cannabis

Learn about the latest research on the biological and mental health implications of frequent high-potency cannabis use.

San Francisco-based Eaze is the latest of a growing number of cannabis-related businesses in the state that are closing.

The task force seized 122,914 illegal plants and 22 firearms.

Recent research links heavy cannabis use to higher risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, especially in women.

Some of the data suggests prenatal marijuana use was associated with a 17 percent increase in the likelihood of developing pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Cannabis can be toxic to adolescent brain functioning, increasing the risk of developing psychosis years later.

New large-scale research presents some of the most damning evidence yet about marijuana’s impact on cardiovascular health.

The psychoactive substance from the cannabis saliva plant can cause hallucinations, vomiting, tremor, anxiety, dizziness, confusion, and loss of consciousness.

A report has found ’severe failings’ in the Probation Service’s monitoring of a cannabis user who murdered four people during a drug-induced psychotic episode.

As a man is jailed for life for the murder of four members of the same family, the case highlights the link between cannabis and psychosis.

Illegal farming is nothing new to the Golden State, but experts suggest the scale and level of violence has changed.

The proposed bill would allow cities and counties to seize assets under new forfeiture laws that mirror the state’s approach to unlicensed alcohol production.

Cannabis legalization efforts are a boon to big business, but many Americans are paying with their health.

Canadian researchers say emergency department visits for cannabis-involved traffic injuries jumped 475 percent between 2010 and 2021.

Assembly Bill 1126 authorizes the state to issue citations for companies that falsely claim a product is licensed by using the universal cannabis symbol.

Besides minimum wage increases, employers now need to provide more sick leave days, expand bereavement leave to reproductive loss, and allow off-the-clock cannabis use.

In what some describe as another blow to a struggling industry, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an opinion declaring that interstate cannabis trade would be detrimental to the state because of the risk of federal litigation.