It's called the "Walmart of Weed."
WeGrow opens its latest store in Phoenix, Arizona, selling marijuana-growing equipment but not the drug itself.
When Drew Brown first opened Abundant Healing, a medical marijuana dispensary that serves nearly 300 patients, he dreamed of early retirement to Costa Rica, where he would spend his days as a beach bum renting surfboards to tourists.
In a move that drew fire from medical marijuana advocates, federal authorities raided 26 medical marijuana dispensaries in 13 Montana cities, saying they have probable cause to believe that the businesses are involved in large-scale trafficking.
Seattle holds its first medical marijuana farmers market, as CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports.
The crops for sale carry labels like "dark vader," "uk cheese" and "white russian."
The Montana House of Representatives voted 63-37 Thursday to repeal the state's six-year-old medical marijuana law.
CNN's Jim Spellman reports on a mobile medical marijuana clinic traveling to rural Colorado towns.
A rodeo cowboy with a bum shoulder, a middle-aged woman who has trouble sleeping and a handful of snowboarders are all crowded around a shiny aluminum trailer on a sunny winter day. Some clutch X-rays, others look around nervously hoping a neighbor won't spot them as they wait in line for a medical marijuana prescription.
One company is offering a soda-like version of medical marijuana.
It's not enough to fizz with carbonation and taste sweet.
A Colorado physician suspected of recommending medical marijuana to a 28-weeks pregnant woman without conducting a thorough physical examination is fighting to keep his license.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors took a major step Tuesday toward banning medical marijuana dispensaries in the county's unincorporated areas.
Almost two weeks after polls closed, Arizona voters have approved a medical marijuana law, state officials said Monday.
By a narrow margin of about 4,300 votes, Arizona voters approved a ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana, state election officials said Sunday.
Dr. Melvyn Sterling talks with CNN's Ali Velshi about the pros and cons of medical marijuana.
California voters rejected the legalization of marijuana Tuesday, according to a CNN projection based on exit polling.
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders says prohibitions against marijuana should be lifted.
On November 2, California will vote on Proposition 19, a measure to legalize marijuana. Advocates believe Prop 19 will generate a major budgetary windfall and unleash an economic boom in marijuana-related industries while reducing crime, corruption and Mexican drug violence.
"Parker Spitzer" host Kathleen Parker tells CNN's Don Lemon that pot should be decriminalized.
California's most valuable export isn't fine wine, agricultural products or motion pictures.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart for the termination of a Michigan employee whose doctor verified his illness qualified for medical marijuana use.
When American entrepreneur Adam Dunn moved to the Netherlands at age 19, his first business plan wasn't anything to write home about. He'd crammed 300 Rolling Stones concert T-shirts into his luggage, hoping to sell them for some quick cash.
The Billings, Montana, City Council will take up the issue of regulating medical marijuana on Monday night in a meeting expected to be intense in the wake of the firebombings of two of the city's medical marijuana storefronts in the last two days.
When a rare form of cancer invaded Joseph Casias' nasal cavity and his brain, his doctor prescribed marijuana to help alleviate the daily pain.
CNN's Jim Spellman introduces us to a mother and son in the controversial and expanding business of medical marijuana.
Entrepreneur John Lee thinks the pot business is ready for its own Amazon.com.
Mark McGwire Soon after he raised his right hand and testified before Congress at a hearing on baseball and steroids in 2005, McGwire said, "I'm not here to talk about the past" -- probably his most public and famous denial in a decade of them.
The New Jersey legislature voted Monday to make that state the 14th in the country to approve marijuana for medicinal use, pending the governor's signature.
CNN's Jim Spellman introduces us to Diane Irwin and her son, who run a medical marijuana farm.
Driving down Broadway, it's easy to forget you are in the United States. Amid the antique stores, bars and fast-food joints occupying nearly every block are some of Denver's newest businesses: medical marijuana dispensaries.
The crop has been harvested, and Diane Irwin's secret technique paid off.
Patients in the 13 states where medical marijuana is legal can now light up without fear of federal reprisal, but they may still have to answer to local authorities.
The U.S. will no longer prosecute medical marijuana facilities, but local officials vow more raids. Casey Wian reports.
It certainly isn't your average help wanted ad.
The Justice Department has provided federal prosecutors "clarification and guidance" urging them to go after drug traffickers, but not patients and caregivers, in the 14 states that have medical marijuana laws.
When Irvin Rosenfeld, 56, picks me up at the Fort Lauderdale airport, his SUV reeks of marijuana. The vice president for sales at a local brokerage firm, Rosenfeld has been smoking 10 to 12 marijuana cigarettes a day for 38 years, he says.
Richard Lee greets students, shopkeepers and tourists as he rolls his wheelchair down Broadway at the speed of a brisk jog, hailing them with, "Hi. How ya doin'?"
Voters decide whether medical cannabis should be directly taxed to help solve city's cash crunch. Dan Simon reports.
Oakland's bid to become the first U.S. city to tax proceeds on medical marijuana passed Tuesday by a landslide vote.
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Melissa Etheridge about how medical marijuana helped her during her struggle with cancer.
Each day an estimated 6,000 Americans will try marijuana for the first time. It's the most common illicit drug in the United States with nearly 15 million people using it at least once a month.
Rep. Barney Frank says he supports a law to remove federal penalties for possessing up to 100 grams of marijuana.
The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance.
How one California man is organizing the opposition to the feds' crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries that are legal by state law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled doctors can be blocked from prescribing marijuana for patients suffering from pain caused by cancer or other serious illnesses.
Progress and setbacks marked the year in health, with several vaccines and drugs showing promise while officials pulled other products from the market.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether a federal ban on marijuana can be enforced in states that have legalized its use as a medical treatment with a doctor's permission.
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