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The Knesset plenum approved in preliminary reading the amendment bill to the Dangerous Drugs Orders Law that will allow the export of medical cannabis. The measure that was initiated by MK Yoav Kisch (Likud) passed 33-0. "One of our duties as lawmakers is to act on issues that seem a bit...

Last month, hundreds of Emerald Triangle cannabis farmers received letters from the state threatening penalties unless they complied with California water quality regulations. Thousands of growers in Northern California have complied with these regulations, to be extended statewide by 2018...

A crowd of close to 300 people jammed into Lagunitas School to discuss two proposed medical cannabis dispensary sites in West Marin. Craftcanna, which kicked off the second of three public meetings Tuesday on proposed medical dispensaries in unincorporated Marin, hopes to open a dispensary...

Envisioning Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general since confirmation of his appointment Wednesday is unnerving players involved in the country's legalized marijuana industry. Sessions' appointment, considering his history of criticizing marijuana, has reportedly disrupted and disturbed...

In 2016, the Oakland Museum of California presented an award-winning exhibition called Altered State: Cannabis in California. In the same year, the people of California voted to end prohibition of the recreational use of cannabis. As we enter a new era of cannabis in California, what will...

Cape Coral - Pot for pets - it's a new way to treat your animal's pain. Some Southwest Florida veterinarians are using cannabis oils and edibles as an alternative treatment. Medical marijuana is a hot topic all over the country but could hemp help your sick pet? One Cape Coral man said it...

Marijuana is a crutch on which many were hoping to lean for the next four years. That alone explains why our bronzed chief executive might be looking to snatch it away. Why else would President Donald J. Trump select unabashed marijuana-phobe Jeff Sessions to run the Department of Justice? One...

Earlier this week I announced that applications to prescribe non pharmaceutical grade cannabis based medicinal products would no longer require my approval as Associate Minister of Health. I further announced that I would be advising medical authorities of a list of known such products that were...

The Senate has voted to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions as the next Attorney General. While many people were concerned about Sessions' past comments regarding race, the marijuana industry is concerned he will roll back advances in legalization made under the Obama administration. National...

It's 9 a.m. on a Friday and several people are lingering outside Greenfield Company, waiting for the marijuana store to open. After the doors are unlocked, they hurry inside the Clarkston business and show their IDs. A chalkboard menu listing sativas, indicas and hybrids hangs on a brick...

Just over two decades ago, California became the first state to legalize and regulate medical marijuana. Since then, the nationwide trend has almost without exception been toward loosening prohibitions on the drug, particularly in light of increasing evidence that supports its therapeutic use in...

Philadelphia is hosting medical marijuana experts and those who want to get involved in the business. Last October, Scott Shank gave up his career as an electrical engineer to become a founding member of a Silver Spring, Maryland-based cannabis healthcare company called Agrimed Industries...

Atlanta – A proposal to lower the amount of THC allowed in medical cannabis oil used by Georgians has cleared a state Senate committee. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved a bill that would cut the legal level of THC – one of the intoxicating chemicals found in marijuana –...

The National and Labour parties only support pharmaceutical cannabinoids and have no intention of allowing medical cannabis in its natural form, the Cannabis Party says. National is considering reducing the bureaucracy for pharmaceutical product Sativex, however it will still be too expensive...

Seriously ill patients seeking medicinal cannabis to ease their symptoms will no longer have to take their cause right the way to the top, but access to the drugs will remain tightly controlled. From today, authority to approve applications for non-pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis...

The most recent governmental bureaucratic actions against medical cannabis was a joint effort of the DEA and FDA, both of which work together to ensure the pharmaceutical industry can dominate medical applications of cannabis. Early this year, 2017, cannabidiol (CBD) was placed firmly as a...

An official in Illinois has asked President Donald Trump for guidance on his administration's policy on the banking industry offering services to the cannabis industry. In a statement released in January, State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said the president's approach to the issue could impact...

Hollister council members Monday night decided to push off adoption of medical cannabis regulations after a visibly frustrated Mayor Ignacio Velazquez spoke on lack of officials' involvement. Council members passed a medical cannabis ordinance at their Dec. 19 meeting, and it went into effect...

Supporters of legalising medicinal cannabis are holding a rally at Parliament today in a bid to make it an election issue. A group is gathering on Parliament's front lawn this afternoon, just before Parliament sits for the first time this year. The campaigners want greater access to...

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