Marijuana delivery is efficient. Marijuana delivery is convenient. Marijuana delivery is illegal.

At least that's the case in the city of Los Angeles, where voters passed a measure, 2013's Proposition D, that outlaws delivery of otherwise legal medical cannabis except by "primary caregivers" such as home nurses.

"There is no lawful delivery service under Prop. D," L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer has said.

Yet delivery services have, er, mushroomed, and SpeedWeed is the local big daddy of them all. Prosecutors say it has 25,000 customers.

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is one of the most expansive and widely used public spaces in the country, so when on August 15, 2015, a competitive long-distance run was held featuring among its festivities a Lagunitas-sponsored beer garden and a live concert, it was just another Saturday in the park. But this wasn’t any old fun-run: It was an event of the 420 Games, an organization that hopes to illustrate that “cannabis users are not lazy, unmotivated or ‘stoners’ and to de-stigmatize the millions who use cannabis in a healthy and responsible lifestyle.” 

Arizona Cardinals defensive back Tyrann Mathieu’s journey to NFL stardom was almost washed away by drug usage. He failed multiple drug tests while at LSU, and was kicked off the football team in August of 2012 despite being a Heisman Trophy finalist the year prior.

It's hardly a shocking revelation that Nick Diaz likes a smoke, but it's not something he talks about often. Throughout his career, Diaz has tested positive for marijuana metabolites 3 times, the first in 2007 in a fight against Takanori Gomi and the latest in 2015 when he faced Anderson Silva. The latter earned him an initial 5 year suspension, but appeals have got this significantly reduced and Diaz could fight as soon as August 2016.

In a fantastic interview with High Times, the Stockton, California native opened up about his suspension and why he is so inclined to smoke marijuana.

Former TV news anchor turned marijuana activist, Charlo Greene—who famously quipped "fuck it, I quit" before marching off the set of Anchorage's KTVA back in 2014—has plans to return to the airwaves. 

Over a year after her abrupt on-air resignation to become an advocate and entrepreneur in the cannabis industry, Greene has combined her passions to create The Charlo Greene Show, which she describes as "the Oprah Winfrey Show for WEED" on the project's Kickstarter page. 

Adults who smoke marijuana the most commonly used psychoactive drug or medicine are five times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder (AUD) alcohol abuse or dependence compared with adults who do not smoke it, warns a study. For those people already battling an alcohol use disorder, using marijuana is likely to aggravate their dependency. Adult drinkers who did not use marijuana were significantly more likely to be in recovery from alcohol use disorders three years later.

Adults who smoke marijuana -- the most commonly used psychoactive drug or medicine -- are five times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder (AUD) -- alcohol abuse or dependence -- compared with adults who do not smoke it, warns a study.

For those people already battling an alcohol use disorder, using marijuana is likely to aggravate their dependency.

Adult drinkers who did not use marijuana were significantly more likely to be in recovery from alcohol us using marijuana is likely to aggravate their dependency. e disorders three years later.

Cases of young people influenced by growing acceptance of drug overseas a worrying trend

It was a National Geographic documentary he watched at home on television that got him believing that smoking cannabis could help with his attention deficit disorder (ADD).

The documentary featured the supposed medicinal uses of the drug.

Jack (not his real name), was 15 then and doing fine at school, with parents who were working professionals. Through neighbourhood friends, he got his hands on the drug and started smoking it once a week.

He was nabbed by narcotics officers late last year in the Housing Board flat where he lived. Now a 17-year-old student at the Institute of Technical Education, he was put on urine supervision and made to undergo counselling.

For a week, seizures and arrests follow one another to try to stem the traffic. But France remains one of the largest consumers of cannabis in Europe. Regular smokers are becoming more numerous, 1.4 million in 2014, a market worth over a billion euros and very difficult to control.

Hemp hearts, hemp nuts, or hemp seed has been keeping much of the world heart-healthy for hundreds of years. According to research conducted by the National Center of Biotechnology Information and funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, in 2010, hemp seed has the potential to beneficially influence heart disease.