House Lawmakers Push For Medical Marijuana Research Reform
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Thursday advocated for the passage of a medical marijuana research bill.
The legislation spearheaded by Rep. Matt Gaetz...
People With Opioid Prescriptions Could Get Medical Marijuana Instead Under Illinois...
Patients with a prescription for opioids would temporarily qualify for the state’s medical marijuana program under a bill the Illinois Senate passed Thursday.
Supporters say...
Medical Marijuana Used Pot’s Emotional Connection To Spread Nationally
Twenty years after California first legalized marijuana use for sick people, "medical marijuana" has become a billion-dollar business so cloaked in emotion that it...
A Doctor’s Perspective: Marijuana Legalization Now
New York’s Compassionate Care Act went into effect in January 2016. As the CEO of Cannabis Doctors of New York, a group based in...
Israel: Yamco-Yadpaz To Irrigate Together Unit’s Cannabis
Together has announced that its medical cannabis subsidiary Globus Pharma has signed an agreement with Yamco-Yadpaz to implement the establishment of a greenhouse complex...
University Of Utah Awarded $740,000 Grant For Medical Cannabis Research
University of Utah Health announced that it has recently received a $740,000 grant to study personalized effects of cannabinoids through the use of advanced...
FL: Sarasota Medical Marijuana Company Gets Eight-Figure Funding From Philadelphia Investment...
Alternative Medical Enterprises, a Sarasota company that produces medical cannabis and operates medical marijuana dispensaries, raised $35.4 million in a private placement led by...
Diversification In California’s Licensed Medical Cannabis Market
California has a total population of nearly 40 million and a medical cannabis market that includes roughly 1 million patients (compared to 269,500 in...
NY: Medical Marijuana Seminar May 2 In Potsdam
A free seminar, “Cannabis 101” will be presented May 2 to explain how the state’s medical marijuana program works, including what conditions are eligible...
TX: State Rep. Eddie Lucio III Pushes For Legalized Medical Cannabis
State Rep. Eddie Lucio III is pushing to pass a bill to give those who suffer from specific diseases the option to use cannabis.
In...
MD: First Medical Marijuana Dispensary To Open In Harford County
The first medical marijuana dispensary in Harford County is set to open this week. RISE Joppa will begin serving patients on Friday, April 27.
RISE...
Medical Marijuana: The Debate Comes To South Florida
In the year and a half since Florida became the 26th state to legalize medical marijuana, a new breed of doctors and “ganjapreneurs” has...
Bipartisan Concern For Veterans Drives Bill To Allow VA To Research...
It’s not receiving the fanfare bestowed on many of the issues surrounding marijuana, but a new bill introduced in Congress with bipartisan support is...
Sessions Admits There ‘May Well Be Some Benefits From Medical Marijuana’
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged before a key Senate panel on Wednesday that “there may well be some benefits from medical marijuana” and...
Ohio Begins Training Its Medical Marijuana Workforce
In September, Ohio will join 28 other states with comprehensive medical marijuana programs. The program has taken two years to get up and running,...
Marijuana Legalization Could Help Offset Opioid Epidemic, Studies Find
Experts have proposed using medical marijuana to help Americans struggling with opioid addiction. Now, two studies suggest that there is merit to that strategy.
The...