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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...

Now that Health Minister Jane Philpott has announced that the Liberal government will introduce legislation next spring to legalize and regulate marijuana, we have a question: What happens until then? Under Canadian law, a person can be arrested and charged with a criminal offence for...

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Turku University of Applied Sciences has received a grant of 70,417 euros to see if hemp could be used more in construction projects. The research will involve investigating the soundproofing and fireproof properties of the substance. Researchers will also look at how hemp decomposes and...

Legislators are debating Iowa's marijuana laws on the foundation of one basic question: Can a state expand access to medical marijuana while limiting recreational use? Medical marijuana has been an active topic of debate by the Iowa Legislature for the better part of a decade. Democrats and...

Speaking at a United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs, being held in New York from April 19-21, Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto said Tuesday that he supported the legalization of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes, as well as increasing the amount of cannabis...

The recent news about a looming controversy regarding medical marijuana and an experimental epilepsy drug raises intriguing questions – but, in the long run, likely will be seen as a footnote on the road to more widespread legalization. At issue in the recent case is an experimental drug...

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...

On a good day, Avery Akins is smiling, laughing, and playing with her mother and brother. On a bad day, the nine-year-old with Rett Syndrome suffers from multiple seizures. "She, at her worst, has suffered 25 to 30 big seizures a day, hundreds of small ones," said her mother Carrie Akins...

Although marijuana is currently illegal in Oklahoma, some students at OU use the plant as a form of medicine to fight different ailments they struggle with on a daily basis. While marijuana has been legalized in the neighboring state of Colorado, a debate still rages in Oklahoma over whether or...

Boy, this has been an ugly election cycle. The candidates and their supporters have been dragging some pretty dark parts of our society into the spotlight, and it has not been pretty. But for me, there is at least one shining green light to be seen: Both parties appear ready to be getting...

:party:CARNIVAL!!!:party: Welcome to the newest in a string of community grows. Graytail introduced me to Carnival, and mentored me through the successful cultivation of not only my first Carnival, but my first real adventure in raising a photoflowering strain. My deepest, most...

Pennsylvania on Sunday became the 24th US state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. The Democratic governor, Tom Wolf, signed the bill into law in the afternoon, surrounded by a jubilant crowd of supporters at the Capitol building in Harrisburg. "Marijuana is medicine...

There were lots of hugs and tears at the Capitol on Sunday as Governor Wolf signed Senate Bill 3 making medical marijuana legal in Pennsylvania. Dana Ulrich has been fighting for the bill for two years. Her daughter suffers from Epilepsy and has hundreds of seizures a day. "The day has...

Ashley Markum took her son, Ayden, to the doctor's office last week to outfit him with a special helmet. Born 14 weeks premature, Ayden, now 3 years old, has both cerebral palsy and intractable epilepsy. The helmet will help protect Ayden, the youngest of the Markum family's five children...

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Rounding up 30 NFL players to smoke some weed probably wouldn't be that difficult an endeavor, and you'd likely get Snoop Dogg to show up. But this time, it's in the interest of science. According to Abby Haglage of the Daily Beast, a group led by former Saints, Rams and Chiefs tackle Kyle...

Pennsylvania is set to become the latest state to legalize medical marijuana as the Legislature sent a bill to the governor on Wednesday after parents of children suffering from debilitating seizures circulated the Capitol urging lawmakers to act. The House vote, 149-46, set off cheers in the...

A WAGGA mum has called on the NSW government to immediately legalise medical marijuana after Victoria became the first state to decriminalise the drug. Lizzie Macquarie has pleaded with Premier Baird to mimic the historic decision by the Victorian parliament on Tuesday to legalise the...