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Medical marijuana is officially legal in Pennsylvania, and many doctors along with residents are perplexed as to what comes next. "I'm wondering how this is going to be implemented," said Dr. Antoine Douaihy, medical director of addiction medicine services at Western Psychiatric Institute &...

Near the top of the list for the most controversial subjects in the United States public eye, marijuana is still a very highly debated topic. While some are happy with the way things currently are, there are of course multiple other parties. Some are arguing for the psychoactive drug to be...

A few years ago, Dr. James Li would never have dreamed of certifying his patients to use medical marijuana. "I was a total skeptic," says the emergency room doctor at LincolnHealth's Miles Campus in Damariscotta. "I didn't think there was any credibility. I thought it was a way for people to...

After a more than two year delay, medical marijuana is now being grown and will soon be on the market in Florida. Quincy, with a population of around 7,000 is the home to one of three up and running, legal, medical marijuana grow houses in Florida. Where the marijuana is being grown, is for...

Although medical marijuana use is legal in Nevada and has been available at local dispensaries since July 2015, many doctors and patients are not well informed about the potential uses, risks and benefits of this drug. To help connect interested members of the community with information, the...

As lawmakers in Harrisburg debate the legalization of medical marijuana, doctors and parents who lost their children to diseases and illnesses are weighing in on the drug. The legalization of medical marijuana is a hot topic, but doctors say there hasn't been enough research done to support...

At first blush, it's a head scratcher: After years of passionate lobbying for medical marijuana in New York, the state passes a law allowing it, only to have patients seemingly avoiding it in droves. What is going on? Why would patients not be scrambling for a drug that's recognized to...

At just 2 months of age, Amylea Nunez is the youngest patient ever to receive cannabis oil treatment at a Colorado hospital, according to a KRQE News report. She has a rare form of epilepsy and has been suffering from seizures since she was born in December. After weeks of drug therapy in...

At just 2 months of age, Amylea Nunez is the youngest patient ever to receive cannabis oil treatment at a Colorado hospital, according to a KRQE News report. She has a rare form of epilepsy and has been suffering from seizures since she was born in December. After weeks of drug therapy in...

The patients seeking medical marijuana inquire almost daily with Dr. Rahul Khare at his storefront health care clinic in Lincoln Park. They come with cancer, spinal cord diseases, rheumatoid arthritis. Some have been turned down for a cannabis referral by the doctors they see regularly, not...

New York doctors are signing up to recommend medical marijuana more quickly than some had anticipated. As of Jan. 28, 306 physicians had registered with the state, and they had helped 465 patients get certified for the program. But cannabis medicine remains out of reach for many who are...

The products in Syracuse's newest medical pot dispensary at 2140 Erie Boulevard East sound like cappuccino flavors. "Dolce," "Forte" and "Balance" are the brand names of three types of medical marijuana Etain LLC will sell to patients at its new location starting Wednesday. But getting the...

A bill that would tighten safety and security measures for the production of medical marijuana plus limit the medical specialties of the doctors allowed to prescribe it was approved Tuesday by a House subcommittee. The Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee voted 12-0, with no one voicing...

As more states legalize medical marijuana, doctors increasingly find themselves serving as gatekeepers for a drug that they may not understand, and perhaps don't condone, with clinical and legal considerations to boot. By the fall of 2015, 23 states and the District of Columbia, had approved...

I'm sure you're as shocked as I am to read this story from Jennifer Brooks in the Strib, "Many doctors remain leery of Minnesota's expanding medical marijuana program. When Dr. Charles Reznikoff, a member of the state's Task Force on Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Research, sent out an informal...

New York's medical marijuana program is due to launch next month, but the question of when all qualifying patients - roughly 500,000, or one in forty residents across the state - will be able to purchase cannabis still has advocates concerned. While the patients themselves are ready, most...

New York's medical marijuana program is due to launch next month, but the question of when all qualifying patients - roughly 500,000, or one in forty residents across the state - will be able to purchase cannabis still has advocates concerned. While the patients themselves are ready, most...

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The green-typeface slogan "WE'ED like to be your doctor!" - unmistakably weed-friendly - has attracted hundreds of medical marijuana patients in less than a year to Dr. Bodo Schneider's clinics in southern Illinois and suburban Chicago. In New Jersey, Dr. Anthony Anzalone has a similar...

The green-typeface slogan "WE'ED like to be your doctor!" - unmistakably weed-friendly - has attracted hundreds of medical marijuana patients in less than a year to Dr. Bodo Schneider's clinics in southern Illinois and suburban Chicago. In New Jersey, Dr. Anthony Anzalone has a similar...