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The journey from voters approving a new measure, to the state allowing it, can be a long and arduous one, as evidenced by the dearth of medicinal marijuana dispensaries since they were approved in 2012 and the state Legislature's six-month delay of last year's approval of recreational weed. But...

It looks like 2017 is the year that marijuana legalization finally takes off — a full three years after Guam voters approved the legal use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. During the waning days of the 33rd Guam Legislature, senators passed Bill 343-33, which provides for the rules and...

Lawyers have warned the ACT government against legalising medicinal cannabis without easing the territory's controversial drug-driving laws. Assistant health minister Meegan Fitzharris has announced plans to establish a medical cannabis scheme as soon as practicable. But current...

A police raid on an altruistic supplier of medicinal cannabis has devastated and outraged Towradgi man Ben Oakley, who credits the illegal operation with giving him his life back. Raid cuts supply of medicinal cannabis Police raided the north Adelaide home of 44-year-old Jenny Hallam on...

Concerned parents have expressed fears for the lives of dozens of sick Queensland children following raids on a South Australian cannabis oil producer. Police yesterday raided Jenny Hallam's property at Hillier and seized chemicals and other substances for forensic testing, but no charges...

When a small package arrived at Gabriel George's Northside Jacksonville home Tuesday afternoon, he knew he finally could get some relief for a nerve injury he suffered in a motorcycle accident nine years ago. George lost most of the use of his right arm because of the accident but he long...

Medical cannabis campaigners have criticised governments for their approach to a so-called 'wonder drug'. Clinical trials of medicinal cannabis will soon begin in NSW, NSW Minister for Medical Research Pru Goward announced clinical trials for up to 250 patients would begin in January...

In 2016, more countries legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes. Marijuana, or cannabis, is "the most widely cultivated, produced, trafficked and consumed drug worldwide," according to the World Drug Report, but its legality has long been a topic of debate...

Another Northland Grey Power association has voted to back legalising medicinal marijuana Kerikeri Grey Power met this month for an extraordinary general meeting where the main items on the agenda were to confirm the legitimacy of its AGM held on May 30; reaffirm the appointments of the new...

Premier Mike Baird says his government has been working with the chief scientist and will have more to say in the new year about the supply of medicinal cannabis. In Newcastle on Monday, the Newcastle Herald asked Mr Baird how people were expected to take advantage of his "compassionate use"...

San Juan — The criticisms that several New Progressive Party (NPP) legislators have expressed against the legalization of medicinal cannabis will be relegated to the past. The new law-making majority, which begins work in 2017, must pass legislation to legalize the use of medicinal cannabis...

Doctors are successfully using cannabis to treat a schoolboy with an "uncontrollable" form of epilepsy. Billy Caldwell, 11, has been suffering life-threatening and frequent seizures for almost all his life. But he's gone 15 days without a fit after doctors in Los Angeles, USA, started...

The Green Party will support legalising medicinal cannabis if they form government next year. Health spokeswoman Julie Anne Genter says New Zealand's current laws are harmful and out of date and should be replaced with recommendations made by the Law Commission. The shift in policy would...

When: December 14, 9 AM - 5 PM Where: Human Development Center Auditorium, LSUHSC 411 S. Prieur Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Contact: 20161214 - Cannabis and Its Medicinal Potential: State of the Research and Policy | Registration Form A daylong seminar in New Orleans next week will...

A leading cannabis campaigner from Tyrone has said a landmark bill passed in the Dáil could open the door for medicinal cannabis users in the North. Barry Brown of CISTA (Cannabis is Safer Than Alcohol) was in the Dáil on Thursday, where the bill introduced by People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny...

The NSW government has funded the world's largest trial of medicinal cannabis that will prevent the side effects of chemotherapy. Patients who undergo chemotherapy treatment experience nausea, vomiting and for some, bouts of oesaphigitis or inflammation of the oesephagus. Chris O'Brien...

While not exactly on the cusp of legality, the prospect of medicinal cannabis becoming a reality here has drawn considerably closer with the Government's decision to facilitate a Bill put forward by People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny. Minister for Health Simon Harris has confirmed he will not...

The government will not oppose the medicinal cannabis bill due before the Dáil tomorrow, ensuring it will be passed. The bill is being proposed by AAA-PBP TDs Gino Kenny and Richard Boyd Barrett and seeks to regulate the use of cannabis for medical purposes. It had already garnered...

Legislation allowing for the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes is expected to pass through the Dáil. A Bill proposed by People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny has secured the support of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and his colleagues in the...

A southside family is backing a bill to be debated in the Dáil in December on the legalisation of cannabis for medicinal reasons. Deputy Gino Kenny, a People Before Profit TD from the Dublin Mid-West constituency, has drafted the 'Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill' on behalf of...