A proposed Center for Cannabis Research and Policy could serve as a statewide hub uniting social policy research with biomedical and clinical studies. Cannabis plants are seen at a Cannativa research lab in Mexico City in 2021. President Trump’s executive order initiating the process to reschedule cannabis helps open the door to more US scientific...

In light of President Donald Trump’s December executive order urging for the reclassification of cannabis to a Schedule III narcotic, the nation likely stands to see a green wave – and local cannabis companies stand to benefit. Currently, cannabis is a Schedule I narcotic – on par with heroin, LSD and ecstasy – which the...

Sand dredging is reshaping the coastline of Africa’s largest city, Lagos, and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of Nigeria's poorest people. Scientists have warned that the dredging reduces...