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If Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program is to succeed, it will need the participation of hundreds — if not thousands — of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists willing to provide cannabis recommendations for patients. The Pennsylvania Department of Health is planning to release the final...

West Volusia will likely get its first medical marijuana dispensary before the end of the year. Surterra Wellness, which has stores in Tallahassee and Tampa, is planning to open in Deltona Plaza, 1200 Deltona Blvd., in a suite right next to the Good Eats Diner. It will become Volusia County's...

If you are a health care professional on the fence about entering Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program, here's a chance to learn more during a local event offering a primer about the process. Greenhouse Ventures, an accelerator for medical-focused startups in the cannabis and industrial...

Ohio regulators say they'll need another $5.6 million this year for a medical marijuana tracking database, a toll-free help line and anticipated legal costs responding to lawsuits and complaints challenging the state's licensing process. The Ohio Department of Commerce and State Board of...

It's about a mile along Division Street from Dr. Matt Layton's office on the Washington State University medical campus in Spokane to the nearest recreational marijuana store. As a private adult under Washington law, Layton could walk into that store, buy a gram of marijuana and use it...

What to do about legalization of medical marijuana in Ohio continues to be a topic of study, discussion and consideration by local governments around the area and state of Ohio. On Thursday, the Springboro City Council moved forward with a prohibition on cultivation, processing and...

Southern University received applications from seven companies seeking to be its medical marijuana grower, as the school sets up one of Louisiana's two production facilities. The Southern University Ag Center expects to finish reviewing applications by the end of the month. The university...

A Rio Grande Valley mother is pleading Gov. Greg Abbott to add medical marijuana to the ongoing special session agenda. A house bill was filed in Austin that would legalize medical cannabis in Texas. But families and lawmakers said it can't pass without the governor's support. Mayra...

Ohio may be growing more open to marijuana use, but its businesses aren't. But they don't really have much of a choice. Tones could change if overarching state and federal laws related to use of medical cannabis do. But until then, laws are making it quite difficult for any employer to...

Anne Wolff has lived in her home in Woodland for about nine years, and starting in February, she noticed some unusual activity by her new neighbors. She saw equipment, such as wire, irrigation and lights, being unloaded into the house. Soon after, she started hearing a loud fan going all day...

Medical marijuana will be sold in Ohio next year -- but don't count on picking up a prescription at your neighborhood dispensary. Ohio's law allows cities, villages and townships to restrict the number of marijuana businesses that can operate within their limits or ban them altogether. And...

The Trump administration's attack on legal marijuana, already stymied by large states determined not to roll back the clock, is increasingly confronting an even more politically potent adversary: military veterans. Frustrated by federal laws restricting their access to a drug many already...

Among those vying for one of 24 licenses available in Ohio to cultivate medical marijuana is a company planning to utilize the former Ferro Corporation building for just such an operation. Mayor Ryan Stovall and Rebecca Myers, founder and CEO of FarmaceuticalRX made the announcement Tuesday...

West Wendover is officially ready for a medical marijuana dispensary – now all the city has to do is wait for interested businesses to apply. The City Council voted 4-to-1 on Tuesday in favor of an ordinance allowing a marijuana dispensary to open within its borders, the city's clerk...

Deliveries of medical cannabis will soon be allowed in Oxnard after action from the City Council to relax one area of its marijuana ordinance. By a unanimous vote, the council on Tuesday approved medical marijuana deliveries and requested more information on other commercial aspects of...

Question: I have a cat who suffers from inflammatory bowel disease and a dog whose arthritis has gotten really bad now that he's 13. I asked my veterinarian about using medical marijuana for them, and he actually laughed at me. If it's legal for humans why wouldn't it be OK for pets? Answer...

Nearly five years after voters made marijuana legal for medical purposes, the Cape and Islands are still without a single dispensary, which has forced many patients to turn to the black market or legally questionable delivery services to purchase what they say is life-improving medicine...

A medical marijuana nursery is asking a Tallahassee judge to allow it to step in on a case over the state's new law governing the drug. Canadian-based DFMMJ Investments, which inked a deal to take over operations of Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, filed a "motion to intervene" earlier this week with...

Rich DiMarco cares about cannabis, including the terminology used to describe it. "Nobody who is serious about cannabis should ever call it marijuana," the Greensburg resident said. "Marijuana is a slang name that has no scientific connection at all to cannabis." DiMarco, a retired engineer...

When Bill Meeks retired in 2008, he'd put in more than 30 years as a police officer and he was a mental and a physical wreck. "My doctor handed me a piece of paper and said, 'You're retired. Here's a prescription for opioids and you need to go somewhere warm and dry,'" Meeks said. Meeks...