To Americans, who can't seem to agree on medical marijuana use, which has been shown to improve quality of life for sufferers of many diseases, this should come as a shock. Argentina's supreme court has ruled not just that marijuana use should be legal, but that any prohibition on personal use is unconstitutional.

The voters of city of Oakland, CA, have approved the first tax on medical marijuana in the country. The city has four dispensaries that took in about $19.7 million in revenue in the last fiscal year.

Anybody want to get high? Well if you do, Apple wants to make it as easy as possible for you by providing a new medical marijuana Iphone app helps you locate the nearest joint where you can get some pot.

Ex-world champion mountain biker, Melissa Giove, was arrested after federal authorities seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from a truck she was driving in upstate New York.

Using a highly sensitive new test, scientists in Europe are reporting "convincing evidence" that marijuana smoke damages the genetic material DNA in ways that could increase the risk of cancer. Their study is scheduled for the June 15 issue of ACS' Chemical Research in Toxicology, a monthly journal.

The latest public figure to support the legalization of marijuana is bombshell actress Megan Fox. Fox (according to GQ) said that she would like to see Marijuana legalized. Is there a case for such a view?

Those in the United States living with HIV/AIDS are more likely to use marijuana than those in Kenya, South Africa or Puerto Rica to alleviate their symptoms, according to a new study published in Clinical Nursing Research, published by SAGE.

In 1996, California became the first start to legalize medical marijuana. As cash-strapped as the state is, all bets are off. Assembly Bill AB 390 would legalize, and tax, marijuana sales in California.

The Michael Phelps marijuana scandal may be coming to a close as a South Carolina sheriff declared today that the Olympic gold medalist would not be charged over a photo which shows the young man partaking of the illicit drug.

USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps for three months of competition after a picture which appeared in News of the World showing him taking a hit off of a bong. They also cut off their financial support for Phelps for the same three-month period, effective Thursday.

Michael Phelps, 14-time Olympic Gold Medal swimmer, with the record for most gold medals, has been called an All-American boy, the boy next door, and a "Golden Boy." Endorsements have already been forthcoming, but what now, after the British paper News of the World caught him on camera smoking weed?

Marijuana kills pain by activating a set of proteins known as cannabinoid receptors, which can also regulate appetite, inflammation, and memory. The body also has chemicals known as endocannabinoids that naturally activate these same receptors, namely N-arachidonoyl ethanolamine (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG).