Health Sep 02 Many people think cannabis smoke is harmless. Here’s how how that belief can put health at risk By Beth Cohen, The Conversation
Politics Dec 31 Anticipation high as California rolls out retail pot sales The first of about six dozen shops licensed by the state will open Monday. By Brian Melley, Associated Press
Health Jul 21 Watch 2:46 What a scientist suggests you tell your kids about legal marijuana With marijuana legal in some form in 26 states and the District of Columbia, the old script for talking to your children about pot is changing. Behavioral scientist Elizabeth D’Amico, who has researched drug and alcohol use among teens for… By PBS NewsHour
Nation Jul 05 Column: How cannabis patents could pave the way for future lawsuits Although marijuana continues to be classified as a Schedule 1 drug, private companies are quietly securing patents. Here's why that matters. By Craig Nard, The Conversation
Nation Mar 25 Colorado weighs strategy for guarding against marijuana crackdown Colorado is considering an unusual strategy to protect its nascent marijuana industry from a potential federal crackdown. By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press
Dec 29 Watch 6:58 Budding regulation in one of California’s marijuana meccas By PBS NewsHour As more states move to legalize pot, Humboldt County, California, an epicenter of the underground marijuana industry, has begun a new, bold experiment to bring growers out of the shadows and regulate the growth, sale and environmental impact of cannabis. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 8:14 How safe is super-concentrated marijuana? By PBS News Hour Now legal in eight states, there are unanswered questions about the impact of recreational marijuana on public health. To maximize potency, pot can be purified for maximum THC, its psychoactive ingredient. But a lack of research and restrictions on these… Continue watching
Nov 08 Death penalty, gun control, pot among ballot-measure issues By David Crary, Associated Press NEW YORK — Voters in some states weighed in Tuesday on several of most volatile issues facing America — gun control, marijuana legalization, the death penalty and the right of a terminally ill person to get a doctor's help in… Continue reading
Oct 19 Record high 60 percent of Americans back legal pot, poll finds By David Crary, Associated Press A record high 60 percent of American adults support legalization of marijuana, according to a new Gallup poll released three weeks before voters in nine states decide whether to expand legal access to pot. Continue reading
Oct 19 Business owners become donors in push to legalize marijuana By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors. Continue reading