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The day of reckoning has come for Washington's medical marijuana system. It's been a strange trip, starting with 1998's Initiative 692, which opened the door to home growing for patients and morphed into "collective gardens" that sprouted more than 300 storefront dispensaries statewide...

The day of reckoning has come for Washington's medical marijuana system. It's been a strange trip, starting with 1998's Initiative 692, which opened the door to home growing for patients and morphed into "collective gardens" that sprouted more than 300 storefront dispensaries statewide...

Boston, Massachusetts — June 23, 2016. Cannabis inhalation is associated with the alleviation of clinical symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder, according to clinical findings published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE. Investigators at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in...

Boston, Massachusetts — June 23, 2016. Cannabis inhalation is associated with the alleviation of clinical symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder, according to clinical findings published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE. Investigators at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in...

"I had a run-in with Vicodin; that turned into a habit that I had to kick," said Laurent. "Opiate withdrawal - I never want to deal with that again." Laurent isn't this Detroiter's real name. He didn't want to use it because he uses marijuana both medically and recreationally, and because...

Urbana - A second medical cannabis dispensary is coming to Champaign-Urbana, and is setting its sights on opening by around Labor Day. NuMed Rx said it has filed plans Thursday with the city of Urbana to start construction on NuMed Urbana Dispensary at 105 E. University Ave., the vacant former...

Urbana - A second medical cannabis dispensary is coming to Champaign-Urbana, and is setting its sights on opening by around Labor Day. NuMed Rx said it has filed plans Thursday with the city of Urbana to start construction on NuMed Urbana Dispensary at 105 E. University Ave., the vacant former...

Most medical cannabis patients who completed a survey reported benefits from the medication, according to the results of a voluntary survey of patients enrolled in Minnesota's medical cannabis program during its first three months. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) survey asked...

Most medical cannabis patients who completed a survey reported benefits from the medication, according to the results of a voluntary survey of patients enrolled in Minnesota's medical cannabis program during its first three months. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) survey asked...

Medical marijuana is legal in Minnesota, but for many outstate patients, it's been out of reach. For most of the program's first year, there were only three places in the entire state where patients could pick up a prescription: Minneapolis, Eagan and Rochester. That left vast stretches of...

Medical marijuana is legal in Minnesota, but for many outstate patients, it's been out of reach. For most of the program's first year, there were only three places in the entire state where patients could pick up a prescription: Minneapolis, Eagan and Rochester. That left vast stretches of...

Las Cruces - As New Mexico continues to refine the growing medical marijuana industry, Las Cruces producers and lawmakers are looking to improve the system and are casting an eye toward future growth and financial success. This weekend, education about the use of medical marijuana will be...

Las Cruces - As New Mexico continues to refine the growing medical marijuana industry, Las Cruces producers and lawmakers are looking to improve the system and are casting an eye toward future growth and financial success. This weekend, education about the use of medical marijuana will be...

Moorhead - A new medical marijuana facility opened here Saturday. The staff at Minnesota Medical Solutions, which has also opened medical marijuana facilities in Rochester and Minneapolis, expects the clinic to have 10 or 20 patients a week until the state allows patients with intractable pain...

Moorhead - A new medical marijuana facility opened here Saturday. The staff at Minnesota Medical Solutions, which has also opened medical marijuana facilities in Rochester and Minneapolis, expects the clinic to have 10 or 20 patients a week until the state allows patients with intractable pain...

California's newly regulated medical cannabis industry is done running and hiding from police, and has started standing its ground. Activists are cheering the newfound political muscle of legal medical marijuana, after a major police raid last week resulted in a massive protest and political...

California's newly regulated medical cannabis industry is done running and hiding from police, and has started standing its ground. Activists are cheering the newfound political muscle of legal medical marijuana, after a major police raid last week resulted in a massive protest and political...

How do cannabinoids act on tumors? Researchers believe the chemical compounds work in various ways, including apoptosis induction and blockage of tumor angiogenesis. Questions about cannabis, including its risks, benefits and legality, just keep coming. Fortunately, as data accrue, evidence is...

How do cannabinoids act on tumors? Researchers believe the chemical compounds work in various ways, including apoptosis induction and blockage of tumor angiogenesis. Questions about cannabis, including its risks, benefits and legality, just keep coming. Fortunately, as data accrue, evidence...

Hawaii's medical marijuana dispensary law isn't perfect - far from it - but it's a start, and the state needs to begin somewhere. That's how lawmakers characterized the up-and-coming dispensary system Thursday evening to a fired up crowd in Pahoa, many who pointed out what they called flaws in...