Medical Marijuana Zone

CBS4’s Frances Wang reports on the rising popularity of CBD oil massages.

KAPURTHALA, India (AP) — Reports rolled in with escalating urgency — pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists. These pills, the world has been told, are safer than the OxyContins, the Vicodins, the fentanyls that have wreaked so much devastation. But now they are the root […]

Heineken is the latest brand to join the CBD craze (short for cannabidoil and one of the active ingredients in marijuana) with a new brew called Hi-Fi Hops. TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones is in the Orange Room sharing social media users’ experiences with CBD while TODAY contributor Roshini Raj discusses the uses of CBD oil and […]

Study: Crackdowns on Heroin, Pain Pills Gave Rise to Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic | Phillip Smith A new report on illicit US drug markets from researchers at the University of San Francisco has found that that the spread of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths last year alone, is tied to enforcement-driven shortages […]