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Arizona, like some of the other 23 states with medical-marijuana laws, allows people with valid medical cards from other states to legally possess marijuana in Arizona, but they can't legally buy it at Arizona dispensaries. Nevada apparently is the only state that allows its dispensaries to...

Former Pittsburgh Steelers great Jack Ham, a native of Johnstown, has teamed up with AGRIMED Industries to promote the use of medial marijuana in Pennsylvania. According to a news release, Ham will serve as a spokesman and consultant for AGRIMED, which plans to grow and provide cannabis for...

In Florida, the details pertaining to the rules and regulations about medical cannabis are still not defined and pending clarification. As an interventional pain physician for Spine and Wellness Centers of America in South Florida, and as someone who is certified by the state to lawfully make...

The Florida Department of Health can move quickly when it wants to. No sooner had News Service of Florida's Dara Kam revealed a medical-marijuana vendor in Quincy was selling a "whole flower" medical cannabis product specifically for use in vaporizers, than the health department slapped a...

Most patients who used medical marijuana during the first year of Minnesota's tightly regulated program reported benefits, the state Health Department said Tuesday. The study was based on patient surveys and other data. The program began July 1, 2015, and the data runs through June 31, 2016...

Israeli medical marijuana patients can now use the drug in public as an oil or a vapor, but still won't be able to smoke it, per new Health Ministry guidelines, reported Haaretz. The new guidelines are a significant departure from the old rules, which restricted medical marijuana patients to...

Grand Cayman’s CTMH Doctors Hospital and Cayman Pharmacy Group has started dispensing cannabis oil to patients with a valid medical documentation. To meet expected demand, CTMH purchased nearly 13 liters of cannabis oil from Canadian-based CanniMed® Oils. Doctors at the hospital can now...

After a recent medical marijuana bill went up in smoke, a Tampa doctor, who treats patients with medical marijuana, is worried that people are confused about who can seek treatment. As voters in Florida patiently wait for state lawmakers to get their act together and create a framework to...

Medical marijuana sales at Maine's eight dispensaries are still growing, but at the slowest rate since the first one opened in 2011. Growth on the caregiver side of the market, however, appears to be surging, possibly topping dispensary sales, although caregiver sales are not tracked by the...

While Florida politicians have butted heads over how to regulate the growing medical marijuana industry this year, Tom Murphy and Michael Welch have been busy working behind the scenes to try to ensure their company gets a piece of it. Murphy, 71, and Welch, 79, are two of the founders of...

Can medical marijuana survive in a recreational marijuana world? With retail pot shops set to open next year in Massachusetts, advocates are worried that medical cannabis patients could be forced to pay higher prices for the drug, lose access to specialized preparations, or simply end up...

The Florida Legislature adjourned its 2017 session this week without approving an implementation bill for Amendment 2, the constitutional measure approved by 71 percent of voters last November. That's bad news for patients, supporters of medical marijuana say. They're calling on the state to...

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal approved an expansion of the state's medical marijuana program on Tuesday, allowing people being treated for six additional medical conditions to possess cannabis oil. The new qualifying conditions include autism, AIDS, Tourette's syndrome, and Alzheimer's disease...

All Michelle Walker could do was sit and watch her epileptic and autistic son, Vincent, seize for hours as federally approved pharmaceuticals failed. Holding on to hope for a better life, they left their home in San Antonio and moved to Colorado to treat Vincent with medical marijuana. "We...

Australian drug regulators have granted what is believed to be the first licence to grow medical cannabis in WA. AusCann, whose chairman is former WA Federal Liberal MP Mal Washer, will announce today that it has approval for a secure outdoor cultivation facility in WA, and hopes to have its...

Dr. Caroline MacCallum wants doctors to know that cannabis "isn't the taboo medicine" they might think it is. Not only has she used it successfully to treat more than 50 conditions, she has also seen how it has helped her patients stop using prescription opioids. MacCallum, a specialist in...

Four of New York's five medical marijuana companies have filed suit against the state Department of Health to stop it from licensing additional operators to take part in the tightly run state program. The companies argue that the expansion could tank the nascent industry and potentially harm...

Two decades of state-by-state progression have resulted in legislation permitting the cannabis plant's access for patient use. Over that same time, industry has promoted assurances for legislation that enhance the cannabis plant's outcome. More important than access to the plant or advancing...

State lawmakers are inching closer to an agreement on medical marijuana after more than 70 percent of voters declared they wanted to allow patients with debilitating conditions to use the drug. On Friday, the Florida House made sweeping changes to its legislation (HB 1397), addressing concerns...

There are some promising signs that it can help ease pain and reduce seizures, but treating patients with it still carries risks. Marijuana didn't feature in my textbooks when I started Medical School nearly 20 years ago. Then again, I didn't study the world's oldest surviving medical text, the...