EUGENE, Oregon - Sometime after midnight on a moonlit rural Oregon highway, a state trooper checking a car he had just pulled over found less than an ounce of pot on one passenger: A chatty 72-year-old woman blind in one eye.

She insisted the weed was legal and was approved by the U.S. government.

The trooper and his supervisor were doubtful. But after a series of calls to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Drug Enforcement Agency and her physician, the troopers handed…

by Joe Klare

This month’s “Faces of Medical Marijuana” interview is with a legal medical cannabis patient from El Cajon, CA named Moises a.k.a @TheStonedJoker on Twitter.

“TheStonedJoker” is 25 years old and works a full-time job in construction, which is a prime example of medical marijuana patients being able to overcome their ailments and function well in society.…

A new study released by the RAND Corporation concludes that medical marijuana dispensaries decrease crime levels. The RAND Corporation’s study looked at crime rates in the areas surrounding 600 dispensaries. 170 of those shops closed after the LA City Council passed an ordinance shutting 70% of dispensaries last year. The study claims crime increased up to 60% within a three-block…

A man who legally bought cannabis seeds, but then illegally cultivated them in the hope of selling the drugs to fund his sons' motorcycle ambitions, has received a three year suspended jail term.

A court heard that Paul Michael English, 56, managed to grow 700 plants with a street value of £280,000.

However he had no idea how he was going sell the cannabis.

The scheme was uncovered by firemen called to a blaze…