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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...

Florida's first medical marijuana dispensary opened up its doors this week in Tallahassee and business is already off to a good start. Trulieve, Florida's first medical marijuana dispensing organization, officially opened up shop Tuesday and CEO Kim Rivers says so far, so good. "It's...

Florida's first medical marijuana dispensary opened up its doors this week in Tallahassee and business is already off to a good start. Trulieve, Florida's first medical marijuana dispensing organization, officially opened up shop Tuesday and CEO Kim Rivers says so far, so good. "It's...

Nearly 500 pain patients joined Minnesota's medical cannabis program in July, the first month they could do so after intractable pain was added to the state's list of qualifying medical conditions last year. It's the highest number of patients certified by the state in a single month. The...

Nearly 500 pain patients joined Minnesota's medical cannabis program in July, the first month they could do so after intractable pain was added to the state's list of qualifying medical conditions last year. It's the highest number of patients certified by the state in a single month. The...

Ohio is now the 26th state to legalize medical marijuana - a great accomplishment for advocates and patients. But does the bill go far enough? While the bill states that patient information will be kept confidential, there is a failure to protect patients working in zero-tolerance companies...

Ohio is now the 26th state to legalize medical marijuana - a great accomplishment for advocates and patients. But does the bill go far enough? While the bill states that patient information will be kept confidential, there is a failure to protect patients working in zero-tolerance companies...

The US government's cool with weed now - as long as it's fake. Early this month the Food and Drug Administration approved the first ever liquid formulation of dronabinol, which is synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis. Sold under the brand name...

The first medicinal marijuana dispensary will open Tuesday morning in Tallahassee. But parents and patients had to wait two years, one month, one week and three days since Gov. Rick Scott signed the Compassionate Cannabis Medical Act of 2014. The 2014 bill was designed to help children with a...

The first medicinal marijuana dispensary will open Tuesday morning in Tallahassee. But parents and patients had to wait two years, one month, one week and three days since Gov. Rick Scott signed the Compassionate Cannabis Medical Act of 2014. The 2014 bill was designed to help children with a...

Marijuana can make life better for some of the more than 5 million Americans afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, but despite an encouraging new study, it remains a long shot as an antidote to the brain disorder that claims about 85,000 lives a year, experts say. Some assisted-living...

Marijuana can make life better for some of the more than 5 million Americans afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, but despite an encouraging new study, it remains a long shot as an antidote to the brain disorder that claims about 85,000 lives a year, experts say. Some assisted-living...

The prime sponsor of the state's medical marijuana law now wants to make the product more affordable. Rep. Ted Wright, R-Sanbornville, sponsored the 2013 legislation that created the state's therapeutic cannabis program. It was his personal story of how marijuana had restored his wife's...

The prime sponsor of the state's medical marijuana law now wants to make the product more affordable. Rep. Ted Wright, R-Sanbornville, sponsored the 2013 legislation that created the state's therapeutic cannabis program. It was his personal story of how marijuana had restored his wife's...

Atlanta — Proponents of the use of medical cannabis anxiously await word on a federal agency's decision on how to classify marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration said earlier this year that it may loosen restrictions on marijuana, although its self-imposed June 30 deadline for a...

Atlanta — Proponents of the use of medical cannabis anxiously await word on a federal agency's decision on how to classify marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration said earlier this year that it may loosen restrictions on marijuana, although its self-imposed June 30 deadline for a...

Medical marijuana could be available to a select group of Florida patients as early as next week, after health officials gave the go-ahead for the state's first pot dispensary to begin distributing products. The Northwest Florida operation, known as "Trulieve," is one of six dispensing...

Medical marijuana could be available to a select group of Florida patients as early as next week, after health officials gave the go-ahead for the state's first pot dispensary to begin distributing products. The Northwest Florida operation, known as "Trulieve," is one of six dispensing...

A Colorado Springs doctor was among four physicians whose licenses were suspended Tuesday after state regulators claimed the doctors wrongfully allowed hundreds of people to grow extra medical marijuana plants. Dr. William Tyler Stone's license was suspended after the Colorado Medical Board...

A Colorado Springs doctor was among four physicians whose licenses were suspended Tuesday after state regulators claimed the doctors wrongfully allowed hundreds of people to grow extra medical marijuana plants. Dr. William Tyler Stone's license was suspended after the Colorado Medical Board...