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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...

Before a patient can buy medical marijuana at a dispensary, a number of conditions must be met. Under state law, patients with certain chronic diseases or a debilitating medical condition must get a certification from a qualified doctor before filing with the state Department of Public Health...

Before a patient can buy medical marijuana at a dispensary, a number of conditions must be met. Under state law, patients with certain chronic diseases or a debilitating medical condition must get a certification from a qualified doctor before filing with the state Department of Public Health...

Judy Bjerke Severson wants to be normal - visit friends and family, go to the grocery store or even sleep in her own bed - but she says the crippling pain from fibromyalgia and back surgery complications, as well as a painkiller-induced fog, have made her a shell of her former self. Aug 1...

Judy Bjerke Severson wants to be normal - visit friends and family, go to the grocery store or even sleep in her own bed - but she says the crippling pain from fibromyalgia and back surgery complications, as well as a painkiller-induced fog, have made her a shell of her former self. Aug 1...

Minnesotans whose ongoing pain does not respond to other treatments can now try medical marijuana — if their doctor gives them the OK ... and they can afford it. Monday was the first day that patients diagnosed with intractable pain could buy medical cannabis at one of the state's eight...

Minnesotans whose ongoing pain does not respond to other treatments can now try medical marijuana — if their doctor gives them the OK ... and they can afford it. Monday was the first day that patients diagnosed with intractable pain could buy medical cannabis at one of the state's eight...

Minnesota may have already legalized medical marijuana but it wasn't until Monday that pain patients of the state finally had the opportunity to buy it. Even though the Minnesota state legislature legalized the drug for medicinal purposes in 2014, strict laws banned the plant form in favor of...

Tallahassee - Marijuana was sold legally in Florida for the first time this week since it was outlawed by the federal government in 1937. In a staid Tallahassee storefront more akin to a doctor's office than a head shop, Dallas Nagy, a Tampa-area native with chronic seizures and muscle...

People battling cancer and epilepsy are among patients in New South Wales who are now able to have their doctor prescribe medicinal cannabis. Under new laws, which came into effect on Monday, a specialist can make an application through NSW Health to the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods...

People battling cancer and epilepsy are among patients in New South Wales who are now able to have their doctor prescribe medicinal cannabis. Under new laws, which came into effect on Monday, a specialist can make an application through NSW Health to the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods...

Minneapolis - Monday marks a critical juncture in Minnesota's year-old medical marijuana program: Patients suffering from constant pain can finally buy the medicine. The expansion has been in the works since Minnesota passed its restrictive law in 2014. The bill directed the state's health...

Minneapolis - Monday marks a critical juncture in Minnesota's year-old medical marijuana program: Patients suffering from constant pain can finally buy the medicine. The expansion has been in the works since Minnesota passed its restrictive law in 2014. The bill directed the state's health...

Rochester, Minn. — On Monday, nearly 500 people in Minnesota who suffer from unmanageable pain will have access to medical marijuana. But by this time next year, there could be even more conditions added to the program. Back on July 1st, the Commissioner of Health opened up a petition period...

Rochester, Minn. — On Monday, nearly 500 people in Minnesota who suffer from unmanageable pain will have access to medical marijuana. But by this time next year, there could be even more conditions added to the program. Back on July 1st, the Commissioner of Health opened up a petition period...

Atlanta — Hundreds of physicians have signed up for Georgia's one-year-old medical cannabis program. Good luck finding any of them. The name and location of doctors authorized to sign off on a patient's eligibility to use cannabis oil are kept confidential. Lawmakers gave physicians...

Atlanta — Hundreds of physicians have signed up for Georgia's one-year-old medical cannabis program. Good luck finding any of them. The name and location of doctors authorized to sign off on a patient's eligibility to use cannabis oil are kept confidential. Lawmakers gave physicians...

Plattsburgh - Columbia Care is seeing slow but steady growth at its medical marijuana dispensary in the City of Plattsburgh. In response to Press-Republican queries, Columbia Care Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Vita said 65 individual patients have been seen at the Plattsburgh facility...

Plattsburgh - Columbia Care is seeing slow but steady growth at its medical marijuana dispensary in the City of Plattsburgh. In response to Press-Republican queries, Columbia Care Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Vita said 65 individual patients have been seen at the Plattsburgh facility...

The parking lot was just paved, the walls are being painted, and soon the medical landscape in Tampa Bay will be forever remade. Tucked in an innocuous set of office buildings behind a car dealership on U.S. 19 in Clearwater, the second medical marijuana dispensary in Florida is expected to...