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Shops in the American state of Maryland has begun selling medical marijuana to residents in pain, ending years of delays by embarking on a program that features some of the most liberal policies in the nation on who can qualify for the prescribed cannabis. Dozens of people stood outside a...

The Honolulu Police Department is ordering legal cannabis patients to "voluntarily surrender" any guns they own because pot is still considered an illegal drug under federal law. The initiative continues three months after Hawaii's first medical marijuana dispensary opened for business...

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said medical marijuana should be studied and treated like other pain relief drugs but said he could not favor legalizing its recreational use. "Under medical marijuana, I believe it should be like any other drug," Adams said Friday in Indianapolis. "We need...

The Des Moines company selected to grow marijuana and manufacture medical cannabis products would like to produce tinctures, creams, soft gels, suppositories and even inhalers that allow patients with a variety of ailments to get customized therapies. "We want to create efficacious doses...

Within weeks an estimated 150,000 Texas patients suffering from untreatable epilepsy will have a new means of relief. Cannabidiol (CBD), a form of medical marijuana, will finally be delivered to patients who qualify under the state's very strict guidelines. The CBD reduces or halts...

At least 200 would-be customers were lined up outside Rockville's first medical marijuana dispensary Friday afternoon when one of the owners announced that a cannabis shipment - including elixirs, tablets and flowers - had arrived. Bill Askinazi promised that everyone in line would go home with...

The idea of legal medical cannabis or marijuana appeared to gain another conservative Republican convert on Tennessee's Capitol Hill Thursday. "The era of Reefer Madness is over," said Rep. Bob Ramsey, who referenced the 1930s cult movie about the perceived dangers of marijuana. Ramsey is...

The guidelines governing commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis were released on Nov. 16 by state regulators, giving potential commercial cannabis growers their first insight into the new industry’s statewide regulations. Regulators released 276 pages of rules that the aspiring industry...

As more medical marijuana dispensaries open in Florida, one state representative is warning users that they can face serious legal consequences if they also own a gun. Rep. Cord Byrd is a lifetime outdoorsman and hunter and has dubbed himself the "Florida gun lawyer" in his private practice...

With medical marijuana now approved in more than half of the United States, the movement seems destined to keep picking up momentum. It's a dream for anyone – producer, distributor, investor – who stands to make a buck in the industry, thanks to the sheer size of the potential market, estimated...

Now that Proposition 64 has legalized recreational marijuana use in California, you might think this is the end for medical marijuana. Think again. The initiative is laced with restrictions, and a closer look reveals several major benefits of getting a medical marijuana card in 2018. In fact...

In Italy, as in most of western Europe, medical cannabis is legal. What sets the country apart is that cultivation of the plant is a de facto army monopoly. The only place cannabis can be legally grown here is at a heavily guarded military facility in Florence where, this year, two...

One of the first medical marijuana dispensaries in Maryland will start selling the drug to patients in Rockville today, and Bill Askinazi says he's ready. "It's amazing. It's really the start of the culmination of a four-year journey for us," Askinazi said. Askinazi owns Potomac Holistics...

Ohioans are a little closer to having access to medical marijuana. The state on Thursday released the list of 12 companies that were granted large-scale cultivation licenses, out of a pool of 109 that applied. The awards come nearly a month after the state announced licenses for 11...

One of a dozen companies licensed for large-scale cannabis cultivation has plans for Canton. The Ohio Department of Commerce on Thursday announced the provisional licenses for operations up to 25,000 square feet and a final license for small-scale operations of up to 3,000 square feet...

Starting in July, autism spectrum disorders and obstructive sleep apnea will qualify as conditions eligible to be treated in Minnesota with medical cannabis, the state Health Department said Thursday. The two conditions were chosen as part of the department's regular review of requests to...

Portage intends to pursue medical marijuana ordinances involving facilities and zoning, with the specifics to be known by the end of December. At a more than three-hour special committee of the whole meeting Thursday, the Portage City Council viewed proposed ordinance amendment options and...

As we reported previously, scientists from the University of New Mexico have been studying how access to marijuana may help alleviate the opioid crisis, declared a national emergency by President Trump. Their study has now been published in the journal PLOS One, with the researchers concluding...

Time continues to burn while Kalkaska leaders and hopeful business owners prepare for medical marijuana changes that take effect next month. Village Manager Scott Yost hopes to rule on four applications for village medical marijuana licenses – including two marijuana growing facilities, a...

Ohio's nascent medical marijuana industry took a giant step today when the state of Ohio awarded a dozen large-scale grower licenses, including one in Springfield and one in Yellow Springs. The 12 winners were selected from a pool of 109 applicants. The awards come nearly a month after the...