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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...

State Rep. Sue Errington, D-Muncie, expects her medical marijuana bill to be assigned to the "graveyard committee" again by the speaker of the House. But a marijuana-related bill introduced by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Jean Leising, a Republican whose district includes southern Henry...

State Rep. Sue Errington, D-Muncie, expects her medical marijuana bill to be assigned to the "graveyard committee" again by the speaker of the House. But a marijuana-related bill introduced by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Jean Leising, a Republican whose district includes southern Henry...

At least one of the two medical marijuana dispensaries coming to Champaign-Urbana is projected to open sometime in March. Phoenix Botanicals, to be operated by Phoenix Farms, is under construction at 1704 S. Neil St., Suite C, Champaign, and should be able to pin down its exact opening day in...

In his effort to expand the current medical marijuana legislation in Georgia, Macon Representative Allen Peake is releasing a new public service announcement in support of the cause. 11Alive News got an exclusive first look at the PSA Monday. The one and a half minute video is narrated by...

The seeds were planted two years ago. This year we might see medical marijuana take root in Florida. An organization, United for Care, says they have gathered around 900,000 petitions to put a medical marijuana amendment on the November ballot. The Supervisor of Elections office is in the...

Officials say Illinois patients legally purchased nearly $1.7 million worth of medical marijuana during November and December. Program director Joseph Wright on Monday announced sales figures since Nov. 9, when Illinois launched regulated sales with the opening of the state's first licensed...

The New York state Department of Health says the state's new medical cannabis program will begin on Thursday. A department spokesman announced the date Monday in response to questions from The Associated Press. Under the new law, patients with qualifying conditions can get permission from...

The New York state Department of Health says the state's new medical cannabis program will begin on Thursday. A department spokesman announced the date Monday in response to questions from The Associated Press. Under the new law, patients with qualifying conditions can get permission from...

A cannabis producer left out of Minnesota's medical marijuana program is suing the state over the planned public release of information submitted as part of an unsuccessful bid. Abatin Minnesota was established as a limited liability company in September 2014 for the sole purpose of bidding...

While Alaska's commercial marijuana market slowly forges ahead, some residents aren't waiting for retail businesses to surface and are instead providing cannabis to the severely ill and veterans, all free of charge. Alaska Green Angels is one of these groups that has been giving away free...

A northwest Indiana state senator will try again to legalize medical marijuana, but acknowledges she's not expecting to get far. Portage Democrat Karen Tallian says she'd prefer to join the states which have decriminalized marijuana across the board, but argues the medicinal uses of the drug...

More than two decades ago, hospital staff looked the other way when his brother smoked marijuana to help maintain his appetite while battling AIDS, former U.S. Rep. Mike Ward said. Now the ex-congressman wants to bring medical marijuana into the mainstream in Kentucky. Ward, who served one...

To understand football, Nate Jackson says, you need to remember one inherent truth about the game: a human body was not made to absorb that kind of punishment. "There's no safe way to get hit by a truck," Jackson puts it. Jackson, author of the football memoir Slow Getting Up, spent six...

He has served in one capacity or another in seven conflicts, killed and captured countless enemy fighters and was a founding member of Canada's top-secret counterterrorism unit, Joint Task Force 2. But Kevin Whitenect, 48, is coming out of the shadows for his newest mission: that of "brand...

New York plans to have its medical marijuana program operating in early January. There's just one glaring omission: The state Department of Health hasn't released a list of doctors who are registered to write medical-marijuana prescriptions. "It's a real problem," said Julie Netherland...

New York plans to have its medical marijuana program operating in early January. There's just one glaring omission: The state Department of Health hasn't released a list of doctors who are registered to write medical-marijuana prescriptions. "It's a real problem," said Julie Netherland...

I don't often use superlatives, but it's easy to say that 2016 will be the most significant year yet in the battle to repeal marijuana prohibition in the United States. Up until now, the two biggest years were 1996, when California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana, and...

State Rep. Micah Gravley recently made a holiday trip to Minnesota. He didn't go for Christmas shopping at the Mall of America or for fishing in one of the fabled 10,000 lakes. Instead, the Douglasville Republican wanted a first-hand look at that state's medical marijuana program, one he hopes...

State Rep. Micah Gravley recently made a holiday trip to Minnesota. He didn't go for Christmas shopping at the Mall of America or for fishing in one of the fabled 10,000 lakes. Instead, the Douglasville Republican wanted a first-hand look at that state's medical marijuana program, one he hopes...