In one of the few scientific developments likely to interest both the Governor of North Dakota and Method Man, scientists at the University of Minnesota have identified the genes in cannabis that allow the plant to produce THC.
For 40 years, federal marijuana studies have been conducted in one place - the University of Mississippi. Contracts should be awarded to several different institutions.
WHYPROHIBITION.CA - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged $555,000 to study the links between cannabis and mental illness, and has put evangelical pastor Chris Summerville in charge of the project.
CANNABIS CULTURE - A Fox News team is offered a look inside the US Government's one and only marijuana farm and research lab, located in Oxford, Mississippi.
Not all teenagers smoke marijuana with the goal of getting high. A new study by researchers at the University of B.C. found some teens use marijuana to relieve or manage health problems when other therapies have not worked.