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Qualifying patients in search of a prescription for medical marijuana may want to start a doctor-patient relationship sooner rather than later. Three months is the minimum time a physician must have treated a patient in order to prescribe medical marijuana and it could be longer than 90 days...

November brought not only the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, but also a nationwide trend toward marijuana legalization, both recreationally and medicinally. But not in New Mexico. While some people are looking longingly to the financial boon of the green boom of Colorado, the Land...

Jamie Howe has been disabled for years after complications from a gastric bypass surgery, and was diagnosed with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, which she said causes debilitating pain. After opiates put her in the hospital and then into rehab, she looked to marijuana to alleviate the pain...

Montana's medical marijuana dispensaries lost and then regained the ability to serve more than three patients this year. Initiative 182, approved in November by 58 percent of voters across Montana and more than 61 percent of those in Lewis and Clark County, struck down a law passed by the...

Legislators in Missouri are pushing to legalize medical marijuana for treating debilitating health conditions amid national concerns over the future of state marijuana laws under President-elect Donald Trump. Two senators are filing bills to be considered in the 2017 legislative session that...

The use of medical marijuana in hospitals remains in limbo nearly a year after state-sanctioned companies began dispensing it from licensed locations around the state. That leaves people like Jennifer Livesey and her daughter, Carson, in limbo as well. Livesey said Carson, 16, needs to be...

Amanda Gammisch wasn't sure where to start when she became interested in medical marijuana after a brain cancer diagnosis. Her primary care doctor in St. Petersburg didn't know much about it. Neither did her oncologist. Her chances shrank even more when she moved to New Smyrna Beach from the...

Maryland patients are several months away from being able to legally obtain medical cannabis to treat chronic conditions. But scammers are already trying to make a buck off patients desperate for the relief from the new drug, according to regulators and industry officials. State officials...

Dispensaries are in the holiday spirit, helping out medical marijuana patients and veterans. Starting Wednesday, December 21, LivWell Enlightened Health is providing an ounce of CBD for a penny to qualified medical patients through its LivWell Cares program, in partnership with CannAbility...

Newcastle's Calvary Mater Hospital will be involved in a world-first clinical trial into the effects of medicinal cannabis on the appetites of cancer patients. Researchers are now recruiting palliative care cancer patients in Sydney and Newcastle for the trial of vapourised cannabis flower...

A Eustis nursery will join the ranks of plant growers authorized to grow pot for the state's infant medical marijuana industry. The Florida Department of Health agreed to give McCrory's Sunny Hill Nursery a medical marijuana license - the state's seventh - after nearly a year of protracted...

The first of two growers and dispensers of medical marijuana in Alachua County is getting ready to open in January as a state law approved by voters earlier this year takes effect. CHT Medical, a subsidiary of Chestnut Hill Tree Farm in Alachua, announced Wednesday it has received...

Calling the state's new medical marijuana regulations unnecessary and burdensome, the ACLU of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition said they plan to file legislation next year to overturn the rules. The groups are citing several concerns, including a regulation...

Well it has been two years since the medical marijuana (Med Mar) program here in New York state has been active and I thought it would be a good time to review a couple items especially in light of recent changes promulgated by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) which is the agency...

Venice - It took less than an hour for 50 people to sign up for an appointment with the Compassionate Cannabis Care Clinic of Venice, when its full website went live Thursday afternoon. By 9 a.m. Friday, the clinic had 146 people scheduled for their first appointment, said Patrick DeLuca...

On Wednesday, Steven Ognibene had to take the day off work. The Rochester surgeon needed to drive three hours to the Binghamton area because the type of medical marijuana that could help his 11-year-old son, Vincent, wasn't available locally. It was, though, available at a dispensary in...

A second set of state rules rolled out Thursday details how OH physicians can recommend but not prescribe medical marijuana for patients. Panama City is tapping the brakes on medical marijuana, for now. The first reading and vote will take place at the January 10th meeting. Palmetto passed...

Montana's dispensaries are coming back to life, Michigan's medical marijuana fees have been funding aggressive anti-marijuana law enforcement, and more. Arkansas On Monday, members of the state's new medical marijuana commission were sworn in. In the first meeting of a commission...

Tallahassee, Fla. - A Senate panel Tuesday began exploring issues surrounding medical marijuana as lawmakers prepare to carry out a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in November. The Senate Health Policy Committee heard from a cannabis vendor, patient advocates...

It's no secret that marijuana is used to treat countless disorders and diseases. In fact, more than half of the United States has legalized medical marijuana for patients with qualifying conditions. As of March 1, of 2016, more than 1.2 million Americans were registered medical marijuana card...