For the first time, archaeologists have unearthed well-preserved cannabis plants, which were placed on a corpse some 2,500 years ago.

Knowing that morphine was isolated from the poppy and cocaine was isolated from the coca leaf, Dr. Mechoulam wondered about the main active component(s) in cannabis.

With its government’s approval, Israel has been a pioneer in medical cannabis research and development for more than 50 years.

"Altered State: Marijuana in California," a one-of-its-kind museum exhibition focusing on the topic, is open through the summer at the Oakland Museum of California.

A lexical shift is happening around the word cannabis. It's a term that’s changing social norms, business, law, and government.

It wasn’t until a chance encounter with the one and only Bob Dylan that the Beatles became truly enamored with the wacky tobacky.

Dr. Raphael Mechoulam laid the scientific foundation upon which all modern cannabis knowledge is built.

While the expanding legal marijuana market is a novice of modern economy, cannabis is no new commodity.