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Representative Kelly Townsend from Mesa, Arizona, wants to make it a crime for a woman who is pregnant to possess medical marijuana. That would overrule any finding by her doctor that the use of marijuana is appropriate. One local nurse who just had a baby believes that there's not enough...

The Gaylord City Council approved an amendment to the city zoning ordinance in regards to medical marijuana facilities at their meeting Monday despite a small amount of opposition. Council members approved the proposed amendment 5-1 – with Councilman Todd Sharrard opposed and Councilman Bill...

A federal court in New Mexico dismissed the lawsuit of an employee who was fired after testing positive for marijuana, even though he used medical marijuana in accordance with state law. Garcia v. Tractor Supply Company, No. 15-cv-00735 (D.N.M. Jan. 7, 2016). The Court held that the employer did...

I'm sure you're as shocked as I am to read this story from Jennifer Brooks in the Strib, "Many doctors remain leery of Minnesota's expanding medical marijuana program. When Dr. Charles Reznikoff, a member of the state's Task Force on Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Research, sent out an informal...

While arguing in court that marijuana has no medical value and is a dangerous drug on the one hand, the federal government is patenting marijuana extracts for health-related uses on the other. And now it is set to grant a license to GW Pharmaceuticals for treating patients with multiple...

When Malinda Heiner was 16 months old, a 53-minute seizure changed the course of her life forever. Malinda's brain suffered so much damage that she hasn't stopped seizing since. Now 14 years old, Malinda has 30 to 40 seizures a day. She's confined to a wheelchair, not speaking, not...

District Attorney Sim Gill appeared alongside dozens of people who have admitted to using medical marijuana in a show of support for legislation that would legalize it in Utah. "We need to start thinking about our public policy," Gill said Wednesday. A pair of bills are being introduced in...

Arroyo Grande will ban all medical marijuana cultivation in the city, following similar decisions made by two other San Luis Obispo County cities last week, while Morro Bay followed Grover Beach's lead by exempting some at-home cultivation. The Arroyo Grande City Council voted 3-1 Tuesday...

Ohio House Republications will unveil details Thursday on a new task force to address medical marijuana. State Rep. J. Kirk Schuring, R-Canton, who has been tapped by legislative leaders to study the issue, declined to discuss details in advance of the 5 p.m. news conference at the Ohio...

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has rejected the wording of a proposed ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. Rutledge on Wednesday rejected the proposed constitutional amendment submitted by Little Rock lawyer David Couch, which would set up a commission...

The issue of medical marijuana cultivation will get major attention in this year's Georgia legislature. One man, an hour from the Capitol, is addressing it his own way. Mike Buffington is what you might call an amateur gardener. "I don't even like mowing grass," he confessed to 11Alive's Matt...

The Canadian Medical Cannabis Industry Association has a new face at its helm. The CMCIA board of directors has appointed Colette Rivet as the new executive director of the association. Rivet comes from a post as executive director of Resident Doctors of Canada to take up the position...

Dale Jackson never thought he would support legalizing marijuana. He says he's actually never seen marijuana before until he realized cannabis oil was the medical solution to help ease some of his autistic son's pain. Dale Jackson's 7-year-old son Colin is severely autistic and completely non...

A Georgia lawmaker is moving ahead with legislation that would allow state-licensed manufacturers of medical marijuana products to operate in the state. State Rep. Allen Peake has officially filed a bill allowing between two and six medical-cannabis manufacturers to be licensed by the state and...

Hi guys , I hope it be the right place for my questions In short , I`m beneficiary for US visa . I was smoking hashish for long time and I quit before making my medical examination . In the medical examination the doctor did not ask me any thing about smoking hashish . and I made blood test...

Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill on Wednesday joined a well-organized push for Utah lawmakers to pass a medical marijuana bill this year. Gill, a Democrat, joined about 30 people at Utah's State Capitol on Wednesday who want to use the drug to treat medical conditions. The group...

Cannabis administration is associated with decreased migraine headache frequency, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Pharmacotherapy. Investigators at the University of Colorado, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences retrospectively assessed...

Cannabis administration is associated with decreased migraine headache frequency, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Pharmacotherapy. Investigators at the University of Colorado, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences retrospectively assessed...

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits commercial distribution and growing of medical marijuana, and the city of Modesto is set to take up the issue as well. Despite the 7-0 vote in favor of the ordinance, the board also agreed to...

Two state lawmakers are pushing to make it more difficult for some people to get medical marijuana. And both measures may be illegal. Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, wants to make it a crime for a woman who is pregnant to possess the drug. That would overrule any finding by her doctor that...