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A campaigner for medicinal cannabis wants a medical necessity defense introduced and a change in attitudes by doctors and the police. The government will today unveil a law change to allow easier access to medicinal cannabis. Medical Cannabis Awareness NZ coordinator Shane Le Brun said a...

Candidates tend to make bold promises to get into office, then they break those promises. Duh. Whether you agree with him or not, President Donald J. Trump has kept an awful lot of his promises so far. He's working to complete his promises on immigration, Obamacare repeal and tax reform while...

Green Thumb Industries is one step closer to opening its Montour County growing facility as part of the state's medical marijuana program after the Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced GTI and Pennsylvania Medical Solutions, LLC, Lackawanna County, were approved to begin growing and...

The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia this week became the latest academic player to announce it was getting into marijuana research. The school is pairing with Franklin BioScience, a large grower out of Denver, to create more consistent marijuana products and develop a cannabis...

Doctors with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs still can't recommend medical marijuana, but they are being encouraged to talk more about it with military veterans. That's what a new V.A. policy being rolled out this month says. The directive urges government doctors to "discuss with...

The Bay City Commission with just one no vote passed new ordinance language Monday to govern the operation of medical marijuana facilities. 8th Ward Commissioner Ed Clements says it will mean hope for people suffering from various medical ailments and the possibility of more revenue to help...

The only medical marijuana safety compliance facility in Southwest Michigan will be allowed to stay open while it seeks a state license. Kalamazoo's City Commission has yet to consider an ordinance allowing five types medical marijuana facilities legalized by the state. Monday, it passed an...

As we approach the end of 2017, it's not clear whether Congress will renew the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, which prohibits the Justice Department from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. James Higdon, writing in Politico Magazine, argues that the demise of the spending rider...

The city of Laurel is one step closer to having its first medical marijuana dispensary opening on Baltimore Avenue, one of two dispensaries permitted in state legislative District 21. The Planning Commission unanimously approved a special exception application Dec. 12 for the licensed...

Add the Buckeye State to the list of those that have attracted medical marijuana growers. The CEO of a medical marijuana company that broke ground on Ohio's first cultivation facility in Yellow Springs last week described the Dayton-area community as tailor-made for his new venture. "If we...

The number of doctors who have applied for permission to dispense medical marijuana is edging upward, as the estimated summer start of the program gets closer. In October, only two doctors had submitted applications for the permit required to offer medical-grade pot to patients. Two months...

Medical marijuana is now available in Maryland, more than four years after the General Assembly passed a law legalizing it. Standing up the industry — with growers, processors, dispensaries and doctors — took longer than expected. The law needed to be tweaked, rules to needed to written and...

For some parents who are at their wits' end finding ways to ease their kids' autism symptoms, medical marijuana has offered a relief other medications and treatments apparently can't. This past year has seen several parents of children with autism speak out, especially as more states qualify...

Knox Medical, which operates medical marijuana dispensaries in five separate locations throughout Florida, is opening its sixth such facility this week in St. Petersburg. After receiving approval to dispense medicinal cannabis from the Florida Department of Health, the Knox dispensary –...

A Tallahassee judge will hear argument on whether to throw out Orlando attorney John Morgan's lawsuit over the ban on smoking medical marijuana. Circuit Judge Karen Gievers scheduled a Jan. 25 hearing on the state's motion to dismiss, court records show. The suit originally was filed in...

Alternative Therapies Group Inc., which opened the state’s first medical marijuana dispensary in Salem, Massachusetts, in 2015, has been eyeing another dispensary in the Merrimack Valley for some time. But after more than a year waiting on approvals from Methuen to bring its plans to fruition...

Chris Nelson knows he initially may lose money as Iowa's first licensed medical cannabis manufacturer. But if the state continues to develop its medical marijuana program, taking cues from other states with fewer restrictions, Nelson will be in on Iowa's ground floor of an industry projected...

California's legal cannabis market, opening for business on Jan. 1, is expected to quickly grow to be the largest in the nation and worth more than $5 billion a year. County voting on Proposition 64 that led the state here – to legalizing sales for recreational use – can offer insight into...

Lawmakers on Monday morning will hold a continued public hearing on the updated rules and regulations for the island’s medical marijuana program. Sen. Dennis Rodriguez’s committee on health recently made markups on Bill 210, which would adopt the rules recently rewritten by the Department of...

The number of doctors who have applied for permission to dispense medical marijuana is edging upward, as the estimated summer start of the program gets closer. In October, only two doctors had submitted applications for the permit required to offer medical-grade pot to patients. Two months...