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The exponential growth in the number of Canadians with a medical marijuana prescription, combined with the pending legalization of pot for recreational use, is giving employers coughing fits. Employers are obliged to accommodate staff with a prescription, a duty that will be particularly...

The exponential growth in the number of Canadians with a medical marijuana prescription, combined with the pending legalization of pot for recreational use, is giving employers coughing fits. Employers are obliged to accommodate staff with a prescription, a duty that will be particularly...

Dr. Ilo Leppik has dedicated his career to searching for ways to improve treatment for seizures that afflict those with epilepsy. "My passion is to find a better treatment for this condition," the physician and University of Minnesota pharmacy professor said of his patients' debilitating -...

For years, medical marijuana advocates have asserted that cannabis may be more effective and have fewer side effects than prescription opiates for chronic pain. Without scientific proof, however, it was only anecdotal. With mounting concern by doctors, nurses and even the CDC about opioid...

For years, medical marijuana advocates have asserted that cannabis may be more effective and have fewer side effects than prescription opiates for chronic pain. Without scientific proof, however, it was only anecdotal. With mounting concern by doctors, nurses and even the CDC about opioid...

We can all agree that this election has been a bit of a slow-mo car wreck, can't we? But while the presidential election is on the forefront of everyone's minds, Election Day is about more than that - by heading to the polls (or mailing in your choices), you're also voting on a number of...

In late August, the Denver Responsible Use Initiative, a proposal intended to create venues for the social consumption of cannabis in the Mile High City, fell short of qualifying for the November ballot. Afterward, attorney Judd Golden of Denver NORML, which backed the measure, told us the...

Butte — On Harrison Avenue, a billboard blares the slogan "NO POT SHOPS." On either side of the sign — a campaign ad opposing a citizen ballot initiative to fix Montana's gutted medical marijuana program — sit two shuttered dispensaries. Although Montana voters overwhelmingly passed an...

Butte — On Harrison Avenue, a billboard blares the slogan "NO POT SHOPS." On either side of the sign — a campaign ad opposing a citizen ballot initiative to fix Montana's gutted medical marijuana program — sit two shuttered dispensaries. Although Montana voters overwhelmingly passed an...

Pennsylvania recently enacted a medical marijuana statute. This Act clouds the rights of employers and is another hit to Pennsylvania's employment-at-will doctrine. Nevertheless, even in Pennsylvania, marijuana remains an illegal substance under the Federal Controlled Substances Act, and...

Pennsylvania recently enacted a medical marijuana statute. This Act clouds the rights of employers and is another hit to Pennsylvania's employment-at-will doctrine. Nevertheless, even in Pennsylvania, marijuana remains an illegal substance under the Federal Controlled Substances Act, and...

If Floridians vote to legalize medical marijuana through Amendment 2 on Tuesday, the state will open its borders to a new, booming industry that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars in just a few years. Yet federal law still categorizes marijuana as a controlled substance, though as...

If Floridians vote to legalize medical marijuana through Amendment 2 on Tuesday, the state will open its borders to a new, booming industry that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars in just a few years. Yet federal law still categorizes marijuana as a controlled substance, though as...

This is an exciting time to be in drug policy. With five states (California, Arizona, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts) on the ballot to regulate recreational marijuana, we have the potential to have one-fifth of the population of the United States smoking legally in the coming year. Our sitting...

Colorado's Steel City is now surrounded by the state's "Napa Valley of Weed." At least 22 stores, 92 grow sites and 31 manufacturing facilities are licensed in the county, Colorado Department of Revenue records show. And Pueblo County was the state's highest producer of retail marijuana plants...

Salt Lake City - Twin brothers, both devout Mormons, are among a growing legion of Utah residents embracing medical marijuana as a way to treat a host of ailments. Nathan Frodsham has advanced degenerative disc disease, leaving him with burning pain as nerves in his neck are pinched by...

Salt Lake City - Twin brothers, both devout Mormons, are among a growing legion of Utah residents embracing medical marijuana as a way to treat a host of ailments. Nathan Frodsham has advanced degenerative disc disease, leaving him with burning pain as nerves in his neck are pinched by...

Holyoke - The City Council Monday defeated a resolution that had called for opposition to a question that Massachusetts voters will decide on the Election Day ballot Tuesday on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The council voted 7-6 against adopting the resolution. The...

Holmes Beach commissioners have determined that enacting rules for marijuana use and distribution is premature. A medical marijuana amendment, up for a statewide vote Nov. 8, could cause problems for the city, if passed. Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer encouraged commissioners to...

Holmes Beach commissioners have determined that enacting rules for marijuana use and distribution is premature. A medical marijuana amendment, up for a statewide vote Nov. 8, could cause problems for the city, if passed. Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer encouraged commissioners to...