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A billboard designed to drum up support for legalizing marijuana in Denver has caused controversy. The billboard features a woman who has been a victim of domestic violence. The ad claims a vote in favor of Initiative 100 is a vote in favor of "reducing family and community violence"...

Rocker Melissa Etheridge went to pot during her battle with breast cancer. The Grammy-winning singer says she used medical marijuana to cope with the nasty side effects of chemotherapy, according to a report. "Instead of taking five or six prescriptions, I decided to go the natural route...

An organization distributing medical marijuana will not cease to do so even after receiving a letter from the city calling its actions "prohibited," employees said. Hemp Plus Ministry, located on North State Street by Low Gap Road, is recognized as a church by the city, and the workers there...

An organization distributing medical marijuana will not cease to do so even after receiving a letter from the city calling its actions "prohibited," employees said. Hemp Plus Ministry, located on North State Street by Low Gap Road, is recognized as a church by the city, and the workers there...

Lab rats given drug 100 times as strong as pot Forget the stereotype about dopey potheads. It seems marijuana could be good for your brain. While other studies have shown that periodic use of marijuana can cause memory loss and impair learning and a host of other health problems down the...

A woman legally growing marijuana for medicinal purposes on property near East Third and Mangrove avenues fended off an armed man who tried to pull the plants through slats in a fence. He had uprooted one and was attempting to steal more when the woman heard boards being torn away and...

In the waning days of a record season, a helicopter buzzes treetops here in a remote corner of the "Emerald Triangle," redwood country notorious as the USA's premier producer of marijuana. State narcotics officers from CAMP – Campaign Against Marijuana Planting – are searching for "gardens" to...

A U.S. Army veteran who fled to Canada to avoid prosecution because he grew marijuana to help control chronic pain was yanked from a hospital by Canadian authorities, driven to the U.S. border with a catheter still attached, and turned over to U.S. officials - who provided him with no medical...

Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown is fuming about the "Make Denver SAFER" message on campaign signs pushing a city ballot measure to legalize adult marijuana use. He says the wording is designed to fool residents into thinking that Initiative 100 on the Nov. 1 ballot is about highly...

An Army veteran who fled to Canada to avoid prosecution for growing marijuana to treat his chronic pain was taken from a hospital, driven to the border with a catheter still attached, and turned over to U.S. officials, his lawyer said. Steven W. Tuck then went five days with no medical...

A disturbing-the-peace call leads police to the discovery of 40 pounds of marijuana. Salt Lake City Police Lieutenant Jim Coleman says a woman called police Wednesday after she heard fighting coming from her neighbors' apartment and saw a guy standing outside with a ski mask on. Coleman...

Police say a mushroom farm in Freedom was also a major marijuana distribution center with illegal plants discovered in the bedroom, bathroom, barn and camper on the property. Police found the marijuana at the headquarters of White Mountain Mushroom Co. The farm's owners, a married couple...

The Heads vs. Feds event in the Tangeman University Center's Great Hall on Friday night pitted Steven Hagar and Robert Stutman against each other in public debate. Beginning with a short biographical video about each speaker, the two then launched into a quick review of why they thought...

The 50 pounds of marijuana nabbed by police during a Red Hook traffic stop this summer is stronger and more expensive than the kind of weed typically found in the Hudson Valley. And that's what makes it more dangerous, police say. The high-grade marijuana seized Aug. 12 during a Dutchess County...

Rob Kampia, executive director of America's largest marijuana policy reform organization, will give a series of talks in Florida from October 17-19, in which he will discuss how the recent Supreme Court medical marijuana decision has affected the political and legal climate, and the prospects...