PUEBLO — If the United States stopped viewing CBD as an illegal substance, it would unlock the marijuana compound’s immense potential as medicine, the “father of cannabis research” said Saturday.

PUEBLO — If the United States stopped viewing CBD as an illegal substance, it would unlock the marijuana compound’s immense potential as medicine, the “father of cannabis research” said Saturday.

While it’s not yet on calendars, April 20 has become the unofficial holiday of marijuana, particularly in the growing number of states where pot has been decriminalized for recreational use.

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.

Similar to tobacco, cannabis has always held its own mythology.

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

On August 4th we celebrate the birth of one of the most influential figures in jazz. But did you know that Pops loved his pot?

"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.

This is an ambitious undertaking for the Oakland Museum of California, but it comes at the right time and in the right place.

PENDLETON — In the marijuana world, cannabis breeder Daniel John “D.J.” Short gets rock star raves while simultaneously keeping to the shadows.

More than 80 years ago, when American music tastes were morphing into what we call the Swing Era, cannabis references began popping up regularly in popular music.

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.