Latest "CBD" stories

A guest takes a puff from a marijuana cigarette at the Sensi Magazine party celebrating the 4/20 holiday in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles on April 20, 2019. (Richard Vogel/AP)

Aim high: Air Force green-lights waivers for THC-positive applicants

The two-year pilot program is already underway and will end in September 2024.

By Rachel S. Cohen

15 months ago

Lt. Col. Noel Colls, flight surgeon for the Air Force's "Thunderbirds" air demonstration squadron, administers the oath of enlistment to new recruits during the Wings Over Houston Airshow in Houston, Texas, Oct. 9, 2021. The team typically performs an enlistment ceremony at each show site. (Staff Sgt. Andrew D. Sarver/Air Force)

What’s missing from the conversation on Air Force recruiting?

The Air Force says it’s having one of the toughest recruiting stretches of the past quarter-century.

By Rachel S. Cohen

15 months ago

Can soldiers consume CBD energy drinks?

There's no guarantee hemp products won't show up on Army drug tests.

By Sarah Sicard

20 months ago

Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen hit with new pot, CBD rules

The new directives are designed to guide service members in an era of evolving state and federal rules on cannabis products.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

Head of military school fired for using marijuana extract to treat cancer

He was dismissed from the school, where he had served as dean since 2009, for using the non-psychoactive CBD.

5 years ago

From combat to marijuana processing — veteran corners the CBD market

CBD’s growing list of benefits include helping users who struggle with insomnia, depression, anxiety and epileptic seizures, all common characteristics of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.

5 years ago