At first blush, it sounds innocent enough, but a sweetly named substance produced from the marijuana plant is earning a reputation for intense highs and a production process that can be literally explosive.

That addictive-yet-deadly combination in “honey oil” has attracted attention from both marijuana users and law enforcement officials.

Making homemade honey oil often involves the use of highly flammable butane. Indeed, butane’s use is sufficiently commonplace in the processing that the resulting substance is sometimes referred to specifically as “butane honey oil” or “BHO.”

Mexican authorities confiscated 41.6 tonnes of marijuana Saturday on the outskirts of Tijuana a major transit point for the US market.

The marijuana was wrapped in individual bundles marked with different symbols.

Gabriel Garcia, a General from the operation said "we are considering that these drugs were destined for different markets depending on the symbol that each bundle has."

"We believe that these drugs that these drugs normally comes from Sinaloa which is a state where criminals produce marijuana."

SAN LUIS OBISPO (CBS SF) — Sheriff’s deputies arrested four men Friday, after deputies connected them to a boat found with a large amount of marijuana inside.

At 1:30 a.m., deputies, along with members of the Monterey County Specialized Team Intervention Narcotics and Gangs Task Force, responded to reports of a fishing boat, discovered at Mill Creek picnic area, located near State Route 1 at Mill Creek Road, in Los Padres National Forest, according to sheriff’s officials.

When deputies arrived, they discovered the boat sitting on rocks a few feet from the shoreline. Inside, the boat contained over one hundred bales of marijuana, sheriff’s officials said.

Deputies estimate the street value of the marijuana to be approximately 18 million dollars.

According to the recent reports from the poison control center of the United States, the prison has been flooded with the calls related to synthetic marijuana. The prison further reported that during the year of 2015, almost 3,572 calls up till now. These calls were made as a result of the deadly after effects of the illegal drugs used first time by the street kids. The number of these calls shows a rapid increase of 229% in comparison to the number of calls registered during January to May during the previous year.

Who doesn’t love ice cream? Better yet, who doesn’t love cannabis? Okay, maybe some people don’t like ice cream, and not everyone likes cannabis. Regardless, get ready to have your mind and taste-buds overwhelmed by the thought of cannabis ice cream.

For those of you that already read about the owners of Ben And Jerry’s (Ben And Jerry, duh) introducing cannabis-infused ice cream earlier this year, these guys at Cannabis Creamery are already way ahead of the curve.

Located in California, Cannabis Creamery produces THC-infused ice cream that is already becoming a major hit. Check out how this shop came to be, and see for yourself where all the magic happens.

I think it’s safe to say we all want a few tubs of that ice cream for this summer…or more.

More than 25 local cannabis businesses hosted a bake sale Saturday, complete with “medical” marijuana-laced munchies.

The first Get Baked Sale, held at the SOMAStreat Food Park on 11th Street, included food trucks and booths lined with all sorts of wares — including Doritos, Chilean empanadas, ice cream sandwiches, pancakes and macaroons — for holders of medical marijuana cards to sample. The event featured cooking demonstrations and food-pairings with marijuana edibles. The pointy green leaves symbolic of the plant were rife on clothing, posters and stickers.

More and more states are choosing to legalize marijuana. And as pot goes mainstream, it's acquiring a new level of sophistication. A somewhat surprising byproduct of this phenomenon is the rise of wine (or beer) and weed pairings, Dan Nosowitz writes for Modern Farmer.

Shortland Street scriptwriters are again mirroring reality, with a teen battling cancer on the show taking marijuana for medicinal reasons.

Just days after Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne gave the green light for medical use of cannabis for a Kiwi teenager in a coma, the use of the drug is the topic of a main storyline on New Zealand's favourite drama.

The Shortland Street winter one-hour season starts on Monday with 14-year-old cancer sufferer Pixie Hannah, played by Thomasin McKenzie, being given brownies laced with cannabis by family members to help with appetite problems.

One of the ongoing rationalizations for the legalization of the drug trade in the United States has been to stop the associated crime that comes with prohibition. The drug trade across the Mexican border is one of the bloodiest on a regular basis.

What is the impact so far of American legalization of the drug highway across the Tex-Mex border?

As most of you already know, marijuana is a recreational drug made from parts of the cannabis plant - usually the hemp plant known as Cannabis sativa - which contains the mind-altering chemical THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.)  Some of the most common nicknames include pot, weed, and many others.  Many people have a positive view of marijuana, considering it in some ways safer than nicotine or alcohol, as using it does not lead to liver or lung disease - and it is clearly safer and less addictive than hard drugs like heroin and cocaine.