As more states move to legalize marijuana and seek tax and other economic benefits from the drug, small-scale artisanal marijuana growers are being squeezed out. Welcome to the days of Big Marijuana.

I’ve fought against addiction-for-profit industries throughout my career in public service. As President Bill Clinton’s Health and Human Services Secretary, I watched tobacco company executives lie ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

OK, marijuana is now legal. So where’s the public health approach? Strictly speaking, marijuana use isn’t fully legal across the U.S. yet. But when Montana and Missouri have legalized recreational use ...

This scare dates back to the 1970s and, like most urban legends, has some kernels of truth to it. Indeed, perusing through some of the most recently released documents from Big Tobacco lawsuits has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuesday brought big marijuana news: The Biden Administration is expected to soon reclassify marijuana for the first time in ...

In the last decade, we have seen some dramatic shifts in how marijuana is viewed and its legal status. We can gain a better understanding of the growth potential of the marijuana industry if we ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order today that committed the Justice Department to “rescheduling” marijuana. Although the order won’t legalize pot, it will relax a series of restrictions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Marijuana is big business these days in the U.S. Revenues could ...

A former Microsoft manager wants to be the world leader in the sale of medical and recreational marijuana, projecting legal marijuana as a $200-$500 billion industry worldwide. At a news conference in ...

In 1969, smoking a joint anywhere in the United States could land you in jail, and only 12 percent of the U.S. public supported the legalization of marijuana. Today, marijuana for medical or ...