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On July 27th, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations held a hearing of the full committee to markup several pieces of legislation, including S.1662, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2018. News reports indicate that, during that hearing, the Senate...

Three small companies – two of them in the Austin metro area – are on the verge of making history by winning the first Texas licenses to grow, process and sell a form of medical marijuana in the state. But the renown isn't expected to equate to quick profits, and success over the long haul...

While much of the marijuana news has focused on potential federal interference with legalized marijuana and California joining the ranks of legal recreational marijuana states, Florida has started what should become a mammoth medical marijuana business. Projections vary on the size of the...

Seven companies with experience in other states have expressed interest in testing medical marijuana in North Dakota, which is setting up a system for the drug approved by voters last year. The response pleases state officials who were concerned about how much interest there would be among...

Marijuana stocks are blazing hot, and it's not hard to see why. According to ArcView, a leading cannabis research firm, the compound annual growth rate for legal North American weed sales is estimated to be 26% between 2016 and 2021. In terms of numerical value, we're talking about almost $15...

Gov. Kim Reynolds named eight Iowans Wednesday to serve on a state board that will oversee the state's expanded medical cannabis law. The governor appointed these people to serve on the Medical Cannabidiol Board effective Friday: Dr. Ken Cheyne, a Clive pediatrician; Dr. Jill Liesveld, a...

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission has not yet received applications for pot-growing and cultivation facilities as of Wednesday (Aug. 30), and there have only been two submissions to locate a cannabis dispensary within the state less than three weeks before the state's...

Cannabis consumers, consultants and dispensary representatives offered their ideas this week on how Oceanside can create a medical marijuana ordinance unique to its needs. "The real issue is going to be on the dispensary side," said Oceanside Councilman Jerry Kern. He's one of four members of...

A New York City administrative board has ruled that taxi drivers cannot be discriminated against for using medical cannabis. The New York City Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings (OATH) recently found that revoking a Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) driver's license over legal medical...

One of my proudest accomplishments in the Pennsylvania Senate was passage of Act 16 of 2016, which brought medical cannabis to Pennsylvania. My goal in this endeavor has been - and continues to be - giving patients and their families one more arrow in their quivers to battle diseases and...

Debby Goldsberry, co-founder of Berkeley Patients Group, wrote Idiot's Guides: Starting and Running a Marijuana Business in a brisk five months, and it hit bookstore shelves in June. The timing couldn't be better, as the adult recreational use of marijuana becomes fully legal in California on...

Tasmanians will have access to medicinal cannabis when the state government's Controlled Access Scheme starts on Friday. From September 1 medical specialists will be able to prescribe medical cannabis products for patients where conventional treatments have failed. Epilepsy Tasmania chief...

Think of it as a BYOC Paint Nite–BYOC as in "Bring Your Own Cannabis." Scott Brumwell recently launched Puff & Paint Ltd. with his wife Beatrice. With a background as a paramedic, Brumwell knows a lot of medical cannabis patients. He's also noticed a lack of social groups or organized events...

The irony of it all is overwhelming. Gaetan Bourgoin, who had no trouble getting his worker's compensation insurance to pay for decades' worth of highly addictive painkillers of dubious value to his chronic pain, has been forced to go into his own pocket for the one treatment he has found to be...

Dr. Nina Robb learned about the effects of alcohol intoxication when she was in medical school. She also learned about alcohol-induced liver disease. She learned about heroin overdose and how methamphetamine affects the human body. When it came to marijuana, she never heard one word good or...

As pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church in Abbottstown, PA for the last eight years, Shawn Berkebile has always considered it his duty to help "the least, the lost and the helpless." That includes medical marijuana patients. Berkebile — or the "pastor for pot", as he's known these...

It's a hot topic in the state whether or not to legalize medical marijuana. Beth Harwell, the Tennessee Speaker of the House and a republican candidate for governor supports legalizing medical marijuana. Local 8 News Anchor Lauren Davis went to Nashville to talk to her about what made her...

As Baltimore prepares for the opening of 11 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, some residents say it's been difficult to get information about where they're opening or how the sites were selected. The Baltimore City Council plans to hold a hearing at 1 p.m. Wednesday to get details...

Nice to be here! Good to have a great reference place. Although I am not new to Gardening; I am new to growing my own medical as its just so much more cost effective.(or so I hope if I do it right). Took waay too long for my cert but I have it now so hopefully will have a medical batch for...

A Huber Heights councilman has drafted new proposed legislation that would give the medical marijuana industry a second chance to come to the community. The changes proposed by Councilman Richard Shaw would remove any mention of dispensaries, address issues with odors, add a 200-foot barrier...