on Apple and Android devices worldwide.

As Breitbart News reported in “Pot Tax: Sacramento Politicians ‘Jonesing’ for a Spending Fix,” the Democrat-controlled California Legislature is desperate for marijuana taxes, which could arise from a 2016 ballot initiative legalizing marijuana, in hopes of gaining a consistent new tax revenue source.

However, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) estimates that illegal pot growing is drying up watersheds and causing some at-risk fisheries to approach collapse.

The data compiled by Flinders University’s National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction shows one third of Australians over 14 had tried cannabis.

Once believed to be the drug of choice for free-spirited youth, cannabis is more popular with older people than ever before.

Teenagers are in fact delaying their experimentation with the drug, according to a compilation of the latest data by Flinders University’s National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction.

NCETA director Ann Roche said it was good news the average age at which teenagers first experimented with cannabis was increasing.