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On Thursday, March 4, the Florida House passed its second medical marijuana bill. In fact, it's the first one in three years. Passing with a 99-16 vote, the bill expands the Right to Try Act, allowing near-death patients to uses any dosage or strength of nonsmokable marijuana. In addition, this...

Hello all, This a quick summary of my mother's condition. She was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer estrogen positive that spread primarily to her liver and partially lungs in Feb 2015. She was on chemo and then in Nov we tried a clinical trial with the flu virus and immunotherapy...

Because he's a scientist, not a back-slapping venture capitalist, Mowgli Holmes loathes using the term networking to describe even the portion of his job that entails shaking hands in the cannabis industry. But it was networking that brought the chief scientific officer of Phylos Bioscience in...

A marijuana advocate and talk show host on the Valley-based Cannabis Radio Network has a target on his back. Literally. "Radical" Russ Belville, host of the Russ Belville Show, has a map of the United States tattooed from shoulder to shoulder. States that have legalized recreational use of...

As the debate on cannabis continues nationwide, WVU holds its first Strategic Cannabis Conference. Speakers at the conference Thursday discussed the medical and industrial uses of hemp, a cannabis plant. The federal Farm Bill of 2014 authorized hemp production in West Virginia for research...

As Champaign's first medical cannabis dispensary prepares to open, its organizers are preparing the first in a series of public events to answer residents' questions and concerns. Phoenix Botanical plans to open its storefront location on South Neil in April, said Dann Linn, the company's...

Many advocates for cannabis reform laws in California believe that 2016 is the year that recreational cannabis will become legal in the state. As many as 60 state initiatives have been authorized to move forward and circulate for signatures, and 20 ballot measures have been filed. Since...

As I sat through testimonies from Iowans who are out of medical options for themselves or their loved ones on Feb. 17 in the House Commerce Subcommittee, I began to cry. I could not stop. The suffering is deep. People want to live; they want to be healthy. The pharmaceutical industry has failed...

The doctor who invented the liquid form of methadone now used to treat heroin addicts was in Colorado Wednesday to talk about new cannabis research. Stephen Goldner tells News 5 the community should embrace any efforts to end heroin addiction. He notes that the local outcry over the Monument...

Studies show patients weaning themselves off pharmaceuticals and alcohol. Pain sufferers can wean themselves off heavy pain relievers, alcohol and other drugs as they increase their use of medical cannabis, according to Canadian researchers. Canada is leading the world in medical cannabis...

Now that 20 states have either decriminalized or legalized marijuana, more and more edible cannabis options have been rolling in to keep up with demand. Marijuana can be infused in brownies, toffees, and many other food products, and consumer and public health officials have shown growing...

Eleven years is a lifetime in technology, real estate, and the California cannabis industry. But to find a taste of 2005 in 2016 San Francisco, all you have to do is head south on Mission Street past Cesar Chavez – do not be afraid, Valencia Street ends, yet the city continues – and pull up on...

Experts & Patients Gather in DC to Inform Congress & United Nations Conferences promoting medical cannabis have been popping up all over the country, mostly focusing on how to get into the business. This is not surprising, given that forty states now have adopted some form of medical cannabis...

As legalization sweeps the country, the cannabis plant has come under serious scientific scrutiny at last. And, seemingly with every passing week, it continues to yield one game-changing revelation after another to the world of medicine. The plant contains over 80 known cannabinoid molecules...

For better or for worse, the growth, dispensing and processing of medical cannabis is now legal in Charles County. The Charles County Board of Commissioners voted 3-1 to approve a zoning text amendment regulating medical cannabis in Charles County, with County Commissioners' Vice President...

The powerful narcotics killed the pain, but Ben Marksmeier feared they might kill him, too. The Army National Guard sergeant lost most of his right leg in 2007 to a roadside bomb in Iraq. While undergoing surgeries and physical therapy to rehabilitate his left leg, Marksmeier said, he twice...

FAR North Queensland could become the medicinal cannabis capital of Australia under a multimillion-dollar medical-grade facility proposed for the Tablelands. Developers Shane Garozzo and Joe Trimarchi will today meet with the state Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson and Health Minister...

A Gippsland grandmother and long-time campaigner for medicinal cannabis says she will plead guilty to drug charges because she wants to take a stand on the issue. Heather Marie Gladman, 58, was charged with growing and possessing the drug of dependence cannabis, after police raided her...

Sales of recreational marijuana could surpass medical marijuana as early as 2018, according to a new report from Marijuana Business Daily. MBD estimates that retail sales for recreational and medical marijuana combined will be between $3.5 billion and $4.3 billion in 2016. That would mean...

You won't find brightly coloured bongs or bubble gum-flavoured rolling papers displayed against the backdrop of exposed brick and modern, industrial-style furnishings at Tokyo Smoke. Instead, the shop -- located in a former shipping dock nestled between two warehouses in Toronto's west end --...