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What's going on with the medical marijuana program? Is it going away? I think so, and I hope so, and I expect rowdy emails for saying so. After 18 years, the program has run its course. Going forward, I would like to see everything combined into one big casserole, with protections baked in...

What's going on with the medical marijuana program? Is it going away? I think so, and I hope so, and I expect rowdy emails for saying so. After 18 years, the program has run its course. Going forward, I would like to see everything combined into one big casserole, with protections baked in...

On July 29, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a bill removing the threat of arrest for small amounts of marijuana, capping a record year of legislative and administrative marijuana policy reforms throughout the country. Two states, Pennsylvania and Ohio, enacted effective medical...

There have been many healthcare delivery systems that run parallel to traditional healthcare in the U.S. They're the businesses and practices selling homeopathic remedies, acupuncture, or natural childbirth. But one business has grown more rapidly and haphazardly than all the others: Medical...

There have been many healthcare delivery systems that run parallel to traditional healthcare in the U.S. They're the businesses and practices selling homeopathic remedies, acupuncture, or natural childbirth. But one business has grown more rapidly and haphazardly than all the others: Medical...

Minneapolis - Judy Severson stood before the TV cameras and tried not to cry. The 70-year-old grandmother of eight from Edina, Minn. who was about to begin taking medical marijuana and was feeling overcome with emotion. "I am so excited about this program," Severson said as she wiped away...

Minneapolis - Judy Severson stood before the TV cameras and tried not to cry. The 70-year-old grandmother of eight from Edina, Minn. who was about to begin taking medical marijuana and was feeling overcome with emotion. "I am so excited about this program," Severson said as she wiped away...

On July 1 our state took a big step forward in supporting a safe, quality-controlled and fully regulated cannabis industry by expanding the system created by voters to include the totally unmonitored medical marijuana marketplace. That's why we were concerned to read the July 17 story by The...

Saco - Brett Messer and Stephanie Caron operate Brigid Farm in a nondescript building in Saco's industrial zone. There are no signs that hint at what takes place behind the building's locked doors. In Unity, Dawson Julia operates a 14,000-square-foot warehouse on a main road through town...

Saco - Brett Messer and Stephanie Caron operate Brigid Farm in a nondescript building in Saco's industrial zone. There are no signs that hint at what takes place behind the building's locked doors. In Unity, Dawson Julia operates a 14,000-square-foot warehouse on a main road through town...

Quincy, Ill. - Officials at Quincy's medical marijuana dispensary say they're seeing more patients because more doctors are signing off on the Illinois pilot program. The dispensary currently serves 140 patients, up from 60 patients when it first opened in November. Across the state, $2.9...

Quincy, Ill. - Officials at Quincy's medical marijuana dispensary say they're seeing more patients because more doctors are signing off on the Illinois pilot program. The dispensary currently serves 140 patients, up from 60 patients when it first opened in November. Across the state, $2.9...

Little Rock, Ark - Concerned patients and supporters of the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act (AMCA), which has already been certified to appear on the November ballot, are calling on the for-profit group, Arkansans United for Medical Marijuana to forego turning in any remaining signatures on their...

Little Rock, Ark - Concerned patients and supporters of the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act (AMCA), which has already been certified to appear on the November ballot, are calling on the for-profit group, Arkansans United for Medical Marijuana to forego turning in any remaining signatures on their...

Minnesota's medical cannabis program added 481 intractable pain patients as of July 29. As of Monday, August 1, these patients who have chronic pain that can't be controlled well with existing methods of treatment — can for the first time start receiving medical cannabis at one of the state's...

Minnesota's medical cannabis program added 481 intractable pain patients as of July 29. As of Monday, August 1, these patients who have chronic pain that can't be controlled well with existing methods of treatment — can for the first time start receiving medical cannabis at one of the state's...

The Sault's first Medical Marijuana Clinic has opened its doors, and business has been so good they've had to double their services. The clinic, Bodystream Medical Marijuana Services, helps patients in acquiring medical marijuana prescriptions via teleconferencing with licensed doctors. It...

The Sault's first Medical Marijuana Clinic has opened its doors, and business has been so good they've had to double their services. The clinic, Bodystream Medical Marijuana Services, helps patients in acquiring medical marijuana prescriptions via teleconferencing with licensed doctors. It...

The great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has taken a giant step toward allowing access to medical cannabis. If children younger than 18 years can obtain an amnesty letter from their physician, they can appropriate the acceptable cannabis dosage forms from other states where the sale of medical...

Chicago - The Latest on the medical marijuana program in Illinois (all times local): 10 a.m. Illinois patients legally purchased $2.9 million worth of medical marijuana products in July. State officials with the medical cannabis pilot program released the figures Wednesday. June sales had...