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Last November, Florida voters revolutionized the way patients with debilitating diseases can pursue their road to recovery. Following passage of Amendment 2, the Florida Constitution now allows licensed physicians to administer cannabis-derived medicines to individuals who suffer from a number...

Medical marijuana advocates and patients may soon find safe harbor in Muskegon as city commissioners mull over an ordinance allowing growers and dispensaries to operate in a special district off Seaway Drive. The proposed ordinance would allow growers, processors, safety compliance...

Following in the footsteps of their closest neighbors, city leaders are slamming the door on the cannabis industry – at least temporarily. The Planning Commission recommended that Pleasant Hill allow two medical marijuana stores to operate in retail business districts with a conditional use...

A medical marijuana dispensary is set to open in Federal Hill along Cross Street, the busy stretch of bars and restaurants in one of Baltimore's most popular neighborhoods. Pure Life Medical Inc. is one of 102 dispensary businesses to win pre-approval from the Maryland Medical Cannabis...

The Sunnyvale City Council voted unanimously to ban outdoor personal and commercial marijuana cultivation and non-medical commercial marijuana activity within the city at its Sept. 26 meeting. The unanimous vote also included restrictions on indoor personal marijuana use such as limiting the...

Richard Hackler recently drove five-plus hours round trip from his home in Vero Beach to St. Petersburg, hoping to find out if medical marijuana could help with his post traumatic stress disorder. But the doctor he traveled to see seemed just as uninformed as the other physicians he had...

The city has taken the first step toward establishing guidelines for medical marijuana dispensaries that might be looking to open in New Port Richey. Medical marijuana dispensaries will not be allowed in New Port Richey's downtown zoning district, but they could pop up in any commercial and...

Dr. Aida Cuascut-Reyes says she's haunted by the screams of a patient whose rectal cancer caused such excruciating pain that not even morphine could ease her suffering. Cuascut-Reyes wishes the woman had lived long enough to be treated with medical marijuana. Based on her experience with...

Just down the street from Miami's bustling Dadeland Mall is the newest medical marijuana store to open in South Florida. Curaleaf, at 9002 S. Dadeland Blvd., in the Downtown Dadeland retail/residential development, has been drawing curious passers-by since starting operations on Sept. 21...

A Pasco County senior citizen and her son say the nursing home where she lives is denying her potential pain relief, by refusing to allow her to have the medical marijuana she has a legal prescription to take. The controversy could affect residents of long-term care facilities throughout...

UFC star Nate Diaz can soon breath a sigh of relief in-between draws from his vape pen. Late last month, the World Anti-Doping Agency removed CBD, an anti-inflammatory compound derived from cannabis, from its 2018 prohibited substances list. "Cannabidiol is no longer prohibited," WADA said in...

A medical marijuana grower in Hagerstown could start cultivating this month. Kind Therapeutics' announcement came Wednesday, after the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission approved licenses for Kinds' growing and processing facility on Tuesday. "We have invested significantly in our...

Twenty years after California voters legalized marijuana for medicinal use, they took the next big step at the ballot box last November by deciding it's OK to toke for fun too. But while 57 percent of the state's voters embraced the recreational use of pot by approving Proposition 64, South...

The U.S. has come a long way since the days of Reefer Madness. Thirty states – most recently, West Virginia – and the District of Columbia have approved marijuana for either medical or recreational purposes. And polls suggest more Americans than ever – 61 percent – want marijuana legalized...

For sale: One never-used permit to grow medical marijuana in the state of Pennsylvania. Includes a turnkey operation with a 47,000-square-foot former beverage warehouse in Reading outfitted with state-of-the-art cultivation pods and hash-oil processing equipment. Price: $20 million. Rumors...

he first crop in Maryland's long-delayed medical cannabis program is mature and waiting for testing, but it is still unclear when patients might be able to buy it. And industry officials caution that when it is ready for sale, there will not be nearly enough to meet market demand. "This...

It's a waiting game for those hoping to get into the medical marijuana business, as the Medical Marijuana Commission is busy grading the hundreds of applications. This business could impact those hopeful business owners and patients, but the general public will be affected by this drug, too...

Miamisburg has approved a ban on medical marijuana. The city council voted Tuesday night to join other area communities like Oakwood, Huber Heights and Butler Twp. in rejecting the issue. The state last year legalized the drug for medical use. However, Miamisburg's legislation to "prohibit...

A medical marijuana processing facility is now taking job applications. The grower in Scranton is one of four facilities with permits in our area. Crews have started renovating what used to be Scranton Clothing Recyclers on Rosanna Avenue. It will become Pennsylvania Medical Solutions. The...

Medical marijuana dispensaries will soon be welcome in Lakewood. On October 2, Lakewood City Council passed an ordinance enabling the city to officially begin accepting applications for dispensary licenses. After the legislation goes into effect in 40 days, the city will begin issuing the...