The latest research adds to the debate over marijuana's effects on the brain

Using marijuana does not cause changes in brain volume, a new study suggests.

Public health experts have cited concerns that using marijuana could be associated with structural changes in the brain. However, a new trial comparing the brains of marijuana users and non-users to their siblings reveals that marijuana use likely does not cause changes in brain volume.

CLEVELAND- ResponsibleOhio, the group pushing for marijuana legalization in Ohio through Issue 3, introduced its mascot earlier this week.

“Buddie” made stops at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University as part of the campaign’s bus tour.

“Buddie is going to college campuses only to promote ‘Buddie’s 21 and Up Club,’ our social media campaign to engage millennial voters in a new, creative and exciting way,” ResponsibleOhio spokeswoman Faith Oltman said in a statement on Thursday.

The state of Georgia has been scrambling to figure out a way to lay the groundwork of a newly legalized industry overnight. 

One California grower told a state commission on Wednesday that 25 acres — or one million square feet — would be enough space to produce all of the medical marijuana needed to treat Georgia patients.

The Commission on Medical Cannabis faces the demanding task of deciding how to lay down the infrastructure for the state’s medical marijuana industry. The most contentious issue to date is how to structure and regulate the oil’s cultivation and production.

DENVER -- MassRoots, Inc. (OTCQB:MSRT), one of the largest and fastest growing social networks for cannabis consumers, is pleased to announce it has named MyDx, Inc.’s (OTCQB:MYDX) MyDx device the official marijuana analyzer of the cannabis community. After crowd-funding nearly $40,000 from 187 supporters on Indiegogo, MyDx launched their hand-held analyzer earlier this summer, giving consumers the ability to test strains of cannabis to determine how they will affect such ailments as stress, anxiety and pain.

New poll suggests candidates who are pro-states' rights as far as marijuana is concerned may connect with key primary voters

Most voters in Iowa and New Hampshire think the feds should stay out of states' marijuana legalization efforts, according to new poll numbers. 

GARDEN CITY, Kansas (August 26, 2015) -Since the world learned that the Kansas Department of Children and Families(DCF) and the Garden City Police Department seized Shona Banda’s eleven year old son for speaking out during a drug prevention presentation at school, much has transpired. Her story has been spread internationally from a crime blotter of a small local newspaper to international headlines. From the Guardian, Huffington Post, Reason,The Atlantic and across the oceans to France, Spain and the UK. The list is substantial. Shona has a Gofundme account that has raised almost fifty thousand dollars, with contributions coming from people such as Steve Wozniak , cofounder of Apple.

How weed is being embraced by women and the wellness movement

The day when recreational marijuana will be available for purchase in Oregon is fast approaching. At the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, jobs are being created to get ready for implementing recreational marijuana policies.

Some context: On Oct. 1, medical marijuana dispensaries in most areas will begin selling some kinds of marijuana products to consumers. On Jan. 4, the state will begin accepting permit applications for marijuana businesses. Oregonians voted to legalize recreational marijuana through Measure 91, which passed in 2014.

Aubrie Hill, 20, grew up in Huntsville but moved to California earlier this month to have legal access to medical marijuana to help treat her epilepsy.

The passion and the energy resonated from California to Alabama, the video interview providing a window into the raw determination that drives Vicki Hill.

She left 32 years of her life behind in Huntsville to relocate to northern California in search of a medical marijuana sanctuary for her 20-year-old daughter, Aubrie, who has suffered from epilepsy since she was 5.

Public health officials reported nearly 200 patients have now qualified for Georgia's new medical marijuana registry, with an uptick in the number of doctors now approved to recommend cannabis oil as a treatment.

The updates given Wednesday to the state Commission on Medical Cannabis come as patients, families and doctors continue to grapple with issues about the oil and how it works, including how to dose it or how to buy or obtain it.

That includes concerns by some physicians that the oil is, in effect, experimental and not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Others are worried about liability should they register with the state to confirm patients are eligible to use medical marijuana in Georgia.