4 days ago · President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would fast-track the reclassification of cannabis and acknowledge its medical benefits.

Sep 9, 2025 · Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that contains close to 500 chemicals, including THC, a mind-altering compound that causes harmful health effects. People smoke marijuana in hand-rolled …

It’s called cannabis use disorder and it’s on the rise, affecting about 3 in 10 people who use pot, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here’s how to know whether you …

Cannabis growing as weeds at the foot of Dhaulagiri, Nepal A thicket of wild cannabis in Islamabad, Pakistan Cannabis is an annual, dioecious, flowering herb. The leaves are palmately compound or …

Marijuana is a mind-alerting substance that comes from the Cannabis sativa plant. Other names for it are weed, pot and dope.

Dec 23, 2024 · What Is Marijuana? Marijuana — also called weed, grass, or pot, among other names — is a mind-altering substance that comes from the cannabis plant.

Nov 13, 2025 · Marijuana is known by a variety of other names, including pot, tea, grass, and weed. It is usually dried and crushed and put into pipes or formed into cigarettes (joints) for smoking.

Aug 15, 2025 · People sometimes use cannabis to treat health conditions. This is known as medical cannabis, also called medical marijuana. Cannabis contains chemicals called cannabinoids, which …

Sep 24, 2024 · In recent years, there have been big increases in the variety of cannabis products and how much THC they have, as well as a greater variety of ways people can consume them. Unless …

What does “pot” mean when talking about cannabis? “Pot” is a slang term that likely comes from the Mexican-Spanish word potiguaya, which refers to a cannabis-infused drink.