Marijuana

Number of children hospitalized after ingesting marijuana has spiked in recent years, likely due to edibles

Pa. lawmakers propose allowing medical marijuana edibles, expanding doctors' prescribing guidelines

Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana

Rowdy teens at Jersey Shore reveal controversial aspect of state's marijuana decriminalization law

Ocean City Boardwalk

New Jersey lawmakers take steps to ban delta-8 products

Legal pot is more potent than ever — and still largely unregulated

A weed-fueled, psychotic break helped inspire new animated film 'Bug Therapy,' a nudge for mental health treatment

Bug Therapy Movie Mental Health

Recreational marijuana to become legal in Delaware despite opposition from Gov. John Carney

Delaware weed legalization

Does marijuana boost creativity? Make people lazy? Research challenges stereotypes

Marijuana Studies

Atlantic City's first recreational marijuana shop set to open on 4/20

Atlantic City Recreational Marijuana

New Jersey regulators renew Curaleaf's recreational marijuana licenses, reversing earlier decision

Curaleaf New Jersey Marijuana

Curaleaf will lose license to sell recreational weed in New Jersey following vote by state regulators

Federal marijuana pardon certificates now available to people with past offenses

Marijuana Pardon Certificates

Regular marijuana use increases the risk of heart disease, study finds

Marijuana Heart Disease

As Josh Shapiro takes office, could 2023 be the year Pennsylvania legalizes recreational marijuana?

Pennsylvania Marijuana Legalization

N.J. pharmacy looking to make history with a marijuana dispensary

Bell Pharmacy marijuana dispensary

Rutgers Law to offer free courses on N.J.'s legal marijuana industry to minority entrepreneurs

Marijuana smokers are twice as likely as cigarette users to develop peraseptal emphysema, chest scans show

Biden to pardon all federal offenses for simple marijuana possession, review criminalization

Who qualifies for the Biden administration's federal marijuana pardon?

Philly man sold THC-laced snacks to children through Instagram, prosecutors say

Marijuana Edibles Montgomery County

New Jersey's recreational marijuana sales bring in $24 million in first month

Ex-police informant arrested for killing Bristol Township woman and lighting her house on fire in 1991

Bristol Homicide Mother

Why it's important to disclose marijuana use prior to surgery

Marijuana use sedation

Late-night hosts poke fun at New Jersey's legalization of recreational marijuana

New Jersey recreational marijuana

New Jersey recreational marijuana sales set to begin on April 21

NJ Recreational Marijuana Sales

Five people arrested in raid on illegal marijuana dispensary in Burlington County

Burlington County Marijuana Raid

New Jersey's recreational marijuana sales could soon begin as state approves first retail licenses

New Jersey recreational marijuana

Pennsylvania's cannabis laws are among harshest in U.S. despite public support of legalization

Pennsylvania Marijuana Laws

Rider University to offer courses preparing students for jobs in burgeoning legal marijuana industry

Rider University Cannabis Studies

Cannabis compounds can prevent COVID-19 virus from entering healthy human cells, study shows

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Pa. Supreme Court rules smell of marijuana alone doesn't justify warrantless vehicle searches

Marijuana Vehicle Searches

Philadelphia's ban on pre-hire marijuana testing will take effect in the new year

Marijuana Use

Regular marijuana use may harm sleep quality, new study finds

Marijuana use and sleep

Ex-Eagle Nigel Bradham arrested in Florida on marijuana, weapon charges

Philadelphia voters approve ballot question calling for marijuana decriminalization in Pennsylvania

Ballot measures results

PA state police confiscate $25 million in illegal drugs in the third quarter of 2021

PA State Police Drug Confiscation

What Philly's ballot question about marijuana decriminalization really means

Philly ballot questions

Babysitter fatally stabbed Pennsylvania woman after 'adverse reaction' to marijuana cookies, police say

Marijuana Edibles Pennsylvania Stabbing

Marijuana use doubles people's risk of breakthrough COVID-19 cases, study shows

Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce bill to legalize recreational marijuana use

Marijuana legalization bill

Long-term marijuana use can cause uncontrollable vomiting – and such cases appear to be increasing

marijuana use

Heart attack risk nearly doubles for young adult marijuana users, study finds

Marijuana Heart Attack

Weedstock Cannabis Community Festival comes to Delaware

Weedstock

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