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The debate over whether the benefits of marijuana use are worth the risks continues to rage, as more and more states make moves to legalize it. While much remains unknown about its effects, a group of researchers recently made an important discovery that should lay some doubts to rest: Long-term...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Good to Know Colorado campaign endeavors to educate folks about the effects of marijuana - though the focus is typically on its dangers. For instance, Good to Know's latest effort sketches out the risks of cannabis use by pregnant and...

The marijuana industry is blossoming, and 2016 could wind up being its best year yet in a number of ways. Marijuana keeps expanding despite federal inaction. Since California first approved Proposition 215 in 1996 to provide certain patients with medical marijuana on the basis of compassionate...

Former Giants star Leonard Marshall swapped Big Blue for leafy green. The former Pro Bowl defensive end will appear as one of the keynote speakers at the three-day Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo - coming to the Javits Center on Wednesday. “I want to educate people about what the...

Using pot, even over decades, was only linked to one negative health effect in a new study Even after years of heavy use, marijuana doesn't seem to have much of an impact on the physical health of the body. So finds a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry, which analyzed data from a group...

Portland - The state next month will for the first time require the medical marijuana industry to report how much product it grows, processes, stores and transfers in the open market. The requirement is intended to track the stock of medical marijuana in the state and prevent it from entering...

Portland - The state next month will for the first time require the medical marijuana industry to report how much product it grows, processes, stores and transfers in the open market. The requirement is intended to track the stock of medical marijuana in the state and prevent it from entering...

Is cannabis really medicine? Today more than 20 states have legalized medicinal marijuana and three states plus the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medicinal and recreational use. Recently, Congress approved legislation that would allow veterans access to the herb for medicinal...

Reuters Health - Other than being at an increased risk of gum disease, people who smoked marijuana for up to 20 years during adulthood were generally as healthy as people who didn't light up, according to a new study. The same researchers had previously found that marijuana users were at higher...

In the market for 350 marijuana grow lights, 50 air ventilators or two dozen giant fans? You're in luck. More than $1 million worth of equipment inside a defunct medical cannabis producer's former 6,100 square-metre facility in Richmond, B.C., will be auctioned off on Thursday. MediJean's...

In the market for 350 marijuana grow lights, 50 air ventilators or two dozen giant fans? You're in luck. More than $1 million worth of equipment inside a defunct medical cannabis producer's former 6,100 square-metre facility in Richmond, B.C., will be auctioned off on Thursday. MediJean's...

Liberal MP Adam Vaughan says that 'the law's the law'. Joe Cressy, Toronto city councillor for Ward 20 and chair of Toronto Drug Strategy Implementation Panel, says issues the government must consider in legalizing marijuana include access, distribution, age appropriateness, marketing, pricing...

Public Health Issues Raised Over Coming Federal Marijuana Legislation Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said some southwestern Ontario city mayors believe municipalities should receive a cut of the federal government's income from legalizing and regulating recreational marijuana. He made those...

These days it seems everyone is talking about pot. The prime minister often speaks about the impending legalization across our country. And in Toronto, everyone is talking about dispensaries. Later this month, Toronto's Board of Health will consider a report from the city's top doctor...

BOSTON - The number of people treating their chronic pain, cancer symptoms or other medical conditions with marijuana has nearly quadrupled in a year, but a scarcity of licensed dispensaries and supply shortages are keeping many from getting their medicine, advocates say. At least 24,196...

Boston - The number of people treating their chronic pain, cancer symptoms or other medical conditions with marijuana has nearly quadrupled in a year, but a scarcity of licensed dispensaries and supply shortages are keeping many from getting their medicine, advocates say. At least 24,196...

Trenton - The state Health Department has appointed a panel of physicians and other health professionals to decide whether New Jersey's medical marijuana program should admit more patients, according to a state report released Friday. Patients and their advocates have been demanding the...

Trenton - The state Health Department has appointed a panel of physicians and other health professionals to decide whether New Jersey's medical marijuana program should admit more patients, according to a state report released Friday. Patients and their advocates have been demanding the...

A leading Auckland drug researcher is calling for regulated cannabis products to be sold legally in New Zealand. Massey University's Dr Chris Wilkins would like to see the adoption of a not-for-profit club model for cannabis. The proposal would see licensed companies permitted to sell...

This next November election will mark two years since the initiative to implement medical marijuana on Guam was passed and now another holdup in the much-anticipated final draft rules and regulations. Public Health Director James Gillan says the rules and regs hit a snag with the Economic...