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Although medical marijuana use is legal in Nevada and has been available at local dispensaries since July 2015, many doctors and patients are not well informed about the potential uses, risks and benefits of this drug. To help connect interested members of the community with information, the...

One month after the opening of Springfield's first and only medical marijuana dispensary, the business' owners said Tuesday they are "cautiously optimistic about future growth of Illinois' cannabis industry." Health Central Illinois Alternatives had 26 registered patients when its...

Psychosis patients who have used cannabis have greater premorbid social skills than patients with psychosis who have never used the drug, data from five European countries suggest. Laura Ferraro, a PhD student in psychiatry at the University of Palermo, in Italy, and colleagues found that...

Psychosis patients who have used cannabis have greater premorbid social skills than patients with psychosis who have never used the drug, data from five European countries suggest. Laura Ferraro, a PhD student in psychiatry at the University of Palermo, in Italy, and colleagues found that...

The number of registered medical marijuana applicants has surged more than 14 percent since the Department of Health first began administrating the program in Jan. 2015. The DOH said the number could more then double after improvements made to the process last month. In Jan. 2015 the...

Google is blocking medical marijuana advertisements in New York, a practice that hurts patients with serious illnesses who could benefit from the drug, says one of the companies that distributes it. Vireo Health of New York, which is a subsidiary of Minnesota medical marijuana company Vireo...

Establishing a regulatory framework for the sale of medical marijuana could generate between $44.3 million and $63.5 million annually in tax revenue for Michigan, according to a new report. Over time, the industry could create 10,000 jobs through processing plants, growth and testing...

In 1997 my father was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer. He underwent treatments, both conventional and alternative, and despite a courageous fight, he passed away in the spring of 1998. During his illness I visited with him and my mother quite often and remember how people looked at...

When the New York State Department of Health's Medical Marijuana Program was launched on Jan. 7, 2016, Upper East Side physician Dr. Thomas O'Brien was the first doctor to secure a certification for a patient to be prescribed medical marijuana. He has since helped 200 patients to achieve...

Whoever is selected to open the state's first medical marijuana dispensaries this summer should have plenty of business, state Department of Health records indicate. At the end of February, there were more than 1,800 additional people registered as medical cannabis patients than in January...

Marijuana could potentially help cancer patients who have nausea or pain, and could possibly even be used as a treatment for certain cancers, but much more research is needed before any of these uses could be recommended, a new review article said. There is promising research on marijuana use...

Experts & Patients Gather in DC to Inform Congress & United Nations Conferences promoting medical cannabis have been popping up all over the country, mostly focusing on how to get into the business. This is not surprising, given that forty states now have adopted some form of medical cannabis...

Medical marijuana patients and the businesses that serve them are waiting for the next legal turn after a court filing last Friday. Advocates for the drug asked the Supreme Court to delay its February 25th ruling that would effectively shut down dozens of dispensaries across the state...

More and more Connecticut residents are now joining the fight to push the federal government to consider reclassifying marijuana. It's medicinal use has been life-changing for more than 9,000 patients across the state. A handful of Connecticut patients sat down with Sen. Chris Murphy...

The number of Connecticut's medical marijuana patients is likely to grow more quickly with the addition Monday of six new conditions that can be treated with cannabis. "I would expect there would be additional people," said state Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan Harris on Tuesday...

Six new ailments were approved for patients wanting to use medical marijuana in Connecticut. Right now, there are around 8,500 medical marijuana patients in the state. All the marijuana prescribed must be grown in Connecticut, for a grow lab in West Haven, that has meant plenty of...

New England Treatment Access Inc. opened the doors of its medical marijuana dispensary here in February, after years of fighting with some residents and haggling with local government officials. Around the same time that the NETA dispensary started admitting patients inside the former...

Medical marijuana can manage and sometimes cause the complete remission of Crohn's Disease symptoms like pain, inflammation, cramping and nausea. Thousands of medical cannabis patients will tell you medical marijuana can treat and suppress the pain, inflammation, cramping and nausea of...

Medical marijuana can manage and sometimes cause the complete remission of Crohn's Disease symptoms like pain, inflammation, cramping and nausea. Thousands of medical cannabis patients will tell you medical marijuana can treat and suppress the pain, inflammation, cramping and nausea of...

To protect and serve. This honorable calling is what leads most members of law enforcement to choose their career. It is why I eventually chose to be a prosecutor. Protecting society from criminals and seeing that justice is served is important and noble work. When I envisioned prosecuting...