Cannabis
Cannabis sativa (of the family Cannabaceae) is the Latin name for marijuana and hemp. The cannabis plant has been cultivated and used for many centuries by a variety of cultures, primarily fo...
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Marijuana
What Kind of Drug Is It?
Marijuana is the most widely used illegal controlled substance in the world. Although the drug has been illegal in the United States since the 1930s, an estimated 40...
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Who ever thought that a plant, a simple green plant, could cause so much controversy? This little plant has stirred up so many different opinions and judgments, that it's hard to know what to believe ...
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The fields of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan were free of opium poppies this year, a success touted often by Afghan and international officials. But one look at Mohammad Alam's fields uncov...
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Amsterdam (dpa) - Dutch patients can continue to use cannabis, or
marijuana, as pain medication, a spokesman for health minister Ab
Klink said on Thursday.
Ca...
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HONG KONG, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Smoking a joint is equivalent
to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, scientists in
New Zealand have found, as they warned of an "epidemic" of lung
cancers lin...
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AMSTERDAM, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on
Wednesday it wants to promote the development of cannabis-based
medicine and will extend the drug's availability in pharmacies
by five yea...
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AMSTERDAM, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on
Wednesday it wants to promote the development of cannabis-based
medicine and will extend the drug's availability in pharmacies
by five yea...
Read more