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For years, Lisa Tollner, co-founder of the California marijuana edibles company Sensi Products, says she's received calls and emails from customers reporting her cannabis-infused Sensi Chew caramels had helped alleviate pain, insomnia, nausea and other ailments. But Tollner wanted more. "These...

Fall River - Marijuana will be grown and processed into medicine in a laboratory planned for the city's biotech office park. Cannatech Medicinals Inc., a company based in Fall River, got Phase 3 approval from the state Department of Public Health to build a 30,000-square-foot facility at the...

It's like forecasting early gold reserves in the heady days of California's Gold Rush era. Revenue estimates that will come from legalizing marijuana are growing almost like weed itself. In analyzing the ballot initiative to legalize recreational use of marijuana, California's legislative...

Critics are calling "reefer madness" on a new study from Australia claiming smoking pot will give your kids cancer. Cannabis has been shown in cell, animal and limited human trials to prevent, halt or kill cancer, researchers note. Australia is getting world-famous for their reefer-madness...

With Governor John Kasich's Wednesday approval of a law legalizing medical marijuana in Ohio, exactly half the states in the union (plus Washington, D.C.) permit the use of cannabis in some form. Because the federal government's official policy on cannabis use still states that it is a crime to...

With Governor John Kasich's Wednesday approval of a law legalizing medical marijuana in Ohio, exactly half the states in the union (plus Washington, D.C.) permit the use of cannabis in some form. Because the federal government's official policy on cannabis use still states that it is a crime to...

Marijuana prohibition in the US is quickly losing ground, with 13 states having passed decriminalization laws since 1973 and at least 20 states poised to vote on similar measures in 2016. As cannabis inches towards broader legalization, it has created the country's fastest-growing industry——and...

Entrepreneurs are jostling for position in the nascent but lucrative medical cannabis industry, even as political and legal traction is proving difficult. Take Chris Nasr, founder of LeafCann, who represents the contemporary face of the medical cannabis industry. A 24-year-old electrician from...

In the Netherlands, officials turn a blind eye to the sale of small amounts of cannabis in licenced cafes, known as coffee shops. Marijuana is, after all, a multi-billion euro business. Graham Dockery looks at the grey area between this pragmatic approach to demand and the supply side, which is...

Using pot, even over decades, was only linked to one negative health effect in a new study Even after years of heavy use, marijuana doesn't seem to have much of an impact on the physical health of the body. So finds a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry, which analyzed data from a group...

I think I am the only member of parliament in Australia to acknowledge my recreational use of cannabis. In fact, I have enjoyed the many blessings that cannabis can bestow for a lot of my adult life and have not lost my mind or become a serial killer. Indeed, I became a politician and some have...

I think I am the only member of parliament in Australia to acknowledge my recreational use of cannabis. In fact, I have enjoyed the many blessings that cannabis can bestow for a lot of my adult life and have not lost my mind or become a serial killer. Indeed, I became a politician and some have...

A Gippsland grandmother has been sentenced to a community corrections order for growing dozens of cannabis plants for medical purposes at her property near Sale. Heather Gladman, 58, was charged with cultivating a drug of dependence but argued she had only supplied cannabis for free to...

A Gippsland grandmother has been sentenced to a community corrections order for growing dozens of cannabis plants for medical purposes at her property near Sale. Heather Gladman, 58, was charged with cultivating a drug of dependence but argued she had only supplied cannabis for free to...

Dalmatian Cannabis Tea was the first product the family farm has put on the market. The Moro family has been making a living for three generations using the arable land in Cetinsko Polje, near Gala. But, after three of Milan and Ivanka's five children graduated from university several years...

Is cannabis really medicine? Today more than 20 states have legalized medicinal marijuana and three states plus the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medicinal and recreational use. Recently, Congress approved legislation that would allow veterans access to the herb for medicinal...

Is cannabis really medicine? Today more than 20 states have legalized medicinal marijuana and three states plus the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medicinal and recreational use. Recently, Congress approved legislation that would allow veterans access to the herb for medicinal...

Patients enrolled in Minnesota's medical marijuana program say the treatment helps – if they can afford it. Nearly all — 90 percent — cite benefit and expense. Almost all the patients and health care providers who responded to a new Minnesota Department of Health survey reported that medical...

Patients enrolled in Minnesota's medical marijuana program say the treatment helps – if they can afford it. Nearly all — 90 percent — cite benefit and expense. Almost all the patients and health care providers who responded to a new Minnesota Department of Health survey reported that medical...

Legalize Medical Cannabis In North Carolina Petition by Rep. Kelly Alexander To be delivered to The North Carolina State House We the citizens of North Carolina call upon the members of the NC House to sign a discharge petition to permit a floor debate on the matter of legalizing medical...