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Tucson police officers and Homeland Security agents took down a "sophisticated" scheme to ship drugs and cash through UPS, arresting 11 men and seizing 50,000 counterfeit THC vape pens of the type linked to recent deaths. Read more»

Colorado is on the front lines in dealing with how marijuana use affects surgery. Lessons learned on operating tables and in recovery rooms have prompted calls for more research on marijuana nationwide. Read more»

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has reported a more than 700 percent increase in calls related to marijuana to its poison center in 2019.

As marijuana and its derivatives are sold legally in more states, pets are getting into pot, accidentally. And some owners are intentionally giving them CBD. A veterinary toxicologist explains the dangers. Read more»

Heather Shuker and daughter Hannah Pallas, 12, at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

An ever-growing lobby of tenacious parents are pushing politicians to legalize medical marijuana for children with epilepsy and other serious conditions. Read more»