Marijuana smokers may be more impaired while driving than they think, study suggests

Participants in the study who were not given a placebo felt ready to drive an hour and a half after smoking marijuana, however, simulator data found reduced driving performance such as being unable to stay in their lane.

California investigators seize 14,113 marijuana plants, $350K in cash; 33 arrested

Over a period of six days, investigators in California arrested 33 suspects in connection with illegally growing marijuana, seizing 14,113 marijuana plants, eight guns, 9,550 grams of concentrated marijuana, and over $352,000 in cash.

California cannabis industry says it's been pushed to 'breaking point'

Several of the California's leading cannabis companies have banded together to direct a dire warning to Governor Gavin Newsom this week. In a letter sent to the governor’s office and leaders of the state legislature, business leaders warned that the state’s legal cannabis industry is on the verge of collapse.

Medical marijuana user hospitalized after turning to synthetic 'spice' due to cost

A bad batch of synthetic marijuana, also known as ‘spice,’ is making its way around Hillsborough County. Two people have died after using the drug and another 40 have been hospitalized, as of Tuesday.

$10M cash, 500K marijuana plants seized in Bay Area's largest-ever bust

Alameda County Sheriff's Office detectives say they've recovered upwards of $10 million in cash, 100,000 marijuana plants, and 6 tons of processed marijuana valued at $40 million in the largest-ever marijuana bust in the history of the Bay Area.

California high court: Inmates can’t have cannabis in prison

Prison inmates can’t legally possess marijuana under California’s law allowing recreational pot, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in overturning a lower court that found prisoners could have the drug as long as they didn’t consume it.

Authorities seize millions of dollars worth of marijuana from 500 illegal grows in Antelope Valley area

Law enforcement authorities cleared numerous illegal marijuana grow locations in the Antelope Valley Tuesday in what the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deemed "the largest operation ever to take place in the history of LASD."

Seth Rogen launching marijuana brand Houseplant in US

Seth Rogen, an actor, filmmaker, comedian and proud marijuana enthusiast, is bringing his cannabis and lifestyle brand, Houseplant, to the U.S.

Medical marijuana workers in California move to front of vaccine line

The California Department of Public Health is now allowing people who work at medical marijuana retail shops a shot at the front of the COVID-19 vaccine line, before some teachers and emergency workers. Some say it makes perfect sense, while others are outraged.

California says some highway marijuana billboards must go

The state Bureau of Cannabis Control ordered billboard companies to stop selling space for cannabis marketing and take down existing ads on roads that cross state borders.

Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale released after 12 years

Fate Winslow was approached by undercover officers in 2008 and they asked where to buy some marijuana. He borrowed a bike, found some marijuana, and gave it to officers who then gave him $5. He got life in prison.

Man sentenced to 90 years for non-violent drug offense released, meets grandchildren

Richard DeLisi's sentence is among one of the longest ever handed down for a non-violent crime involving marijuana. But the Polk County man who was serving 90 years is now a free man.

MORE Act: House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

If signed into U.S. law, the MORE Act would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and reinvest in communities hit hardest by the war on drugs.