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The Canadian Medical Cannabis Industry Association (CMCIA) has expressed serious concerns regarding the Ontario government's proposals, via amendments to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act and Electronic Cigarettes Act, to ban the use of vaporized medical cannabis in all enclosed public places, enclosed...

Dr. Junella Chin has a growing list of medical marijuana patients in New York, but she is worried about improperly charging insurance companies and taxpayers for their treatment. Chin, a family physician in White Plains, is certifying marijuana patients and getting paid by health insurance...

Medical marijuana patients are left scrambling to find providers after a recent ruling from the Montana Supreme Court. The decision kept in place restrictions to limit providers to three patient and reporting of doctors who prescribe more than 25 patients a year. Medical marijuana patients...

UAB is currently working with Children's of Alabama to see if a special form of medical marijuana known as cannabidiol, or CBD oil, is an effective treatment for adults and children with severe seizures. The study launched in April 2015, a year after it was authorized by the Alabama State...

UAB is currently working with Children's of Alabama to see if a special form of medical marijuana known as cannabidiol, or CBD oil, is an effective treatment for adults and children with severe seizures. The study launched in April 2015, a year after it was authorized by the Alabama State...

Lawmakers are poised to approve legalizing full-strength marijuana for terminally ill patients after supporters fought off attempts in the Senate to expand the proposal Friday. The measure would make full-strength marijuana legal for the first time in Florida by adding cannabis to the list of...

Some multiple sclerosis patients use medical marijuana to reduce their pain and muscle spasms, and a Colorado State University researcher is launching a crowdfunding campaign to study possible benefits and side effects of this long-term marijuana use. The research project will not involve...

Medical marijuana patients and advocates gathered at the State House Feb. 23 to protest the new "tagging fee" for medical marijuana included in Gov. Gina Raimondo's recent budget proposal, unveiled Feb. 2. Though state officials argue that the proposal provides better access for Rhode Island's...

Medical marijuana providers in Missoula have taken a somber but defiant stand in the wake of last Thursday's 6-1 ruling by the Montana Supreme Court that severely restricts their ability to do business. The court's ruling upheld several provisions of a 2011 law that reined in providers. The...

After a tense debate, a Senate committee Monday backed a bill that calls for allowing terminally ill patients to have access to medical marijuana and revamping a 2014 cannabis law that has been tangled in legal fights. The bill (SB 460), approved by the Senate Rules Committee, would allow...

Thousands of critically ill New Yorkers have struggled to access medical marijuana, and some doctors are saying state Department of Health failures are keeping the potentially life-saving drug out of reach. The state agency mishandled regulations on how doctors certify marijuana patients, a...

The only legal pot producer in Atlantic Canada is welcoming a recent court decision that could allow medical marijuana users to grow their own. Denis Arsenault, CEO of Organigram in Moncton, says he respects Canadians' rights to grow their own medical marijuana. On Wednesday, a federal...

Haley Hilt, 9, battles a rare disorder that causes seizures. Just a couple of weeks ago, she took her first doses of medical marijuana. Right away her mom, Melissa, noticed a change. "The alertness, she's bright eyed, she's watching and observing everything," said Hilt. Haley is one of...

The question now for lawyer John Conroy is what is the federal Liberal government going to do next. Conroy is the lead counsel in a successful constitutional challenge against regulations imposed by the previous Conservative government that limited the ability of medical marijuana patients to...

New Hampshire residents hoping to get access to medical marijuana are still waiting for the state's dispensaries to open. Right now, those new facilities still have to go through a few more rounds of inspections before they can open their doors and start serving patients. Once they do open...

As more states legalize marijuana for medical use, the cannabis customer base has reached an older demographic. Nearly 85% of medical marijuana patients had some form of higher education – nearly 15% held a postgraduate degree – and about 45% of patients were parents, according to a survey of...

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 business...

More than 20 revisions filed to a medical marijuana bill giving terminally ill individuals access to cannabis caused the legislation to be temporarily postponed in a busy Senate session on Tuesday. While SB 460 remains on the list of legislation still to be discussed on the Senate floor...

A Federal Court judge is expected to release a decision today on whether medical marijuana patients have the right to grow their own cannabis. The constitutional challenge was launched by four British Columbia residents who argued that legislation introduced by the previous Conservative...

Medical marijuana is officially for sale in the state. The largest dispensary opened its doors to the public this week. It had 17 patients, ranging in age from 20 - 70. HCI Alternatives says 33 patients are registered with the dispensary and each patient spent close to $200. They say their...