Former Miami Dolphins football star Ricky Williams watched his career and reputation plummet from marijuana use. Now, the ex-running back is a national spokesman for cannabis use. Williams is the keynote speaker for the upcoming Southeast Cannabis Conference and Expo. Williams' job now is traveling the nation to promote the medicinal benefits of the drug. He says he believes it can help with concussions and pain management. At the expo, Williams is scheduled to discuss his c

Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana. Collectively, the ballot measures amount to the closest the U.S. has come to a national referendum on the drug. Five states: Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada will consider legalizing the recreational use of pot. Three others Florida, Arkansas and North Dakota will decide whether to permit marijuana for medical purposes. Montana will weigh whether to ease restricti

More Americans are increasingly seeing little harm in marijuana use. A new study in the journal "Lancet Psychiatry" found that since 2002 more Americans are using some form of pot and finding it's not causing serious problems. Fifteen-percent said using marijuana once or twice a week had no risk whatsoever, a 10-percent jump. The study also found that people started to see marijuana as less harmful around the same time more states started to legalize it. Still, many medical e