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The phones at the Georgia Department of Public Health no longer ring off the hook with people calling to find doctors or asking questions about how the state's medical marijuana registry works. Yet Georgia's quiet revolution in the year since it legalized a limited form of medical marijuana...

The phones at the Georgia Department of Public Health no longer ring off the hook with people calling to find doctors or asking questions about how the state's medical marijuana registry works. Yet Georgia's quiet revolution in the year since it legalized a limited form of medical marijuana...

Hawaii - One of the businesses licensed to operate a medical marijuana dispensary doesn't think he'll be up and running until next year. Richard Ha provided the estimate Monday as Gov. David Ige signed an updated medical marijuana bill into law. HB 2707 is designed to keep medical marijuana...

Hawaii - One of the businesses licensed to operate a medical marijuana dispensary doesn't think he'll be up and running until next year. Richard Ha provided the estimate Monday as Gov. David Ige signed an updated medical marijuana bill into law. HB 2707 is designed to keep medical marijuana...

Hawaii patients may have easier access to medical marijuana now that nurses can certify them for the drug. Advocates say the change was needed because there's a shortage of doctors willing to certify patients. Gov. David Ige signed a bill today updating the state's medical marijuana...

Hawaii patients may have easier access to medical marijuana now that nurses can certify them for the drug. Advocates say the change was needed because there's a shortage of doctors willing to certify patients. Gov. David Ige signed a bill today updating the state's medical marijuana...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana bill was signed into law in April, but it will be two years before most patients can actually take advantage of it. That's how long the state has to come up with specific regulations to build this industry. Judging from the range of topics and speakers Friday...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana bill was signed into law in April, but it will be two years before most patients can actually take advantage of it. That's how long the state has to come up with specific regulations to build this industry. Judging from the range of topics and speakers Friday...

Lakewood, Ohio - City Council at its July 18 meeting may vote to approve a six-month moratorium on the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana in the city. City Law Director Kevin Butler said he is proposing the moratorium out of an abundance of caution, acknowledging it is unlikely...

Lakewood, Ohio - City Council at its July 18 meeting may vote to approve a six-month moratorium on the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana in the city. City Law Director Kevin Butler said he is proposing the moratorium out of an abundance of caution, acknowledging it is unlikely...

More than two years after lawmakers legalized a limited type of medical marijuana, an administrative law judge heard arguments Wednesday in a dispute about whether a Northeast Florida nursery should receive one of the highly sought-after licenses to grow, process and distribute the non-euphoric...

More than two years after lawmakers legalized a limited type of medical marijuana, an administrative law judge heard arguments Wednesday in a dispute about whether a Northeast Florida nursery should receive one of the highly sought-after licenses to grow, process and distribute the non-euphoric...

Any parent will agree there are no limits to what we would do to save our children. Even if that means becoming an outlaw. Until last year, my 7-year-old daughter Bethany, who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy, was experiencing more than 100 seizures a day. She had become bedridden, unable...

Any parent will agree there are no limits to what we would do to save our children. Even if that means becoming an outlaw. Until last year, my 7-year-old daughter Bethany, who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy, was experiencing more than 100 seizures a day. She had become bedridden, unable...

Columbus, Ohio - Attorneys are asking whether Ohio's new medical marijuana law that bars employers from disciplining professionals from working with marijuana businesses applies to them. Lawyers have submitted at least two requests for formal opinions on the matter to the state Supreme Court's...

Friday marks the day when Washington's long-time medical marijuana industry is integrated into the new, regulated, recreational industry the state has been fine-tuning since voters approved it in 2012. All unlicensed medical marijuana dispensaries must now be closed. At the same time, 332 of...

Friday marks the day when Washington's long-time medical marijuana industry is integrated into the new, regulated, recreational industry the state has been fine-tuning since voters approved it in 2012. All unlicensed medical marijuana dispensaries must now be closed. At the same time, 332 of...

Relax. Welcome to Colorado, where you can legally buy marijuana. With the passing of Amendment 64 in 2012, adults 21 or older in Colorado can legally possess one ounce of marijuana or THC - and as of last month, tourists can now possess up to an ounce (28 grams) of cannabis. (Previously...

The sale of marijuana in storefront shops such as have cropped up on Toronto streets remains illegal and will be prosecuted until new legislation decriminalizing the substance is in place, possibly in 2017. That was the word from federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould on June 30 at the...

Columbus, Ohio - When Ohio's medical marijuana law takes effect Sept. 8, people can possess and use the drug without going to jail. But the new law doesn't specify where people can get marijuana. Lawmakers have said that until the state's dispensaries are set up, residents can travel to...