David Crowder*Band characterizes a new movement of contemporary worship.

A new illegal alien costume for Halloween stirs up heat in the immigrant activist community.

Scruffy teenagers use it for a quick high. Rastafarians use it for enlightenment. And, MS patients use it to ease pain.

Mary Jane. The Green Goddess. Weed. Botanically dubbed Cannabis, the bud of this simple green plant is the most widely known and multi-purpose drug in the world and has been the center of international debates for decades.

Much to the chagrin of anti-drug activists, as of this May, over 30,000 identification cards have been issued in 48 of 58 counties, legally authorizing citizens to possess specific amounts of legal marijuana.In the U.S., residents in states like California use their ID cards to purchase legal amounts of medical marijuana at shops like The Green Easy and Love and Spirit Collective.