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In 2014, New York became the 23rd state to legalize marijuana use for a handful of specific medical conditions. But New York State's medical marijuana program is the most restrictive program in the country. The product is only available in Cannabis oil via several delivery methods including...

A medical marijuana card used to be the key to buying and possessing pot in Oregon. But the rise of recreational marijuana is making the cards primarily valuable only as a discount card, and not a necessity to buy, said Sam Elkington, owner of Track Town Collective in Glenwood. The card...

The U.S. Department of Justice is issuing another reminder that marijuana businesses don't have a right to bankruptcy proceedings. "Marijuana continues to be regulated by Congress as a dangerous drug, and as the Supreme Court has recognized, the federal prohibition of marijuana takes...

As the legal marijuana business starts to professionalize, players are emerging who say they want to create multinational franchises and empires, in effect, building the Starbucks or McDonald's of ganja. Billy Levy and his partners have other plans. "We'd rather be like the P&G," said...

Two Virginia elementary school teachers were charged with possession and suspended and a third teacher was put on administrative leave following accusations they used marijuana inside the school. Someone told police three teachers regularly smoked marijuana and hashish together in the...

The Planning Board hopes to wrap up its discussion and debate on zoning for recreational marijuana Tuesday night, and send its final proposal to the City Council. The board has been discussing how best to accommodate and regulate marijuana businesses for months, following Massachusetts'...

A 56-year-old Upper Peninsula man was sentenced to 12 years, seven months in prison and required to repay $475,000 for his involvement in what authorities have called a "marijuana production and distribution conspiracy." Spencer Troy Ward operated the marijuana production and distribution in...

Researchers are continuously looking for chronic pain relief regimens to counter the painful side effects of cancer treatments. For example, medical marijuana is currently being suggested as an alternative option to traditional opioid medications. “The only tool for chronic pain that we have is...

Back in 2009 I wrote a piece for the magazine about marijuana legalization. One of the things I learned is that a key question about the effect of legalization is whether marijuana and alcohol are substitutes or complements. If alcohol and marijuana are substitutes, it means that higher sales...

Medical marijuana is now being sold in Maryland after two dispensaries -- one in Montgomery County and another in Allegany County -- opened for business. The two stores opened Friday after five years of bureaucracy and delays. Finishing touches are being put on a dispensary in Pikesville...

Gov. Rick Snyder issued rules Monday policing medical marijuana businesses, less than two weeks before the state begins accepting license applications under a new regulatory system. The emergency rules will remain in effect for at least six months until permanent ones are finalized. They...

Aphria Inc., a Canadian medical marijuana grower, surged after striking a deal to have its production sold through the website of a major pharmacy chain. Aphria jumped as much as 30 percent in Toronto trading Tuesday. The shares were up 15 percent at C$13.67 at 9:54 a.m. local time. The...

Federal officials are investigating a marijuana-processing facility in Oregon after an explosion there injured a man who was previously convicted in a money-laundering operation linked to pot-trafficking. The probe is a fairly rare instance in which U.S. officials are investigating a...

Prospects for tax cuts are greater than ever now that the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a GOP tax bill early Saturday morning. The House of Representatives passed another version of tax reform in November. Now, the two chambers must work out their differences to produce a final bill for...

A state panel formed to consider issues surrounding the legalization of recreational marijuana is resuming its work this week. Wednesday's meeting of the task force meeting will focus on public safety and criminal justice issues involving legalization. Presentations are scheduled from...

Since the Canadian Federal government announced that cannabis, both recreational and medicinal, will be legalized on July 1, 2018, the Canadian government and provinces have found the process of figuring out distribution to be a difficult task. However, Alberta and Manitoba have developed some...

Growing up in Chicago, Manny Mendoza had two primary interests: smoking pot and cooking. After recreational marijuana became legal in California in November 2016, Mendoza moved to San Diego, combined his two interests and created Herbal Notes, a supper club that serves cannabis-infused food...

A leaked draft of state guidelines for operations in the Michigan Medical Marijuana industry shown at a cannabis conference in Lansing Sunday is comprehensive, cannabis experts said. Applications for medical marijuana operations licenses in Michigan go live on Dec. 15. The state said it...

You don't have to be a stoner to realize that legal cannabis is an industry ripe for profit. As more and more states and countries move to legalize certain uses of cannabis, investors who fail to put their hat in the ring could end up being some of the dumbest on Wall Street. The process of...

I know for a fact that medical marijuana patients are going to save a hellava amount of taxes with a medical recommendation. Any other solid reasons why Californians must buy a medical card even if recreational marijuana is legalized in 2018?:thanks: in advance, yo!