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Qualifying patients in search of a prescription for medical marijuana may want to start a doctor-patient relationship sooner rather than later. Three months is the minimum time a physician must have treated a patient in order to prescribe medical marijuana and it could be longer than 90 days...

Marijuana legalization won its biggest victories yet in the U.S. and across the world in 2016 as more research suggests possible health and societal benefits. Canada fully legalized marijuana and established a regulatory system for the substance over the past year, as did Uruguay. Australia...

The end space inside the strip-style retail building at U.S. Highway 20 and Dean Swift Road in Bend was blank Wednesday, empty except for contractors putting the finishing touches on walls and floors. But the owners of Plantae Health, a cannabis business with a Deschutes County farm and...

Tallahassee, Fla. – With the state's pot industry poised to explode, Florida health officials have agreed to issue another medical marijuana license - the state's seventh- to a Central Florida nursery that lost out to a competitor by a fraction of a percentage point last fall. The Department...

The federal government's action plan for legalizing marijuana has rubbed a local man the wrong way. "When the current federal government announced the plan to legalize cannabis (marijuana is a derogatory slang name that I will not use) I was cautiously excited," said BC Bud Rub manufacturer...

Tallahassee, Fla. - Less than two weeks before Florida's medical marijuana constitutional amendment goes into effect, the state's Department of Health has approved a seventh license and is on the verge of adding two additional distributing organizations. Department spokeswoman Sarah Revell...

Harrisburg - Pennsylvania officials said Wednesday that they will begin accepting applications early next year for medical marijuana growers and dispensaries, with a target date of mid-2018 for legal sales to begin in the state. Philadelphia and six other southeastern counties could be home...

With the state's pot industry poised to explode, Florida health officials have agreed to issue another medical marijuana license – the state's seventh – to a Central Florida nursery that lost out to a competitor by a fraction of a percentage point last fall. The Department of Health inked the...

Johannesburg — The South African Medical Association (Sama) has warned the public that the proposed amendments to allow for the medical use of dagga would be implemented along strict guidelines. "On 23 November, Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Health announced that the Department of Health...

Albany - People using medical marijuana in New York may soon have more products to choose from and more options on where to buy them. The state Health Department announced Thursday it was lifting a restriction that limited to five the number of brands each marijuana grower in New York could...

When: December 14, 9 AM - 5 PM Where: Human Development Center Auditorium, LSUHSC 411 S. Prieur Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Contact: 20161214 - Cannabis and Its Medicinal Potential: State of the Research and Policy | Registration Form A daylong seminar in New Orleans next week will...

A daylong seminar in New Orleans next week will explore the scientific, clinical and business aspects of medical marijuana. The Louisiana Legislature legalized pot for medical use in 2015, but the process for bringing cannabis products to the market is still being shaped. LSU Health and Baker...

Those suffering from chronic pain will soon be among those able to use medical marijuana in New York state, the state's health department announced Thursday. "After conducting a thorough review of the scientific literature, it became clear that there may be certain benefits in the use of...

Marijuana should be treated as a "public health issue, the same way we do with cigarettes or alcohol," said President Obama in a post-election interview with Rolling Stone. In the interview made public this week, the president, who has admitted to smoking marijuana in his younger days...

A large majority of the Irish population supports the legalisation of cannabis when recommended for medical reasons by a doctor. A new survey shows that 92% of the Irish population support the use of the drug for medical purposes. Munster showed the highest level of support for the...

Marijuana could treat some forms of addiction, according to a systematic literature review published in Clinical Psychology Review. The study also found cannabis might prove effective in the treatment of some mental health diagnoses, such as posttraumatic stress (PTSD). Previous research...

A new head of the DEA means a new DEA and Chuck Rosenberg's recent statement that "heroin is clearly more dangerous than marijuana" signals and end to the drug war, at least for marijuana. Rosenberg took over in May of 2015 when corrupt DEA director, Michele Leonhart, was forced to resign...

Following the legalization of commercial marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts, the Needham Board of Health is developing regulations for commercial marijuana dispensaries. Town regulations for commercial dispensaries could be similar to the medical dispensary regulations, which the board...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has remained silent on the issue of international regulatory controls on cannabis since 1935. There have been breakthroughs and advancements in science about cannabis for the past 80 years. It is indeed high time for WHO to provide restructured advice about...

Yesterday was a "great day" for Canadian hemp growers because the federal government eased regulations for testing and cultivation of industrial hemp. Health Canada, in a Notice to Industry document, said it was eliminating testing for THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) in most...