Cannabis consumers who caught COVID-19 had significantly lower rates of intubation, respiratory failure and death than people who do not use marijuana, according a new study based on hospital data that was presented this week at the annual conference of The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) in Honolulu.... Read more

Texas activists say they have secured enough signatures to put a local marijuana decriminalization initiative on the ballot in the city of Lubbock if lawmakers there do not enact the reform legislatively. The committee behind the initiative filed paperwork for the Freedom Act Lubbock ordinance with the city secretary... Read more

Connecticut saw yet another month of record-breaking marijuana sales in September, with medical and recreational purchases exceeding $25 million for the first time, new state data published on Tuesday shows. Adult-use cannabis sales hit $14,388,751 last month—the ninth month in a row of record-topping recreational marijuana purchases since the... Read more

A new paper in the European Journal for Chemistry traces the history of cannabis through “thousands of years of contact with mankind,” noting the plant’s legacy as a source of fiber, nutrition, medicine, spirituality and pleasure. At the same time, it notes that cannabis “is perhaps one of the... Read more