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Businesses selling and processing medical marijuana were given the green light to do business in Tampa on Thursday. Tampa City Council members voted in favor of new rules explaining where dispensaries and processing facilities would be allowed to open. Earlier this year, the city council...

A medical marijuana dispensary could be coming to Norwalk after the city's Zoning Commission this month gave the green light to the idea, albeit with restrictions. Such dispensaries will be permitted in Business No. 1 zones with the issuance of a special permit by the commission. "No...

It's not easy being green -- in Arizona. Weed advocates walk a very thin line. A citizen's referendum legalizing and decriminalizing adult-use marijuana failed in 2016, possible because of the massive financial contribution by a pharmaceutical company with a special interest and/or the...

Being able to better control her daughter's seizure with medical marijuana without having to worry about breaking the law is a huge relief to Angela Sharrer. This New Oxford married mother of two is among the parents or caregivers in Pennsylvania who possess an approved "Safe Harbor" letter...

A national medical marijuana network opened an office in Pittsburgh this week to help eligible patients with evaluations and certifications for cannabis treatment. Compassionate Certification Centers announced Friday its office opened on Stanwix Street in Gateway Center. Dr. Bryan Doner...

The nascent Pennsylvania medical marijuana industry is creating new work for lawyers statewide. Three attorneys hoping to bring their expertise to this brave new world recently founded Pittsburgh-based Cannabis Legal Solutions. "A lot of people appreciate if their attorneys have knowledge of...

Maybe you've seen them on Lincoln Road and Biscayne Boulevard, or did a double-take the first time you drove past one on Old Dixie Highway. With names like 420 Miami Doctor and Doc MJ, clinics that specialize in medical marijuana diagnoses are opening in strip malls and office buildings...

Standing on the rear balcony of a gray factory building off the side of a highway, Tamir Gedo shields his eyes from the blazing sun. He points to the 23 acres of agricultural fields spread out before him. "We'll be able to produce more cannabis here than the entire state of Colorado," he says...

Most of us in the Illinois medical cannabis community are very aware that our governor, Bruce Rauner, is no friend of our medical cannabis program. He has consistently sabotaged it from the very beginning. He delayed the allocation of licenses to dispensary owners which retarded the start of the...

A Franklin Circuit Court judge on Tuesday asked attorneys for the state why Kentucky should not make medical marijuana available to patients who believe it might help them, given that "we've pretty much decriminalized" the drug around much of the nation and even in parts of the state. Judge...

The Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation is forming five stakeholder work groups to provide policy suggestions on a new law that will license medical marijuana dispensaries in Michigan. A series of medical marijuana changes passed into law last year aimed to clear up legal gray areas...

Congress will likely renew protections next month for state medical marijuana laws -- but pro-pot lawmakers and advocates are still watching nervously in case Attorney General Jeff Sessions launches a last-minute sabotage campaign. For nearly three years now, Congress has maintained a policy...

The cannabis boom is under way in Florida, and government is struggling to keep up. Thousands of new patients have sought access to medical marijuana this summer following the passage of a new law expanding the list of maladies that qualify for treatment. Since June 7, the number of patients...

The Medical Cannabis Association of Texas recently sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott asking him to expand the number of approved licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries in the state. Under the Compassionate Use Act that Abbott signed into law two years ago, the Department of Public Safety...

Philadelphia City Council members Cherelle Parker and Cindy Bass are threatening to run a newly permitted medical cannabis oil dispensary out of East Mount Airy in a move that could throw a wrench into the Pennsylvania's entire program. The sudden opposition group includes State Rep. Chris...

The state Board of Physicians last week recommended adding two debilitating conditions to Connecticut's growing medical marijuana program, and also re-categorizing two others. The board Friday unanimously voted to add "intractable headache syndromes" and "neuropathic facial pain" to the list...

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Association has named Dr. Regina Thurman (photo below) of Fayetteville as chairman of the board of directors for the association, the leading trade group for the state's medical marijuana industry. Dr. Thurman is medical director for Optimal Pain and Wellness in...

A proposal to close all medical marijuana dispensaries operating in Michigan until the state starts officially licensing them drew outrage today from people who depend on the drug to treat a variety of ailments. Donald Bailey, a retired Michigan State Police trooper and member of the Michigan...

To date, 28 states and D.C have legalized medical marijuana (MMJ). In 1996, only one state supported MMJ legalization. What changed the minds of the public to pass the use of cannabis for medical use in these states even though it is still a federal felony to do so? What changed in our society...