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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans to use medical marijuana. Currently, VA doctors are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana to their patients, even in states that have legalized pot. These veterans must go to...

Vireo Health will cut the ribbon on its medical marijuana dispensary Thursday in Johnson City, one of 20 that are opening statewide in the rollout of New York's medicinal cannabis program. The facility, at 589 Harry L Drive, was announced last summer. New York City-based Vireo, formerly known...

The push to legalize medical marijuana is heating up after the Florida Division of Elections confirmed supporters of medical marijuana will get a second chance to vote on the constitutional amendment. "There should be no why. It should be when and how... And now," Renee Petro said outside her...

Is Victoria officially B.C.'s chronic capital? The Capital city lists 23 medical marijuana-related businesses in the city, some with licences and some pending approval. At one dispensary for every 3,600 Victorians, Victoria has more pot shops per capita than even Vancouver. By...

Ramsin Ishaq can smoke his medically prescribed marijuana all day long at a new vaping lounge in downtown Windsor, but health officials say he can't flick the ash from his joint in an ash tray. That's because health officials ordered the owner of Higher Limits lounge to remove all ashtrays...

Illinois medical marijuana advocates say they delivered 25,000 signatures to Gov. Bruce Rauner ahead of the State of the State address. Medical Cannabis Outreach petitioned the Republican governor Wednesday to expand the state's medical marijuana program to include post-traumatic stress...

Costs to patients will be significantly lower than the current imports Domestically made marijuana will be available on the Czech market as of February. It is not the first that will be available, but should be cheaper than the currently available supply imported from the Netherlands...

Council passed two amendments to the land-use bylaw at their Jan. 25 meeting. The first amendment was made in regards to semi-detached homes that had been built on four lots in Heartland that had been designated for high density multi-unit dwellings. The mistake came forward after the homes had...

The House judiciary committee held their first hearing on the legalization of growing and distributing medical marijuana in state. It was a packed house on Monday as people made their case in favor of House Bill 722 for the House Judiciary Committee. The bill would allow the cultivation...

Contemplating a relaxation of a temporary ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, the city council along with the planning commission debated whether to amend a prohibition set in place several years ago. Currently, Brawley prohibits dispensaries, cultivation and delivery of medical marijuana...

A Kansas Senate committee wasn't ready Tuesday to endorse a narrow medical marijuana proposal, even though its members approved a measure for reducing criminal penalties for first- and second-time pot possession. The Republican-dominated Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee showed its...

The Livermore City Council decided on Jan. 11 to suspend the sale of medical marijuana for 18 months in order to make sure that the licenses are going to the patients who need it. "The benefit is to have local control of who gets medicinal marijuana and to preserve the rights," said John...

The Dublin City Council passed a new ordinance reaffirming its prohibition of medical marijuana dispensaries, and adding cultivation and delivery to patients. On a vote of 4-0, with Mayor David Haubert absent in Washington at the Mayors Conference, the council said the action was desirable...

Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico will head a group of elected officials for the Jan. 29 ribbon cutting ceremony of the 3C Medical Marijuana dispensary located at 1700 Quincy Ave. The event, scheduled for 2 p.m. will be followed by an open house for the public to view the Naperville facility. The...

As the budget deadlock in Harrisburg approaches the eight-month mark, the lack of movement on any significant legislation, even that with broad support, adds to growing level of disappointment outside the midstate. Gov. Tom Wolf is less than two weeks away from announcing his 2017 spending...

Oliver Miller has become the face of the fight for New York state's medical marijuana law. Now 16, he suffered an in utero stroke that affected his brain stem and left him with myriad disabilities, the most dangerous of which is severe epilepsy, or seizure disorder. On his bad days, his...

A group called New Approach Missouri is about to start collecting signatures on an initiative petition to legalize medical marijuana. On Tuesday, the Missouri Sheriffs Association made its stance against the measure known. New Approach Missouri wants to create a regulated medical marijuana...

A doctor who prescribes medical marijuana is pushing for increased testing and labeling of the drug. The doctor says it would make medical marijuana safer and more consistent for patients. Dr. Dustin Sulak runs a practice in Falmouth. He said medical marijuana should be tested and labeled with...

A Washington D.C.-based organization wants to put a medical marijuana amendment on Ohio's November ballot. Marijuana Policy Project, founded in 1995, plans to propose a constitutional amendment that would create a medical marijuana system similar to those states that have already legalized...

Canadians selling medical marijuana outside the licensed mail-order system must still watch out for the taxman, according to a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that reasserts Ottawa's right to collect sales taxes on any and all pot that is sold. In a unanimous decision released Monday, judges...