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Navy veteran Raymond Schwab started treating symptoms from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with a slew of prescription medications that he said nearly ruined his life. But he found relief in cannabis therapy that helped him to get a degree and be a more effective parent, Schwab told a panel of...

Jacksonville's Land Use and Zoning committee unanimously approved a bill setting guidelines for cultivation and dispensing facilities for low-THC cannabis on Wednesday. Not before a brief hiccup. Councilman Aaron Bowman commented, "We did this because we thought we'd be one of the approved...

Legislation that would expand Georgia's medical marijuana program to include an in-state harvest and production system will get its first hearing next week. The House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee will meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to consider House Bill 722, sponsored by Rep. Allen Peake...

Macon Republican Allen Peake isn't the only state lawmaker pushing marijuana bills during this year's legislative session. Peake's proposal, HB-722, would allow the cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana in Georgia. But Georgia lawmakers also face six other drug related proposals...

When the 11-year-old son of Topeka business owner Tiffanie Krentz began suffering from seizures shortly after he was born, the family began administering 16 anti-epileptic medications and now he's addicted to them, according to testimony the mother gave to Kansas senators Wednesday. Krentz...

A bill that advocates claim would allow so-called "whole plant" medical cannabis usage has finally been unveiled in the Utah State Legislature. Senate Bill 73, from Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, directs the Utah Dept. of Agriculture to license and regulate cannabis cultivation and...

Last year, the state of Georgia dabbled with medical marijuana legalization. But nine months later Gov. Nathan Deal has yet to inhale. In April 2015, Deal ratified House Bill 1, nicknamed "Haleigh's Hope Act," which legalized low-THC – the psychoactive chemical that gets you a high – cannabis...

Lolly Bentch-Myers is a mother of three and full-time activist with Pennsylvania's Campaign4Compassion. Her daughter, Anna, has Mesial Temporal Sclerosis, a brain condition that causes intractable epilepsy, insomnia, and autism. There are not many options for kids like Anna, or moms like Lolly...

State lawmakers are currently debating two bills regarding medical marijuana — with one sponsored by Sen. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City. The bill, which is also sponsored by Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, would expand on the 2014 law that allowed Utah residents with epilepsy to obtain hemp oil. The...

During last year's legislative session, state Rep. Allen Peake's (R-Macon) much-debated medical marijuana bill passed, allowing Georgians to use a form of cannabis oil to treat severe cases of eight different illnesses, including cancer and Parkinson's disease. Unfortunately Peake, under...

As a leap of progression for Massachusetts, the marijuana legalization bill will set its meeting tomorrow, in hopes of following the leads of states that have legalized the plant, such as Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington. The Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary will have a...

A Georgia lawmaker is moving ahead with legislation that would allow state-licensed manufacturers of medical marijuana products to operate in the state. More than 100 House members, including Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, and Rep. Eddie Lumsden, R-Armuchee, have signed the bill, which could...

Morning Call column today is about Pennsylvania's stalled medical marijuana legislation and continuing attempts to kill it. The bottom line is that Senate Bill 3 survived assassination attempts by House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, and House Health Committee Chair Matt Baker, R-Tioga, and...

Dale Jackson never thought he would support legalizing marijuana. He says he's actually never seen marijuana before until he realized cannabis oil was the medical solution to help ease some of his autistic son's pain. Dale Jackson's 7-year-old son Colin is severely autistic and completely non...

A Georgia lawmaker is moving ahead with legislation that would allow state-licensed manufacturers of medical marijuana products to operate in the state. State Rep. Allen Peake has officially filed a bill allowing between two and six medical-cannabis manufacturers to be licensed by the state and...

Less information about Washington's legal marijuana businesses would be available to the public under a new bill in the Legislature. Senate Bill 6207, introduced by La Center Republican Ann Rivers and Lynnwood Democrat Marko Liias on Tuesday, would exempt financial, commercial operations and...

A bill in the state House of Representatives that would license limited medical marijuana cultivation has the signatures of 60 percent of representatives. Its sponsor, state Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, said he is pleased with the support. Peake's House Bill 722 would let the state license...

The Blair roach project has won a powerful supporter. Premier Kathleen Wynne said she is pleased Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked former Toronto police chief Bill Blair, now Scarborough Southwest MP, to lead the marijuana legalization efforts. "I have a lot of respect for Bill...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana legislation dead in the water? The bill still is awaiting action almost two months after a state House bipartisan working group finished with it, and it's under assault from some 197 proposed amendments, many designed to kill it. This has become increasingly...

The future of a bill to legalize marijuana is very much in doubt on this first day of the 2016 session. House Speaker Shap Smith says there are still many outstanding questions about the plan, and he doesn't think it's ready for a full debate at this time. At the end of the 2015 session, many...