Faced with traumatic brain injury, depression, chronic pain, and addictive medication, former NFL players are coming together in support of medical marijuana.

New Jersey, where property, corporate and income taxes are among the highest in the U.S., now can also claim the nation’s most expensive medical marijuana. Governor Chris Christie, who has railed against the state’s cost of living, says pricey pot is fine with him.

The second-term Republican, who has called the cannabis-therapy movement a “front for legalization,” says he’ll block Democratic lawmakers’ latest efforts to broaden the list of conditions eligible for treatment. The program’s restrictions are causing the state to miss out on millions of dollars in tax revenue, sponsors say.

On April 12, 2016, Economist Beau Whitney and cannabis industry consultant Sam Chapman announced the release of their new cannabis industry report, “Oregon Cannabis Jobs Report: Retail Sales and Job Creation in Oregon’s Burgeoning Cannabis Sector.”

From Dec. 9, 2015, until Jan. 16, 2016, the Oregon Cannabis Jobs Report surveyed state cannabis dispensaries registered with the Oregon Health Authority, with the data anonymized and collected confidentially.

Each medical marijuana company in New York is allowed to produce up to five different strains of the drug. The oils, tinctures and capsules are generally labeled by different colors or brand names, and, in some cases, both.

Vireo Health of New York, for instance, uses a red, yellow and green traffic-signal-like system for three of its strains. Below is some information about the broad spectrum of marijuana-based drugs based on that traffic signal system:

Why do we call marijuana marijuana? Growing up, I assumed that "marijuana" was the original Latin name for the plant I discuss every week in this column. But that's not the case.

Cannabis is its actual name. Cannabis is the genus that contains the three psychoactive plants we love so well: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and their stubby cousin Cannabis ruderalis. However, cannabis is far more commonly referred to as marijuana. Why?

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Arizona has hit a new milestone in its quest to get on November's ballot.

An Arizona citizens' initiative campaign to legalize marijuana announced today that it has reached 200,000 signatures — more than needed to make November's ballot.

But the campaign is shooting for far more than it needs — at least 225,000 signatures — in case some are invalidated.

ALBANY - Citing flaws in the state's current rules, advocates for medical marijuana traveled to the state Capitol on Tuesday to push lawmakers to support loosening New York's restrictions.

The advocates joined with Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, to push for a series of changes to the state's program, including a bill that would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to recommend cannabis-based medications.

April 20 (4/20)  is nearly (eight days!) upon us and that means it’s time for the cannabis community to celebrate its national high holiday.

From smokey concerts to peaceful park smoke-outs, there’s never a shortage of 4/20 celebrations in the air. But this year brings a new, special kind of celebration coming from the East Coast in the form of a “Unity Torch.”

DENVER — A first-of-its-kind license for marijuana couriers is nearing approval in Colorado.

The state House gave preliminary approval Tuesday to creating a new "marijuana transporter" license under the pot-regulating agency.

Colorado already has 12 marijuana courier companies, which fill out shipping manifests to move pot from growing warehouses to store shelves. The couriers are currently classified as marijuana "vendors," a broad category which includes other ancillary services.

The new license would give those couriers additional powers, such as temporarily storing pot if an unexpected snowstorm closes a highway. Currently the pot couriers must return to the site of origin if they cannot deliver the marijuana within a designated window.

Los Angeles' green rush started 10 years ago, when entrepreneurs opened the doors of hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries. Not everyone was on board.