By most standards Matt and Paige Figi were living the American dream. They met at Colorado State University, where they shared a love of the outdoors. After getting married, the couple bought a house and planned to travel the world.
A medical marijuana clinic opened in Chicago this week. It is the first such dispensary in Illinois. Named Good Intentions, interested people can visit the clinic in the Bucktown neighborhood, on North Ashland Avenue.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The US government claims it's using secret NSA information to fight terrorism – but it's also going after medical marijuana activists.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marc Emery needs your help. The Canadian marijuana advocate, currently serving a five-year prison sentence in the US after being arrested for his political activism, has been approved by the US federal government for a transfer to serve the rest of his time in Canada.
It pains Jenny Allen to see her 6-year-old autistic son bang his head against the floor and bite himself, knowing there is little she can do to calm him.
A foster mother in Austin, Texas has been charged with beating a toddler to death after she was placed in her care because social services found her biological parents smoking pot.
Legal experts troubled by revelations of law enforcement using NSA surveillance data to initiate criminal investigations in a technique known as "parallel construction."