The Green Cross

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife helicopter circled over steep timberland in Humboldt County’s coastal mountains, prowling for potential water diversions and environmental damage caused by what is arguably the state’s most lucrative agricultural product: marijuana. Read more »

Smoking marijuana more than once a week may lower men’s sperm counts by about a third, according to a new study. Researchers found that the men in the study who smoked marijuana more than once a week had sperm counts that were 29 percent lower, on average, than those who did not smoke marijuana, or used the […]

Marijuana may still be illegal according to the federal government, but that hasn’t stopped the hype machine from claiming it can work wonders. One variety of pot in particular has been getting some considerable press because it can supposedly help with everything from seizures to schizophrenia — all without actually getting you high. While desperate patients […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The likelihood that California voters will be asked to legalize recreational marijuana next year is prompting lawmakers to make a serious run at reining in the state’s vast medical marijuana industry — a job they have deferred for nearly two decades. A pair of bills pending in the California Legislature would create […]