New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's response in a recent radio interview to a question about legal marijuana was in keeping with his tough-on-crime persona.

A former prosecutor and potential presidential candidate, Christie has long been a staunch opponent of pot, at one time lambasting tax revenue generated from the sale of legal recreational marijuana as "blood money."

"I will crack down and not permit it," he told radio host Hugh Hewitt, who had asked whether legal marijuana sales in Colorado and Washington state should be allowed. "Marijuana is an illegal drug under federal law. And the states should not be permitted to sell it and profit from it."

New Zealanders increasingly favour legalising the medical use of marijuana, a ONE News Colmar Brunton poll shows.

Support has grown more than 10% since ONE News last tested the question 12 years ago but very few voters think it should be decriminalised completely.

Currently 48 New Zealanders are legally allowed to use Sativex which contains cannabis derivatives and the Associate Health Minister supports such products.

"If those products are shown as a result of the normal testing programme to be fit for purpose then we will permit them to be made available in New Zealand," Peter Dunne says.

The former top lawyer at Kroger is investing in the Butler County farm that will grow marijuana if Ohio voters approve a constitutional amendment to legalize the drug.

Barely illegal: Canada’s vice laws have undergone radical change in the last few years — but it hasn’t necessarily affected how Canadians, and the police, behave. In a two-part package, National Post looks at enforcement (or the lack thereof) around marijuana and prostitution and what it means for the future. 

VANCOUVER — If several thousand people gathered in Downtown Vancouver for a mass light-up of cigarettes, it would be assailed by condemnations from the city’s chief medical health officer. If they came to chug moonshine, the gathering would be stopped in its tracks by riot police.

(CNN)Walking in the woods, cannabis day spas and rolling around in sand.

These are just a few of the hottest trends in wellness according to SpaFinder Wellness 365, which claims to be the world's largest spa media and marketing company.

But which trends will turn out to be fads and which will stick?

Strange as they sound, it's worth remembering that some pretty odd wellness practices have come and gone through the ages.

Cleopatra indulged in milk baths and mud treatments -- variations of which can still be enjoyed today.

For some reason, though, bloodletting and leeches didn't manage to survive the test of time.

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Kannaway, LLC, the portfolio firm of Medical Marijuana Inc (OTCMKTS:MJNA) confirmed that it was awarded with the esteemed Start-Up of the Year honor from the Academy of Multi-Level Marketing, popularly known as TAMM. Kannaway is a known firm as it is the first hemp lifestyle network promotional firm to offer natural cannabidiol hemp botanical products.

Pro-marijuana activists say Greece's far-left government should bring in new legislation

A different kind of air blew over Syntagma square over the weekend as hundreds of Greeks gathered opposite the parliament and smoked at the Athens Cannabis Protestival, the first pro-cannabis legalization celebration to take place in the country's capital.

Texas State Rep. David Simpson wants to remove all references to marijuana from the state’s legal code. And he quotes scripture to back him up.

Snoop Dogg might be universally known for his love marijuana, but he’s got competition from Morgan Freeman for being the drug’s biggest fan.

The veteran actor made it clear just how much he loves weed in an interview with the Daily Beast, declaring the many ways he likes to consume the drug.

‘How do I take it? However it comes! I’ll eat it, drink it, smoke it, snort it!’ The 77-year-old said.

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Morgan really wants to get marijuana legalised too, because of all of it’s medicinal purposes.

‘I have fibromyalgia pain in this arm, and the only thing that offers any relief is marijuana,’ the actor said.