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While supporters of the state's medical marijuana pilot program cheered the extension and changes signed into law on June 30, this fact remains: Southern Illinois patients still face more hurdles than people with qualifying conditions living elsewhere in the state. That's because the region's...

Hawaii patients may have easier access to medical marijuana now that nurses can certify them for the drug. Advocates say the change was needed because there's a shortage of doctors willing to certify patients. Gov. David Ige signed a bill today updating the state's medical marijuana...

Hawaii patients may have easier access to medical marijuana now that nurses can certify them for the drug. Advocates say the change was needed because there's a shortage of doctors willing to certify patients. Gov. David Ige signed a bill today updating the state's medical marijuana...

Upper Merion - Passage of legislation that legalized medical marijuana in Pennsylvania marked the end of seven long, hard years of negotiation. Now that Gov. Tom Wolf has signed the measure into law, the push is on to explain the ramifications, including possible business opportunities tied to...

Upper Merion - Passage of legislation that legalized medical marijuana in Pennsylvania marked the end of seven long, hard years of negotiation. Now that Gov. Tom Wolf has signed the measure into law, the push is on to explain the ramifications, including possible business opportunities tied to...

Staten Island, New York - A a result of the relentless, passionate and persistent efforts of state Sen. Diane Savino, medical marijuana is now legal in New York. But for Staten Island patients who meet the well-defined criteria for obtaining a prescription - there are unnecessary and...

Staten Island, New York - A a result of the relentless, passionate and persistent efforts of state Sen. Diane Savino, medical marijuana is now legal in New York. But for Staten Island patients who meet the well-defined criteria for obtaining a prescription - there are unnecessary and...

Little Rock - If Little Rock lawyer David Couch's proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas qualifies for the ballot, it will compete with another measure on the same issue - which Couch says would be fine but a backer of the other measure says would doom both proposals. Couch said he...

Little Rock - If Little Rock lawyer David Couch's proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas qualifies for the ballot, it will compete with another measure on the same issue - which Couch says would be fine but a backer of the other measure says would doom both proposals. Couch said he...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana bill was signed into law in April, but it will be two years before most patients can actually take advantage of it. That's how long the state has to come up with specific regulations to build this industry. Judging from the range of topics and speakers Friday...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana bill was signed into law in April, but it will be two years before most patients can actually take advantage of it. That's how long the state has to come up with specific regulations to build this industry. Judging from the range of topics and speakers Friday...

Moline, Illinois- A key sponsor of medical marijuana in Illinois says "tons" of doctors in the state are not on board, but believes new legislation passed last week will open the doors for more patients being denied right now. "There are tons and tons of doctors who have left their patients...

Moline, Illinois- A key sponsor of medical marijuana in Illinois says "tons" of doctors in the state are not on board, but believes new legislation passed last week will open the doors for more patients being denied right now. "There are tons and tons of doctors who have left their patients...

Tallahassee - Florida's first legal harvest of marijuana is stored in multiple vacuum-packed, 441-gram bags in a freezer on the outskirts of Tallahassee. Each is the result of months of careful growing, monitoring, coaxing, and finally cultivating, scores of plants in a hidden farm overseen by...

Tallahassee - Florida's first legal harvest of marijuana is stored in multiple vacuum-packed, 441-gram bags in a freezer on the outskirts of Tallahassee. Each is the result of months of careful growing, monitoring, coaxing, and finally cultivating, scores of plants in a hidden farm overseen by...

Wellness Connection of Maine is moving its midcoast medical marijuana dispensary from Thomaston to downtown Bath. The decision to move the dispensary was driven by increased demand for space and privacy and the need for a more centralized location, according to Wellness Connection officials...

Wellness Connection of Maine is moving its midcoast medical marijuana dispensary from Thomaston to downtown Bath. The decision to move the dispensary was driven by increased demand for space and privacy and the need for a more centralized location, according to Wellness Connection officials...

Cannabis Patient Protection act closes marijuana dispensaries, but retail stores have no replacement products. The Cannabis Patient Protection Act came into full effect Friday, July 1, and fireworks were certainly not the only thing being lit on the Plateau over the Independence Day weekend...

Cannabis Patient Protection act closes marijuana dispensaries, but retail stores have no replacement products. The Cannabis Patient Protection Act came into full effect Friday, July 1, and fireworks were certainly not the only thing being lit on the Plateau over the Independence Day weekend...

Friday, July 1 marked the one-year anniversary of Minnesota's medical cannabis program. It also marked the day intractable pain patients could register for medical marijuana. The state's medical cannabis law defines intractable pain as a condition "in which the cause of the pain cannot be...