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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...

Baton Rouge - Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to match Louisiana's drug laws to conform with its medical marijuana program, so someone who gets the therapeutic drug legally can't be prosecuted. The governor's office announced this week that Edwards signed the bill by Republican Sen. Fred Mills...

Baton Rouge - Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to match Louisiana's drug laws to conform with its medical marijuana program, so someone who gets the therapeutic drug legally can't be prosecuted. The governor's office announced this week that Edwards signed the bill by Republican Sen. Fred Mills...

Patients enrolled in Minnesota's medical marijuana program say the treatment helps – if they can afford it. Nearly all — 90 percent — cite benefit and expense. Almost all the patients and health care providers who responded to a new Minnesota Department of Health survey reported that medical...

Patients enrolled in Minnesota's medical marijuana program say the treatment helps – if they can afford it. Nearly all — 90 percent — cite benefit and expense. Almost all the patients and health care providers who responded to a new Minnesota Department of Health survey reported that medical...

Massachusetts regulators are pledging to crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries after several shops placed low-income patients on waiting lists for discounted products – creating delays that run afoul of state law. A Globe review found that the delays were often months long, effectively...

Massachusetts regulators are pledging to crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries after several shops placed low-income patients on waiting lists for discounted products – creating delays that run afoul of state law. A Globe review found that the delays were often months long, effectively...

A judge has ruled that the Arizona Department of Health Services wrongly denied a hearing to petitioners who want people with Parkinson's disease to qualify for medical marijuana. "In a desire for professionalism, the department has utilized a standard of proof that is higher than the rules...

A judge has ruled that the Arizona Department of Health Services wrongly denied a hearing to petitioners who want people with Parkinson's disease to qualify for medical marijuana. "In a desire for professionalism, the department has utilized a standard of proof that is higher than the rules...

The first study on the characteristics of patients with Health Ministry permission for treatment with medical marijuana - until now an unknown field - was revealed on Wednesday at the Sixth International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy. The conference was organized by the Israel National...

The first study on the characteristics of patients with Health Ministry permission for treatment with medical marijuana - until now an unknown field - was revealed on Wednesday at the Sixth International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy. The conference was organized by the Israel National...

Hartford - After years campaigning for the right to use a medical-marijuana extract to treat her daughter's seizures, Dana Haddox-Wright is now planning to wean Ella, her six-year-old, off of the potentially dangerous pharmaceuticals she's been taking for years. At the same time, marijuana...

BOSTON - The number of people treating their chronic pain, cancer symptoms or other medical conditions with marijuana has nearly quadrupled in a year, but a scarcity of licensed dispensaries and supply shortages are keeping many from getting their medicine, advocates say. At least 24,196...

Boston - The number of people treating their chronic pain, cancer symptoms or other medical conditions with marijuana has nearly quadrupled in a year, but a scarcity of licensed dispensaries and supply shortages are keeping many from getting their medicine, advocates say. At least 24,196...

Trenton - The state Health Department has appointed a panel of physicians and other health professionals to decide whether New Jersey's medical marijuana program should admit more patients, according to a state report released Friday. Patients and their advocates have been demanding the...

Trenton - The state Health Department has appointed a panel of physicians and other health professionals to decide whether New Jersey's medical marijuana program should admit more patients, according to a state report released Friday. Patients and their advocates have been demanding the...

Pennsylvania has a long list of qualifications for whomever takes the job as the state's new medical marijuana director. Besides a medical background, the job requires someone with a wide variety of experience working with different communities such as government, law enforcement, and...

Patients in the Quad Cities area who want medical marijuana prescriptions are still having a tough time finding doctors who write them. But, some say it's getting better. "Slowly, yes. We opened three months ago. We've gone from ten patients up to about 85 or 90 patients," said Devon...

A new clinic in Bowmanville is hoping to eliminate barriers to medical marijuana access for local patients. The Lift Resource Centre opened in April at the 196 King St. E. "The Lift Resource Centre is a patient counselling and education centre," explained the centre's director of operations...

Galen G. Weston wants in on the medical marijuana business. Weston, the head of the country's largest drugstore and grocery chain, said Thursday that pharmacists are well-positioned to dispense the drug in a safe manner. "We're an industry that is extremely effective at managing controlled...