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Chula Vista City Council members have decided that the city will maintain its current laws that ban the cultivation of medical marijuana by individuals and businesses. The City Council voted unanimously Jan. 26 to clarify existing zoning rules as they apply to growing marijuana. "The...

Illinois is continuing to approve patients to use medical marijuana, with about 400 more approval letters sent in January. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Wednesday it has approved 4,400 patients for the pilot program. That includes 32 children. The pace of approvals is...

Although some Illinois dispensaries have reported low patient enrollment nearly two years after the start of the state's medical cannabis program, Evanston's dispensary has seen steady business since its fall opening, an employee said. Pharmacannis, a medical marijuana provider and Evanston's...

Two state senators are stopping in Cincinnati as part of an effort to gather public opinions about medical marijuana. Republican Sen. Dave Burke, of Marysville, and Democratic Sen. Kenny Yuko (YOO'-koh), of Richmond Heights, are holding a forum Thursday at the University of Cincinnati. The...

Anticipated changes in the legal status of marijuana in Canada, and growing use of medical marijuana, are raising questions about the implications for the industrial workplace. "As the prevalence and the social acceptance of marijuana goes up, the acceptance of medical marijuana will probably...

A draft policy to permit the use of medical marijuana in public schools will have a first reading by the School Board on Feb. 10. The policy is a response to a change in state law last summer that prohibits schools from keeping minors who have prescriptions for medical marijuana from...

Named after an Irish goddess of transformation and healing, Etain LLC is opening its most western medical marijuana dispensary in Syracuse Wednesday. The company, run by Amy, Hillary and Keeley Peckham, owns and operates two other dispensaries in Kingston and Albany with a manufacturing site in...

Sales of medical marijuana in Illinois are seeing an uptick as more dispensaries open around the state. State officials report patients purchased more than $1 million in medical marijuana last month. There are about 3,000 patients using cannabis with more 4,000 approved to purchase it...

The effort to legalize medical marijuana in Wyoming is not over by a long shot. The petition drive is still alive, said Amber Sparks of the 420 Wyoming Political Action Committee. "We are pushing really hard to try to collect every signature we can in the next week and double our efforts,"...

Departments in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County were directed by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich to enact a temporary ban on the processing of medical marijuana while impacts of the ban can be studied, officials said. The cultivation, manufacturing and laboratory testing of...

Under a policy that expired January 31, 2016, Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors were not allowed to discuss medical marijuana treatments to their patients. Twenty-one lawmakers are urging VA doctors to allow medical marijuana to be not only discussed, but sometimes recommended in states where it is...

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a resolution allowing county staff to begin their process for creating rules and regulations for governing medical marijuana in Sonoma County, as allowed under the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA), which was passed...

We paid a visit to Rita's tiny country house on a rainy morning - meeting her vocal neighbors - a large flock of chickens and roosters -- on the way inside. Perched on her bed, surrounded by family photos and memorabilia from her days in a popular local rock band, Rita recalled being...

Greg Vialpando, a Santa Fe auto mechanic who has been on disability aid since he injured his back on the job more than 15 years ago, says the opiates that doctors prescribed him nearly ruined his life. He shook as he stood up Wednesday, supporting himself with a cane to tell his story to a...

A medical marijuana firm says it has struck a research deal with a Cumberland hospital operator. The deal announced Wednesday by Peak Harvest Health and the Western Maryland Health System marks at least the second collaboration between hospitals and companies vying for state licenses to grow...

On Friday, 150 area people filled the Alpine Ballroom at the Resort at Squaw Creek to discuss, debate and dissect one of the most controversial topics recently in the North Tahoe-Truckee region: marijuana. In an event hosted by the Squaw Valley Institute titled "The Cannabis Industry and...

"We believe that we are doing everything within the boundaries, actually we are exceeding all city requirements within that area." The Spokesperson for a Vancouver medical marijuana dispensary says it's jumped through all of the regulatory hoops, but is now facing opposition from a stubborn...

The products in Syracuse's newest medical pot dispensary at 2140 Erie Boulevard East sound like cappuccino flavors. "Dolce," "Forte" and "Balance" are the brand names of three types of medical marijuana Etain LLC will sell to patients at its new location starting Wednesday. But getting the...

Medical marijuana dispensaries opened across New York state in January despite the low number of registered patients, doctors that will prescribe it and locations to obtain it. The owners of one dispensary in Syracuse said the program is just in the beginning stages and they expect it will...

Just last week, medical marijuana advocates had a sense of hope pleading with Governor Bruce Rauner. "We're not asking the governor to take ownership of this program. We realized it pre-dates him, but just don't strangle it. Let it grow," Revolution Enterprises CEO & Founder Tim McGraw said...