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A new statewide poll just released to 11Alive News shows Georgia voters massively support expanding the current medical marijuana bill. According to Georgians for Freedom in Health Care 84.5% approve expanding the law to allow for in state cultivation and production of medical marijuana under...

A new statewide poll just released to 11Alive News shows Georgia voters massively support expanding the current medical marijuana bill. According to Georgians for Freedom in Health Care 84.5% approve expanding the law to allow for in state cultivation and production of medical marijuana under...

When Sheila Dundon began chemotherapy treatments to combat breast cancer in 2007, she experienced all the side effects she'd seen in patients as a registered nurse. She felt the shooting pains, the pale-in-the-face nausea, the unwillingness to get out of bed each morning. One symptom she...

A new medical marijuana business held an open house Friday evening. Oasis Medical Cannabis is located on Industrial Road, just south of Wyoming Avenue. The open house also included a fundraiser for the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada. The open house allowed members of...

Some have characterized the loss of the marijuana legalization initiative in Ohio as an indicator of lack of support for the issue. However, what the defeat of the initiative reveals is the intent of citizens not just to make "pot" legal, but to do it right. In fact, the lack of support for the...

Ellensburg's two recreational marijuana shops – Cannabis Central and The Green Shelf – could both begin selling medical-grade marijuana on July 1, 2016. The Liquor and Cannabis Board approved both shops for medical endorsements, which would allow them to sell higher-grade marijuana products...

Every year Colombian mother Ines Cano celebrates her daughter's birthday by getting a butterfly tattoo, her way of giving thanks that little Luna has survived another year of chronic epilepsy. Ines is up to 12 tattoos now, and is hopeful of adding many more thanks to the medical marijuana...

Every year Colombian mother Ines Cano celebrates her daughter's birthday by getting a butterfly tattoo, her way of giving thanks that little Luna has survived another year of chronic epilepsy. Ines is up to 12 tattoos now, and is hopeful of adding many more thanks to the medical marijuana...

In the Northwest corner of the United States, marijuana is either legal (Oregon, Washington) or at least accepted for medical purposes (Montana). Since politicians in Idaho seem reluctant to "follow the wave," a grassroots group called New Approach Idaho (NIA) is proposing to allow medical...

In the Northwest corner of the United States, marijuana is either legal (Oregon, Washington) or at least accepted for medical purposes (Montana). Since politicians in Idaho seem reluctant to "follow the wave," a grassroots group called New Approach Idaho (NIA) is proposing to allow medical...

A former member of Canada's elite counter-terrorism unit has emerged from the shadows to promote medical marijuana for ailing veterans. Kevin Whitenect hopes that his message promoting medical cannabis will bring hope to those former soldiers dealing with emotional or physical pain as well as...

A former member of Canada's elite counter-terrorism unit has emerged from the shadows to promote medical marijuana for ailing veterans. Kevin Whitenect hopes that his message promoting medical cannabis will bring hope to those former soldiers dealing with emotional or physical pain as well as...

One word carries a lot of weight in Minnesota health officials' decision to expand its medical marijuana to pain patients: intractable. The state's definition of what qualifies as "intractable pain" has big implications starting in August for how many new people will begin buying via the...

One word carries a lot of weight in Minnesota health officials' decision to expand its medical marijuana to pain patients: intractable. The state's definition of what qualifies as "intractable pain" has big implications starting in August for how many new people will begin buying via the...

When Jonathan Zaid turned 18, his mom gave him an unusual birthday present — one that would turn out to be life-changing. Zaid had been diagnosed at 14 with a pain syndrome that caused constant, daily headaches. He tried dozens of prescription medications and even had to drop out of school for...

When Jonathan Zaid turned 18, his mom gave him an unusual birthday present — one that would turn out to be life-changing. Zaid had been diagnosed at 14 with a pain syndrome that caused constant, daily headaches. He tried dozens of prescription medications and even had to drop out of school for...

The Manhattan Beach City Council passed a ban on all but the private storage and use of medical marijuana at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night. The temporary ordinances were introduced as "interim" and "urgency" legislation that prohibits cultivating, selling and delivering...

The Manhattan Beach City Council passed a ban on all but the private storage and use of medical marijuana at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night. The temporary ordinances were introduced as "interim" and "urgency" legislation that prohibits cultivating, selling and delivering...

Sen. Tommy Garrett, the sponsor of legislation to legalize marijuana in Nebraska, said he doesn’t use drugs or alcohol. Garrett said medical marijuana oil should be legalized to help Nebraskans who cannot get help any other way. Garrett, who is from Omaha, held a press conference Friday in...

Sen. Tommy Garrett, the sponsor of legislation to legalize marijuana in Nebraska, said he doesn’t use drugs or alcohol. Garrett said medical marijuana oil should be legalized to help Nebraskans who cannot get help any other way. Garrett, who is from Omaha, held a press conference Friday in...