Marijuana

North Texas nonprofit R.O.O. is hosting an Opioid Awareness Day at the Denton square on August 31.

The 2019-2020 outbreak of vaping-associated pulmonary injury got researchers in Portland State University chemistry department wondering if vaping and dabbing cannabinoid acetates could have similar results.

After nearly a year of arguments in court, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that smokable hemp can be bought and sold in the state, just not manufactured or processed.

The FDA says several companies have been claiming their delta-8 products can be used for medicinal and therapeutic purposes. These uses haven’t been approved by the FDA, so they’re sending out some warning letters.

Decriminalize Denton has been working for months to get an ordinance on the city’s November general election ballot that would decriminalize small amounts of cannabis. They have a few more days to seal the deal.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a federal cannabis legalization bill last week, but it’s chances in the Senate seem slim.

The federal THC cap on hemp is often regarded as too low and there’s not enough regulation in the CBD industry. Non-binding provisions in President Joe Biden’s recently signed spending bill hope to address these issues.

A Democratic lawmaker in Maine filed a federal bill that could see THC isomer products like delta-8 banned across the country. Some are sounding the alarm, saying this could destroy the hemp industry.

Mark Cuban’s big discounts on drug prices could bring big changes to the pharmaceutical industry.

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company is starting off the new year by providing 100 different generic drugs for a huge savings.

If the Denton City Council won’t approve an ordinance decriminalizing possession of misdemeanor amounts of weed, activists say they’ll work to get the issue put on the ballot for voters to decide.

Peggy had just left the hospital when she went to visit her cannabis dealer in Denton. A retail cashier in her mid-60s, she was struggling to pay her bills and buy the drugs prescribed to treat an inoperable brain tumor. She needed the cannabis to give her an appetite when…

To qualify, nonresidents would need to get approved by an Oklahoma doctor and pay a $200 fee for a license that would then have to be approved by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority.

Legalizing marijuana could make Texas beaucoup bucks.

In 2016, Tony Timpa had a run-in with the police. As he stood outside a porn shop on Mockingbird Lane, Timpa called the cops, telling them he was scared, off of his medication and suffering from mental illness. By the end of the night, the 32-year-old Timpa was dead, dying…

The state of marijuana regulation in Texas, as it stands at the beginning of 2020, is a puzzle. For those of the right race and socioeconomic status, weed is effectively legal. In the state’s big cities especially, pot isn’t seen as a scourge — police departments are citing and releasing…

The Texas Legislature’s latest attempt to reform the state’s marijuana laws appears to have gone out not with a bang or a whimper but with a tweet. Monday night, the Texas House of Representatives passed a landmark bill that, if it becomes law, would reduce Texas’ penalty for possessing an…

Wednesday’s forced resignation of anti-cannabis hard-liner U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was welcome news to marijuana reform supporters, but the departure of another Washington veteran named Sessions could have a larger effect on federal marijuana laws in the months ahead. U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions is the GOP chairman of the…