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New York will allow ointments, lozenges and chewable tablets as part of its medical marijuana program while the state's training program for doctors will be cut in half, the Department of Health announced Thursday. Health regulators on Thursday proposed a new set of regulations that would...

Marijuana's popularity among American adults is on the rise – and use of the recreational drug is expected to continue to increase, according to several surveys. The increase in popularity, along with more permissive attitudes toward marijuana use, may be due in part to its changing...

People growing their own marijuana is a significant concern to Big Pharma. As state legalization of cannabis-derivatives spreads, the drug companies contemplating the potential of medical marijuana see a threat from both homegrown and professionally harvested medical-grade marijuana. Pharma...

Former Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and the chairman of Arkansas' medical board are overseeing a new industry group representing people and corporations doing business under the new amendment legalizing medical marijuana. McDaniel and Medical Board Chairman Dr. Steven Cathey are among the...

Neuropathy is a generalized term which signifies exhibited symptoms of nerve damage in human beings–neuropathic pain is one of these symptoms. Neuropathy pain arises from a wide variety of sources that all stem from nerve injury, including: "diabetes mellitus...infections, alcoholism, traumatic...

"There are people in this room that have been waiting 20, 30 years for this." Mike Lewis with the Inland Cannabis Farmers' Association presented his case for commercial cannabis to the Butte County Board of Supervisors, but his pleas, along with those of more than a dozen other marijuana...

Dave owns a retail business in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. He was selling everything from flat-screen TVs to furniture -- until Amazon (AMZN) crushed his brick-and-mortar warehouse store with its online merchandise, forcing him to put it up for sale. His...

An Aberdeen man is facing charges after police say they found more than two pounds of marijuana in a search of his home. Police say the Tundra Task Force executed a search warrant at an apartment on 9th Avenue Monday night. During the search, detectives found 2.12 pounds of marijuana and more...

The Fillmore City Council voted Tuesday night to reaffirm its ban on marijuana businesses, disrupting the plans of a medical marijuana collective that had hoped to build an indoor farm in the city. Coast To Coast Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary in Canoga Park, is in escrow on a...

Seniors are becoming as the fastest growing segment of the marijuana industry. According to a national survey, usage among adults 65 and older is up 250 percent, while adults 50-65 have also increased usage nearly 58 percent. “I’ve generally felt that recreational drugs of any kind were no...

As California continues to emerge from marijuana prohibition, consumers will have a glut of new options beyond traditional flower to achieve the optimal high. But it's easy for newbies to weed-infused foods, also known as edibles, to go overboard. Just ask Maureen Dowd, the New York Times...

City Commissioners are nearing a final vote on a change to land development regulations allowing medicinal marijuana outlets in commercial areas. On Monday night, the City Commission held a public hearing on the marijuana issue and on changes to land development regulations requiring lots to...

Hawaii history was made today with the first legal sale of marijuana, nearly two decades after the state approved the use of pot for medical purposes. Fred Rickert was the first customer at Maui Grown Therapies when he bought pot at around noon. Maui Grown is the first of eight dispensary...

In November 2016, Dan Osborne voted "no" to Proposition 64 in California, the measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use. He smoked pot in high school, but that was a long time ago, and his perspectives have changed. "I'm a dad and a grandpa. So we've got a responsibility," says...

A routine highway traffic stop Monday afternoon led to one of the largest drug busts in state Highway Patrol history. Harold Miller, 71, of Sacramento, Calif., was stopped in his Dodge minivan on eastbound I-94 between Mandan and Bismarck for minor traffic violations Aug. 7. During the stop...

North Dakota health officials are gauging interest among laboratories in the state in testing medical marijuana. The state Health Department is seeking non-binding letters of intent from laboratories by the close of business on Aug. 25. The agency is establishing a system for making...

When it comes to the market's top-performing stocks, you'd have a hard time topping marijuana stocks over the trailing year. A majority of pot stocks over the past 12 months have at least doubled in value, with some even tripling or quadrupling. For added context, the stock market tends to...

He's hoping to alleviate the suffering of Texans struggling with debilitating conditions that could be improved with medical marijuana. State Senator Jose Menendez tells us it should be up to Doctors, not Lawmakers to decide who could be helped with medical cannabis. He says he's submitted...

Merced County residents no longer face misdemeanor criminal charges for small amounts of marijuana, but sheriff's deputies continue chopping down thousands of marijuana plants each year hoping no blood will be shed at large operations run by criminal organizations. "The reason we are so...

2018 looks to turn the Golden State into the greenest territory on the west coast. After the legalization of marijuana — thanks to Prop 64, adult Californians will be able to buy, grow and sell pot recreationally. This game changer will have a dramatic affect on the states economy; and the...