medical

Having a child with a disability or medical condition who doesn't respond well to treatment can be frustrating and heartbreaking. Parents want their kids to be happy, healthy, and safe, but sometimes, it's not that easy to find the answers. That's why some parents are using medical marijuana to...

Medical marijuana is coming to West Ocean City in about a month's time, after the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission granted final approval to Positive Energy last week. The dispensary, at 9939 Jerry Mack Road, is expected to fully open in late January once product is received, according to...

The lobby of Green Point Wellness looks more like the entrance to a nice spa. Marbled counters. Fancy TVs. Soft benches. All of it colored with minimal green lighting. And while wellness is in the name, the soon-to-be-open location in Linthicum isn't a new place to get a massage. It...

Once Arkansas allows medical marijuana sales, veterans in the care of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs physicians can discuss the drug with their doctors, but that's it. In the federal government's eyes, marijuana is an illegal, Schedule 1 controlled substance, meaning the VA won't...

Seventy-three percent of Utahns favor legalizing the medical use of marijuana, including strong majorities of Republicans and members of the LDS Church who self-identify as "very active," a new poll says. In the UtahPolicy.com poll, 600 Utah registered voters were asked whether they "support...

There's some good news for veterans in states with legal medical marijuana programs who rely on the sticky green herb and its various distillations for treatment: the Department of Veterans Affairs has officially cleared its physicians and care teams to speak openly with veteran patients about...

Dan Canon, a candidate for the US House of Representatives in Indiana, has a simple solution for curing America's opioid crisis: Legalize pot. "I think the criminalization of marijuana is an anachronism," Mr. Canon told The Independent in a recent interview. "There's just no place for it in...

When Florida's medical marijuana industry was first starting out a few years ago, business owners faced a dilemma: Where could they find a bank to take their millions? For a marijuana distributor, opening a bank account isn't as easy as it is for the rest of us. The federal government still...

A lawyer has accused state investigators of witness intimidation and evidence manipulation in the court battle threatening medical marijuana laws in New York and Minnesota. Connected to the White Plains-based Vireo Health dispensary, attorney Paul Engh's bombshell claims came during the...

The legal marijuana industry isn't just called the "green rush" because it sounds snazzier. The industry is growing at an incredible rate, and investors have certainly taken notice, with a majority of larger marijuana stocks having at least doubled in market cap this year. Regardless of your...

Federal protections for medical marijuana patients are safe for now thanks to an emergency resolution passed by Congress Thursday. Protections offered under the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment will need to make it into a final congressional spending package to extend past Jan. 19. That's...

A Twitter account for Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Friday joked that he and his wife were not the octogenarian couple arrested earlier this week for transporting 60 pounds of marijuana. "You can all stop asking, this isn't about Elaine & me," Hatch's account tweeted, referring to the...

The Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP) recently published a statement reflecting their stance on medical cannabis, basically stating there is insufficient evidence to recommend it, and that adverse effects outweigh any benefits. As a physician working in Edmonton's only legitimate...

Florida's first chain of walk-in clinics for medical marijuana treatment is closing most of them less than six months after opening. Tetra Health Care, a California-based chain that hires licensed doctors to write medical marijuana recommendations at six clinics in Florida, is closing all but...

:welcome: to my first ever grow! Would love to hear from everyone and learn what i can! Lights-2x 300 watt led dimmable panels Nutes- Advance Nutrients Line Micro,Grow and Bloom Plants- 1x NYC Sour Diesel 1 week into flower, 1x OG Truth just sprouted, 2x Phantasm Cookies clones, and 3 other...

More than 100 applications for medical marijuana processing licenses were turned in to the Ohio Department of Commerce by the Dec. 15 deadline. The department will authorize up to 40 licenses, and some will likely be in northwest Ohio. While the list of 104 applicants released by the state...

In 2016, the Ohio legislature passed House Bill 523, legalizing medical cannabis. As of this writing, 29 states and the District of Columbia now have legalized cannabis– in one form or another. Here in Ohio, lingering questions remain, and it's up to a handful of state government agencies to...

Under new Department of Veterans Affairs guidelines, doctors still cannot prescribe medical marijuana, but it looks as though they can stop pretending that it doesn't actually help patients. Veterans have been turning to marijuana as a treatment for pain and for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder...

As Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program gets closer to full implementation, what it's going to look like here is becoming clearer. The law will allow those with specific medical conditions who are certified by a participating doctor to access some forms of medical marijuana, including...

Nearly 400 farmers in Israel have applied for licenses to grow cannabis since the government loosened restrictions on medical marijuana last year, according to officials from the Israeli Ministry of Health who provided an update to lawmakers at an Israeli parliamentary committee session Monday...