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As marijuana reform advocates (and perhaps regular readers) know, 2016 has been something of a banner year for medical marijuana reform in key part of the northern midwest. Specifically, - in April, Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor signed into law the Keystone State's new medical marijuana...

Columbus, Ohio - The Ohio State Medical Board is advising doctors to talk to their lawyers and employers if they want to recommend medical marijuana to patients before the state's dispensaries open. The board on Friday issued guidance about the affirmative defense portion of Ohio's medical...

Columbus, Ohio - The Ohio State Medical Board is advising doctors to talk to their lawyers and employers if they want to recommend medical marijuana to patients before the state's dispensaries open. The board on Friday issued guidance about the affirmative defense portion of Ohio's medical...

Columbus - A newly introduced bill would rule out the possibility of an agreement between Ohio and Michigan through which they would recognize each other's medical marijuana patient registration cards. House Bill 597, introduced by Rep. Kyle Koehler (R., Springfield), would prohibit the Ohio...

Columbus - A newly introduced bill would rule out the possibility of an agreement between Ohio and Michigan through which they would recognize each other's medical marijuana patient registration cards. House Bill 597, introduced by Rep. Kyle Koehler (R., Springfield), would prohibit the Ohio...

Lansing, Mich — The governor has signed the legislation, most of the law enforcement community has endorsed it, but the state's top law enforcement official refuses to take a stance on the Medical Marijuana laws. It took eight years but the governor signed legislation this week to regulate...

Lansing, Mich — The governor has signed the legislation, most of the law enforcement community has endorsed it, but the state's top law enforcement official refuses to take a stance on the Medical Marijuana laws. It took eight years but the governor signed legislation this week to regulate...

Columbus, Ohio - Ohio attorneys were assured Tuesday by the state's high court they could assist medical marijuana clients under the new law. A non-binding advisory opinion issued in August suggested Ohio lawyers couldn't advise medical marijuana businesses and patients under the state's...

Columbus, Ohio - Ohio attorneys were assured Tuesday by the state's high court they could assist medical marijuana clients under the new law. A non-binding advisory opinion issued in August suggested Ohio lawyers couldn't advise medical marijuana businesses and patients under the state's...

Kingston, Jamaica - Senior Government advisor Delano Seiveright wants American law students, academics and representatives of civil society representatives at Harvard University to press the US government to change "repressive" laws against the use of cannabis. Seiveright, who is also a...

In May, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law an adjustment to the states marijuana laws, allowing minors to use marijuana in certain medical instances. That law, supported by all of Branford and Guilford's state legislators, will result in a small increase in space for the local shoreline...

In May, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law an adjustment to the states marijuana laws, allowing minors to use marijuana in certain medical instances. That law, supported by all of Branford and Guilford's state legislators, will result in a small increase in space for the local shoreline...

The town of Snowflake could be in hot water over its deal with a medical-marijuana cultivation facility. Chief Deputy Attorney General Michael Bailey says the Town Council "may" have violated state law by creating a special tax for the cultivation company, Copperstate Farms. If the town...

The town of Snowflake could be in hot water over its deal with a medical-marijuana cultivation facility. Chief Deputy Attorney General Michael Bailey says the Town Council "may" have violated state law by creating a special tax for the cultivation company, Copperstate Farms. If the town...

Ida Chinosis uses a marijuana oil extract to control the symptoms of her 7-year-old daughter's seizures, an effect of her medical condition called 1p26 Deletion Syndrome. A registered medical marijuana caregiver for her daughter, Michigan's medical marijuana law has been vague on whether oils...

Ida Chinosis uses a marijuana oil extract to control the symptoms of her 7-year-old daughter's seizures, an effect of her medical condition called 1p26 Deletion Syndrome. A registered medical marijuana caregiver for her daughter, Michigan's medical marijuana law has been vague on whether oils...

If you're a pot smoker, don't think you'll get off with a $100 to $200 fine if you get caught with less than 10 grams of marijuana in Maryville. While the State of Illinois recently passed a law lessening the fines for possession of certain amounts of marijuana to no more than $200, the...

In the mellow suburban town of Clarkston, where aging hippies mingle easily with refugees, arrests for marijuana violations were never a top priority. So it wasn't much of a surprise when the city passed Georgia's most relaxed marijuana law, reducing the fine for possession of less than an...

8 years ago, Michigan voters made medical marijuana legal. Wednesday, the Legislature finally passed bills that detail how it can be grown, bought, sold, and even consumed. "I'm grateful that the Legislature has finally given us some meat on the bones, what we had was a skeleton of a law...

8 years ago, Michigan voters made medical marijuana legal. Wednesday, the Legislature finally passed bills that detail how it can be grown, bought, sold, and even consumed. "I'm grateful that the Legislature has finally given us some meat on the bones, what we had was a skeleton of a law...