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If one is suffering from a chronic illness in Tasmania, specialist doctors from the island state will have the authority to prescribe medical marijuana from 2017. This has been made possible by a plan announced by Health Minister Michael Ferguson and Premier Will Hodgman. The plan will allow...

The United States' cannabis industry is rapidly expanding, but without federal legalization, large companies that do business across state lines can't enter the market. We asked small business CEO's and others in the industry to describe some of the trends that spurred their businesses. 1...

It's green, environmentally-friendly and growing in popularity around the world but some say a roaring cannabis market is about to pass New Zealand by. Growers and farmers are taking a keen interest in cannabis, as countries around the world legalise its cultivation for medicinal purposes...

A medical cannabis campaigner is calling on the Tasmanian Government to adopt a multi-tiered approach to the growth of the product. It comes after the State Government announced specialist medical practitioners would be allowed to prescribe the drug to patients suffering serious and chronic...

Cannabis conversations are smoking in Nelson. In just one hour, over 250 signatures of support have been collected at a medicinal cannabis rally on Trafalgar's Church Steps. The gathering on Saturday saw people from all walks of life attend - families with children, the elderly and...

Organizers of the first annual National Cannabis Festival in Washington, D.C. Saturday are banning weed from their rally in an effort to show Congress the cannabis community is responsible. Weed will be strongly discouraged at the event. Attendees are told to refrain from bringing or using...

Thousands of marijuana plants are being grown and harvested in New Hampshire - all with the state's blessing. Sanctuary ATC (Alternative Treatment Center), the state's first therapeutic cannabis dispensary, is about to open in Plymouth. On Friday, the New Hampshire Sunday News got a look...

With marijuana legalization in many states, along with the availability of medical marijuana cards in several others, we're hearing a lot about the benefits--recreational, medicinal, and commercial--of the Cannabis plant. Originally classified by the father of biological taxonomy Carl...

With marijuana legalization in many states, along with the availability of medical marijuana cards in several others, we're hearing a lot about the benefits--recreational, medicinal, and commercial--of the Cannabis plant. Originally classified by the father of biological taxonomy Carl...

On August 4, 2015, US officials quietly made history by approving the first-ever patent for a plant containing significant amounts of THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, according to the patent's holders, their lawyers, and outside experts in intellectual property law. Patent...

Hemp, believe it or not, has a longstanding history in Indiana. Hemp seemingly grows all over the world, and there isn't a way to pinpoint its exact origins. In the 1800s, hemp was brought to the states and was widely used for clothing and cloth home goods. In fact, hemp was so common that is...

The tiny city of Delavan is the site of a revolution. Specifically, Revolution Cannabis-Delavan, a state-of-the-art, 75,525-square-foot cultivation center for the state's pilot medical marijuana program. Downers Grove-based Revolution Enterprises was granted a license from the state Feb. 2...

In 1996, California voters approved Proposition 215, the first legislation legalizing marijuana for medical purposes at the state level. Since then, 22 other states, along with he District of Columbia and Guam, have enacted some form of medical marijuana law, and more states appear poised to...

Imagine for a moment: you have a family member who is ill, and the only medicine available to them is illegal in your state. You have tried everything you can to relieve symptoms, but have had little to no success. You have heard of families in other states that have had success with one form of...

In 2009, Matthew Cohen launched an unusual CSA out of Mendocino County, California. In addition to the local heirloom tomatoes and organic butter lettuce, Cohen tucked a little something extra into his weekly shipments: a fat bag of medicinal marijuana, also local, also touted as organic. Within...

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Experts say listing cannabis among the world's deadliest drugs ignores decades of scientific and medical data. But attempts to delist it have met with decades of bureaucratic inertia and political distortion. Speculation is growing about the possibility that the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

On the eve of 4/20/2016 the emerald green wave of marijuana reform sweeping across the country seems to have finally reached Pennsylvania. The decades-long effort to break free from nearly a century of prohibition is seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. The Pa. House and Senate passed...

This week, from April 19 to 21, governments will meet at the United Nations (UN) in New York for the biggest international meeting on drugs since 1998. Canada's own delegation will be led by Health Minister Jane Philpott. But, with deep divisions on policy approaches and a process rife with...

An international conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York this week is expected to agree that the UN's "war on drugs" is over, and it has failed. In its place, delegates will probably agree, certain drugs should be decriminalised and treated as a health problem. Most people will...