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Research and data presented by two of Colorado's leading cannabis experts Friday provided workshop attendees a glimpse of the impacts of recreational cannabis. Hosted by the Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health, the workshop brought health care and mental health providers...

Four Cranberry Highway shops that the Board of Health ordered to a public hearing after inspectors found hemp products in their stores in mid-October were asked to sell no more of the products until the Health Department gets results back from a laboratory which is testing to see if they fall...

If there existed a lucrative industry, with proven success, that helps people get better and could save money for the NHS, shouldn't we be talking about it? After attending a cannabis conference in Denver, Colorado, it struck me that here was a real solution to some of the difficulties our...

After a failed attempt at removing the judge from the case, state health officials have agreed to grant a coveted medical-marijuana license to Keith St. Germain Nursery Farms, a Homestead-based grower. The new license brings the number of medical marijuana operators in the state to 13, and five...

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A facility in Salisbury received a medical marijuana dispensary license from the state this week. On Monday, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) unanimously approved a dispensary license to Peninsula Alternative Health, located on Snow Hill Road in Salisbury. Anthony Darby, CEO of...

The National Marijuana Commission, which was recently established by the government to facilitate national engagement on the issues surrounding the use of marijuana in St Kitts and Nevis, held its first meeting last Friday. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 20, 2017. The...

In June, a bill was signed into state law that added post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the list of conditions that qualify a patient for medical marijuana in Colorado. It was the first time a condition had been added since Amendment 20, which established our medical marijuana system...

Five months ago, a New Jersey health panel voted in favor of dramatically expanding the list of conditions that may be treated with cannabis. Chronic pain, Alzheimer's, autism, anxiety, migraines, and other maladies should be added to the list of 13 ailments, said the panel of doctors and other...

A medical marijuana operator is demanding that the Florida Department of Health develop a regulation so vendors can begin processing and selling edible marijuana products to patients. In a petition filed Friday, Surterra Florida asked health officials to start a rule-making process involving...

Health Canada is planning to launch a new awareness campaign aimed at warning minors and young adults about the risks of using cannabis in the lead up to the drug becoming legal. A public tender indicates Ottawa is looking for a contractor with creative talent to host a series of events...

Seemingly learning from past mistakes, state health officials have issued an emergency rule outlining the application process for new medical-marijuana vendors seeking to receive licenses in two weeks. The new rule, published Wednesday and going into effect immediately, outsources the...

Three companies that got state approval last month to produce medical marijuana in Orange and Ulster counties face a legal hurdle as they develop their plans: a lawsuit by five existing medical-marijuana businesses that aims to stop the expansion of their fledgling industry. The newly...

Cannabis is often considered a "gateway drug" likely to send users on a downward spiral of substance abuse — inevitably leading midnight tokers to much harder forms of pain relief. It is such a common belief, state-funded research generally supports the notion that marijuana is a risk factor for...

Seemingly learning from past mistakes, state health officials have issued an emergency rule outlining the application process for new medical-marijuana vendors seeking to receive licenses in two weeks. The new rule, published Wednesday and going into effect immediately, outsources the...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have begun a one-year study to assess the level of marijuana use in the state before legal sales of the drug for recreational use begin. According to a press release, the investigation -- a collaboration between the university's School of Public...

Mounting legal challenges are threatening to bog down the rollout of the state's medical marijuana program, leading to significant delays in treatment for patients as previously experienced in states such as Maryland and Florida, advocates fear. At least 140 unsuccessful medical marijuana...

Pot is different from growing, distributing and selling potatoes, beef, salmon or cars, common commodities with of course complex forces at work. But cannabis takes complexity to a whole new level, comparable to tobacco and alcohol - which have been among the principal killers of Americans...

School nurse Rhonda Valdez is on the front lines of student health at Wheat Ridge High School, treating myriad concerns – flu outbreaks, diabetes, severe allergies, body image issues, football-related concussions. The job is rewarding and keeps her busy, but the longtime registered nurse and...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health must reveal who sat on the secret panel that reviewed and scored applicants for medical marijuana permits, the Office of Open Records ruled Thursday. PennLive reporter Wallace McKelvey made a request under the state's Right-to-Know law in May for the...