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Making it easier to calibrate the correct dose of medical marijuana may prompt more physicians to prescribe it as an alternative to painkillers such as opioids, according to one Canadian company. Toronto-based Resolve Digital Health has developed a smart inhaler into which patients insert a...

Whether you call it pot, weed, or marijuana, it's considered medicine in Michigan and nearly two dozen other states and has been legalized in multiple states as well. It can be smoked, eaten, and even made into a drink. Despite states legalizing small amounts, it's still the most common...

North Dakota officials who are setting up a medical marijuana system don't expect the drug to be available to patients for another year - two years after voters approved it. The timeline is disappointing to at least one marijuana advocacy group, but state Medical Marijuana Director Jason Wahl...

The list of ailments that qualify a patient to use marijuana in New Jersey doesn't cover all the people it could help, says a panel of doctors and health professionals that studied the issue for 19 months. Migraines, Tourette's, and anxiety and chronic pain stemming from various maladies...

For George Armstrong, a veteran with chronic pain and PTSD, marijuana is medicine. The Chester County resident, along with other patients and caregivers, recently added his name to Pennsylvania's new medical marijuana registry. He said cannabis helps him more than stronger stuff, such as...

Bill Nye supports marijuana legalization, even though he personally would like to stay away from pot. The former TV host and noted Science Guy was featured in a video segment of NowThis Weed to explain why cannabis should be legal, despite all the reasons why he doesn't approve of smoking it...

The roads of rural Lee County form a web running around and between vast fields of oranges and grapefruit, melons and potatoes, steer and cows. Soon the agricultural acres and fodder fields could lie next to what may be Florida's next cash crop – medical marijuana. As the first anniversary...

There has arguably been no faster-growing industry in recent memory than marijuana. According to cannabis research firm ArcView, the legal weed market in North America is projected to grow by 26% a year through 2021, yielding a market worth nearly $22 billion. This rapid growth is precisely why...

Joshua James Frey is clear: "Without medical marijuana I would be dead." This Marine Corps veteran is a two-time Purple Heart awardee. He is among the former warfighters, led by the American Legion, who are on the frontlines of the fight for a sensible, federal medical marijuana policy...

The South Carolina Compassionate Care Act would allow qualifying patients with debilitating medical conditions and a recommendation from their physician to use and access medical cannabis. The act was introduced at the beginning of the year. Sunday, the South Carolina Compassionate Care...

Indiana state Rep. Jim Lucas will tour the PDI Medical cannabis dispensary at 1623 Barclay Blvd. in Buffalo Grove on Nov. 16 as part of a fact-finding trip by the chief sponsor of that state's proposed medical cannabis legislation. He is the guest of the Illinois Department of Financial and...

Medical professionals on the front lines of New Mexico's drug abuse epidemic have successfully petitioned members of the state's Medical Cannabis Advisory Board to recommend opioid use disorder as a condition that qualifies a patient to use cannabis. "We have a crisis in New Mexico, and we...

Jody Smedley is proud to be weaned from her former diet of prescription opiates. It wasn't long ago when she forced herself to swallow Norco to relieve the pain associated with her nerve and muscle wasting disease and Xanax to help her sleep at night. The prescriptions helped, but couldn't...

California’s legal marijuana marketplace is coming with a kaleidoscope of new taxes and fees that could influence where it’s grown, how pot cookies and other munchies are produced and the price tag on just about everything. Be ready for sticker shock. On a retail level, it costs about $35 to...

A newly formed Arkansas company, A Medicinal Purpose, wants to help Arkansans get signed up for medical marijuana cards. They hope an event this weekend will get the ball rolling for the drug in Arkansas. Do you have one of the qualifying illnesses it takes to get medical marijuana? If that...

80% of Tennesseans think marijuana, in some form, should be legal. That's according to a May 2017 poll by Vanderbilt University. Will 2018 be the year lawmakers approve medical cannabis? FOX13 discovered the winds of change are blowing on Capitol Hill. Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell...

Marijuana proponents in Missouri say the state is ready to legalize pot for medical purposes, but they weren't as eager to support a blanket legalization of the plant. And the Show-Me State can benefit from missing the hits taken by states like California and Colorado with more progressive...

On Sept. 11, the owners of Montana Advanced Caregivers received a letter saying their business license renewal had been rejected. The company didn't apply for a renewal, and the license for the Billings medical marijuana business was months from expiring. The letter was intended as a...

Among critics of the federal prohibition of marijuana – a diverse and bipartisan group that includes both criminal justice reform advocates and Big Alcohol – the American Legion and its allies stand out. For more than a year, the stalwart veterans group has been working to reframe the debate...

The national opioid crisis might open the door for medical marijuana in Tennessee. Cannabis is already allowed in 29 other states. Dean and Debra Young of Old Hickory hope approval comes sooner than later. Debra takes a long list of powerful medication everyday including morphine to...