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Despite concerns from neighboring businesses and a nearby Catholic college, the local planning board on Tuesday granted permission for a medical marijuana dispensary to operate in town. Prime Alternative Treatment Center of New Hampshire will convert the former Digital Credit Union building at...

A medical marijuana dispensary is poised to open in downtown White Plains on Thursday, but company officials concerned about negative perceptions used another name to describe the business: a neighborhood pharmacy. "We're not going to start selling joints on Thursday on the street corner,"...

Ben Marksmeier has shown bravery in a number of ways, including his service in Iraq with the Army National Guard. This is another way: He has chosen to talk openly about his use of an illegal drug, medical cannabis, to ease the extreme pain he inherited when part of his right leg was blown off...

The first six months of medical marijuana in Minnesota have been a mix of ups and downs, stakeholders said this week. The rollout of the program since July 1 has largely been successful for Minnesota Medical Solutions and LeafLine Labs, but a lot of work still remains in shifting public...

Executives from a company looking to bring a medical marijuana growing facility to Easton touted the operation's medical and economic benefits to the town council during a special work session on Monday, Jan. 4. Over the summer, Alternative Medicine Maryland, a health care venture formed in...

The pace of Illinois patients getting state approval to use medical marijuana has increased. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that it has approved 4,000 patients to use medical marijuana in the state's pilot program. That's 400 more than one month ago, a big jump...

As close to 1,100 medical marijuana entrepreneurs await word on their application to grow, process and sell cannabis in Maryland this summer, the hunt is on for office and work space to set up the crops. But that search may not be easy. The real estate pursuit has set off a debate among some...

The Georgia lawmaker who championed legislation allowing people with certain diseases to possess medical marijuana pre-filed a bill on Wednesday allowing state-licensed manufacturers to operate in the state, calling in-state production the "next logical step." The proposal from Rep. Allen...

Tucson city council members heard a presentation about the way medical marijuana is grown and sold in the city on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Council members are considering allowing local dispensaries to expand in size, as well as grow medical marijuana outdoors. Right now, zoning laws only allow for...

THE Queensland Government will undertake targeted trials into the use of medicinal cannabis but there will be no broader dispensation to use the drug despite a 12,000-strong petition calling for changes to the law. The petition, driven by Bec Bridson of Mons was presented to Parliament late...

A source close to one of the two companies picked to dispense medical marijuana in the Buffalo area says the much-anticipated launch of the state's program is "imminent." Advocates concerned that the program will miss Tuesday's state-imposed deadline say patients have waited long enough...

Pittsburgh may be ready to decriminalize marijuana for recreational use, but a new survey suggests local physicians hold widely varying views when it comes to their willingness to prescribe marijuana for medical use, even if it were legal. Of the 97 physicians responding to a recent Allegheny...

Pittsburgh may be ready to decriminalize marijuana for recreational use, but a new survey suggests local physicians hold widely varying views when it comes to their willingness to prescribe marijuana for medical use, even if it were legal. Of the 97 physicians responding to a recent Allegheny...

Medical professionals are lauding federal agencies for loosening medical marijuana research regulations, but those fighting to legalize its use in Pennsylvania worry it may further delay the process. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced in late December that it would be...

New York's medical marijuana program will finally be underway this month when four dispensaries open their doors in early January in New York City, DNAinfo New York reported. But due to a number of obstacles, advocates are concerned that medical marijuana use will be slow to take off in the...

New York's medical marijuana program will finally be underway this month when four dispensaries open their doors in early January in New York City, DNAinfo New York reported. But due to a number of obstacles, advocates are concerned that medical marijuana use will be slow to take off in the...

There's a lot New Mexicans don't and can't know about the state's medical marijuana program. For years, the state's Department of Health has kept the names and locations of marijuana producers confidential. But a lot of that information could soon be coming out of the shadows. Joel White...

There's a lot New Mexicans don't and can't know about the state's medical marijuana program. For years, the state's Department of Health has kept the names and locations of marijuana producers confidential. But a lot of that information could soon be coming out of the shadows. Joel White...

In a strongly worded letter, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said Monday that a Department of Health proposal to disclose the identities of licensed nonprofit producers of medical cannabis doesn't go far enough to abide by the state's open records law. Balderas contends that state...

New Mexico's Attorney General is advocating for the state to disclose names of medical marijuana producers to the public. In a Dec. 31 letter written to state Medical Cannabis Program Patient Services Manager Andrea Sundberg, Attorney General Hector Balderas notes the Health Department's...