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Medical marijuana dispensaries are likely to play a key role in the retail weed supply chain when legal sales finally begin next July, the key lawmakers behind the state's revamped marijuana bill tell the Herald. "They're going to be knocking down the doors for licenses," bill cosponsor Rep...

This school year, children who rely on medical marijuana for a variety of ailments may be allowed to use the drug at school. On June 23, Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation that established the framework for medical marijuana in Florida. In addition to legalizing cannabis oils, pills and...

Thanks to cannabis being legalized for medical purposes in over half the states in the United States people are finally starting to have access to this amazingly beneficial plant. For the population of the other half of the U.S. however, they are still denied this access which has led to an...

A Hawaii group is helping veterans cope with mental health issues by guiding them through how to use medical marijuana. Honolulu News Now reported Thursday that Complimentary and Alternative Medicine is teaching vets how medical cannabis can help them with PTSD-induced pain and anxiety...

Ohioans wouldn't be able to buy edible medical marijuana that looks like a cartoon character, superhero or pop-culture figure. But they would be able to buy a 90-day supply in the form of a capsule, cream, lotion, oil, solid, transdermal patch or plant material for vaporization from 7 a.m. to...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office staff can expect to hear a lot about marijuana over the next few weeks. Advocates for broadly legalizing marijuana in Texas for medical purposes, and for decriminalizing low-volume possession of all pot, have begun exhorting supporters to email or call the...

With recreational marijuana now legal in Massachusetts, cities and towns are scrambling to put rules in place around dispensaries, cannabis cafes, and more. The Easthampton Planning Board is about to begin its own discussion. Tuesday night, the board plans to discuss "a purpose statement for...

In some circles, Jessica Andreavich is known as the Robin Hood of Delaware's medical marijuana community. But to law enforcement and others, she is a drug dealing felon who gamed the system. For years, the activist and medicinal marijuana cardholder turned the plant form of the drug into...

Cuyahoga and Franklin counties would get five medical marijuana stores each, while many rural and some suburban counties would have none under a proposal to distribute Ohio's limited number of available licenses. The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy expects more than 200 applications for up to 60...

I thought dispensaries were places to obtain MMJ and basically the same as an LP, but apparently not. I'm in Canada, and if a fellow Canadian could enlighten me on the legalities and stuff I'd appreciate it. So I'm in the process of getting my MMJ prescription - I think I'll have it next month...

A trio of local attorneys announced Friday a specialty legal practice to serve clients in Pennsylvania's emerging medical marijuana industry. Pittsburgh attorney Patrick Nightingale, executive director of the Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Society, formed Cannabis Legal Solutions along with...

South Floridians could have to pay more than other Floridians for medical marijuana after the state awards five new grower licenses in the next week. None of the new licenses are likely to be issued to South Florida, where many of the qualified patients live. Zachary Davis, a lawyer for Keith...

Maryland's highest court has ruled that finalists to become licensed to grow medical marijuana in the state can defend their interests against a legal challenge over how those finalists were picked. The Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a lower court ruling that barred the finalists from...

The list of companies wanting to break into Ohio's budding medical marijuana business includes major players on the national and international stage with experience and access to financing that gives them an edge, according to industry experts and insiders. The only details state officials...

This Saturday (July 29), the Arkansas Cannabis Industry Association and Illegally Healed will host a Medical Cannabis Symposium at the Double Tree Hotel. The Fort Smith meeting will start at 6.p.m. and is open to anyone, free of charge. "This is a chance for patients and caregivers to...

Dewmar International BMC Inc. said Thursday that subsidiary U.S. Hemp Corp. is under contract with one of the vendors that has applied to operate Southern University's medical marijuana business and stressed that U.S. Hemp is not a potential vendor. Southern had listed U.S. Hemp as one of the...

A job fair for one of Pennsylvania's first medical marijuana processing plants has drawn hundreds of potential applicants. Videos posted on social media Thursday show hundreds of people in line hoping to land a job at PurePenn's future facility in McKeesport, a city about 12 miles southeast...

The Sandwich Board of Selectmen said "no" Thursday night, July 27, to a medical marijuana dispensary that was seeking to open a business in a Sandwich medical office park off Route 130. The 3-2 vote came after an hour-long public hearing during which members of the public asked pointed...

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to a budget bill on Thursday to protect medical marijuana programs from federal interference in states that have legalized the drug for medical use. The amendment to the 2018 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill passed by...

Six years after the Christie administration selected a half-dozen nonprofits to produce cannabis for the state's medical marijuana program, the last one of the bunch on Thursday received a permit to begin growing its first crop, Health Commissioner Cathleen Bennett announced Thursday...