--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Pot ## Pot Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Mar 16, 2017 ## [Sessions: Marijuana Is 'Slightly Less Awful' Than Heroin](https://time.com/4703888/jeff-sessions-marijuana-heroin-opioid/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Nov 16, 2016 ## [Marijuana Appears to Benefit Mental Health: Study](https://time.com/4573129/marijuana-cannabis-mental-health/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Oct 20, 2016 ## [Sixty Percent of Americans Support Legalizing Pot](https://time.com/4538057/americans-support-legal-pot-weed-marijuana/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Tekendra Parmar *  Aug 31, 2016 ## [More Americans Are Using Marijuana and Don't See it as Harmful](https://time.com/4474022/medical-marijuana-drugs/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Aug 11, 2016 ## [7 Scientific Effects of Marijuana That Experts Want to Study](https://time.com/4448757/7-scientific-effects-of-marijuana-that-experts-want-to-study/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Aug 11, 2016 ## [Feds Keep Restrictions on Marijuana](https://time.com/4447462/marijuana-dea-schedule-i-drug/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Mark Thompson *  Jul 28, 2016 ## [Can Medical Marijuana Help End the Opioid Epidemic?](https://time.com/4419003/can-medical-marijuana-help-end-the-opioid-epidemic/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  May 26, 2016 ## [This Gym Wants You to Get High While You Work Out](https://time.com/4349628/marijuana-pot-gym-california/) by Denver Nicks *  Mar 30, 2016 ## [The Genes for Pot Addiction Have Been Identified](https://time.com/4275880/the-genes-for-pot-addiction-have-been-identified/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Maia Szalavitz *  Dec 17, 2015 ## [Feds Tell Supreme Court to Stay Out of Marijuana Dispute](https://time.com/4153218/supreme-court-state-marijuana-dispute/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Nov 2, 2015 ## [Willie Nelson Wants to Wage War on Big Pot](https://time.com/4096230/willie-nelson-marijuana-industry/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Mark Rivett-Carnac *  Oct 21, 2015 ## [More Americans Than Ever Support Legalizing Marijuana](https://time.com/4081755/american-marijuana-legal-poll/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Oct 1, 2015 ## [You Can Legally Buy Recreational Pot In Oregon Starting Today](https://time.com/4057453/oregon-marijuana-sales/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune *  Sep 30, 2015 ## [Recreational Marijuana Goes on Sale in Oregon](https://time.com/4056567/oregon-pot-recreational-sales/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Tanya Basu *  Sep 22, 2015 ## [Willie Nelson’s New Pot Brand ‘Willie’s Reserve’ Just Scored Private Equity Funding](https://time.com/4044698/willie-nelson-pot-brand/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/pot/","name":"Pot"}}]}] ```