cannabis

Moving the black market in marijuana into the light has been a boon for state tax coffers, entrepreneurs and cannabis users, but an inconvenient fact went unaddressed in the process: Potentially dangerous chemicals are used to grow it. That changed last fall, when a Colorado newspaper's...

A state lawmaker is set to introduce a bill that would create a new type of marijuana business in Colorado -- one where cannabis could be both purchased and consumed. Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, said if Colorado is going to have legal weed, it's high time for tourists to have a place to...

since i started growing my first grow (Lemon OG Haze auto) 4 and half week ago. im experiencing some problems. twice or once a week they are looking so damn sad and leaves are droopy. I tried to understand what is causing this coz its auto and dont want it to be so stressed. watered them 3...

A Nelson woman has avoided a lengthy jail term for importing cannabis products after a judge discharged her without conviction. Rebecca Reider, who has complex chronic pain syndrome, was facing five charges of possession of cannabis oil and other products. She was also charged with...

Today, in Nelson District Court, journalist and environmental researcher Rebecca Reider was released from all criminal charges relating to medicinal cannabis use. Reider, who suffers from a complex chronic pain syndrome, was facing a raft of criminal charges relating to the importation of a...

Each week, new retail storefronts are opening in the city of Toronto. But these aren't your average retailers. Medical cannabis dispensaries, storefronts which dispense cannabis on-site to those with medical conditions, have historically operated on the margins of the law, providing access to...

The Australian government has realised it is liable to make huge capital investment in legalised medical cannabis, thereby promoting an increase in its price. After several efforts made by medical practitioners, cancer patients and their well wishers, medical cannabis has been legalised...

My eight-year-old daughter, Mary Louise, has suffered from seizures since she was nine months old. Her milder seizures are brief but overwhelming in frequency; sometimes as many as 200 in an hour. During stronger seizures, I have watched as she has stopped breathing and her face turned blue as...

The federal government legalised medical marijuana nationally last week, but with several trials currently underway and a number of biotech companies keen to get in on the ground floor, just how the drug will be administered is part of the research. It certainly won't be smoked and there will...

A Cambridge teen was recently approved for a medical cannabis prescription to treat a mitochondrial disease that has caused her to have hundreds of seizures and a number of strokes. The drug, combined with two others, will replace the 13 medications she has to take daily to manage her pain...

Congratulations to the Land Down Under! Australia's Parliament has recently passed a law allowing the cultivation of medical cannabis. The vote was held on the one-year anniversary of the death of medical cannabis activist Dan Haslam, who succumbed to colon cancer. Haslam became an activist for...

Queensland has ideal conditions for a commercial cannabis industry for use in medicine, according to a state government paper set to be released on Tuesday. The paper, an overview of medicinal cannabis, was obtained by Fairfax Media ahead of its publication, which was expected to be online...

Influential Iowa business leaders are urging state legislators to pass a bill that would expand the state's medical marijuana laws. The Des Moines Register reports that more than 90 business leaders sent lawmakers a letter, asking them to debate and pass comprehensive medical cannabis...

While the passing of the Narcotic Drugs Amendment 2016 has legalized the cultivation and distribution of marijuana in Australia, there's still a long way to go before patients get access to pharmaceutical cannabinoids. Troy Langman, CEO of medical marijuana lobby United in Compassion, told...

Some of Iowa's most influential business leaders are urging state legislators to pass a bill that would expand the state's medical cannabis laws. "Now is the time to help suffering Iowans and their families get legal access to this medicine, and we hereby call on Iowa lawmakers to debate and...

Montel Williams, a TV and radio talk show host and advocate for medical marijuana as a treatment for multiple sclerosis and other chronic illnesses, has joined the board of KIND Financial, a technology solutions company, as a key advisor in efforts to support and expand the drug's use...

Marijuana and The Bible: by Jeff Brown and the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church Nearly everyone who smokes marijuana amongst friends, myself included, has noticed that the discussions frequently turn to "God." There's something about being high that causes a person to ponder such things. I...

In states that have already legalized medical marijuana, patients come in all shapes and sizes, and they seek relief for a host of physical and psychological disorders. To gain insight into patients in California, a new report from HelloMD – a digital healthcare platform – compiled a...

Over the last several months I've read, with great interest, the medical cannabis views of State Journal-Register readers. As someone who has spent their life caring for people through traditional medical channels, and now working in the medical cannabis field, I want to help educate people on...

Merced officials this week will revisit their decision to ban all dispensaries, cultivation and sales of medical cannabis. The Merced City Council will hold a study session on medical marijuana at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 678 W. 18th St. The council voted unanimously in January to...