Breckenridge, Colo. — High-altitude partying is a deeply carved tradition in ski country, where alcohol in the open and illicit drugs in the shadows have been intertwined for years. Even before last week’s town vote here that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, one of the best-selling T-shirts at Shirt and Ernie’s on [...]

More than 100 million Americans have smoked pot. Thirteen states have medical marijuana laws on the books, and a dozen more are considering legislation. Studies have shown that the substance can stimulate appetite, ease muscle spasms and numb pain. Yet since 1970, when Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, the time-slowing green [...]

A crowd of more than 150 medical marijuana patients gathered Tuesday night to voice their opinions after Red Bluff implemented a temporary ban on medical marijuana. Patients have a message for the City Council and staff: They are here.  They are not going away.  They need to be respected like everyone else in the community. [...]

The Obama administration has announced that federal agencies will no longer pursue criminal charges against people who use or supply medical marijuana in states where it is legal. ( Note: North Carolina is not among those 14 states.  ) I have long wondered why marijuana cannot be legally used to relieve the pain and discomfort [...]

We’ll be coming to you on location this weekend from Oregon NORML’s first-in-the-nation Cannabis Café. (Saturday, 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific.) While California and Colorado have medical dispensaries, they do not allow medication on site. Oregon’s law does not allow for marijuana sales, but does allow patients to medicate “out of public view”. Oregon NORML’s [...]

A medical marijuana dispensary that opened without permission in north Gilroy will continue to sell cannabis until at least Tuesday despite a “cease and desist” order from the city, a dispensary representative said.  The situation has city officials heated, residents curious, and at least one councilman expecting an expensive lawsuit. Gilroy’s City Council will meet [...]