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Throughout her life, Shanel Lindsey struggled with factors associated with her personal use of medical marijuana. These struggles led her to found a medical cannabis start-up called Ardent, which is booming with popularity in Boston. The sale of marijuana is a hot topic, with new legislation...

A local mother is crediting cannabis-based treatment for preventing her 13-year-old son from dying of a condition that causes severe seizures. Janice Taglieri and her son, Colton Schools, 13, of Ossipee spoke with the Sun on Thursday about how the marijuana treatment has helped the Kingswood...

Shops in the American state of Maryland has begun selling medical marijuana to residents in pain, ending years of delays by embarking on a program that features some of the most liberal policies in the nation on who can qualify for the prescribed cannabis. Dozens of people stood outside a...

Angelenos charged with or convicted of marijuana offenses who want to clean up their criminal records can seek free legal help Saturday at an "expungement fair" near downtown Los Angeles. The event is focused on helping convicted felons get charges reduced, dismissed or expunged from their...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has been a steadfast opponent of legalizing marijuana for recreational use but several of the candidates seeking to replace him in 2018 said they favor legalizing and taxing the drug. "Yes, I will sign a bill to legalize it,'' said Democrat Dan Drew. "There are an awful...

Across the country, minor pot infractions disproportionately affect people of color. Newly enacted legislation in the Golden State is working to ease those penalties. Eddy, a burly 65-year-old professional musician, walked into a free legal clinic in Los Angeles County one July morning hoping...

Recreational marijuana has been on sale in Nevada for the last five months but for the first time pot stores across the state are celebrating their first Black Friday sales. More than 40 pot stores in the valley are offering Black Friday discounts, not only on edibles but on concentrates as...

Beginning Dec. 1, getting caught with marijuana in Dallas may not mean a trip to jail. That's when the county's new "cite and release" program will allow officers to issue a court summons to someone who has less than 4 ounces of marijuana. So far, Dallas is the only city that will...

Mason Walker is CEO of East Fork Cultivars, an Oregon craft cannabis farm. He recently sat down with Civilized to talk about his work, the future of the cannabis industry, and what he would tell Attorney General Jeff "good people don't smoke marijuana" Sessions if he had the chance. What...

Life changing, it's a strong statement, but that's exactly how some people are describing the impact Hemp is having on their health and their families. Users of CBD products tout a wide range of medical benefits. If you didn't know, the cannabis compound is completely legal. A number of...

Thousands of people streamed into Winnipeg’s first ever Hempfest Cannabis Expo this weekend to listen to presentations by industry leaders and check out exhibits set up by cannabis and hemp businesses from around the country. More than 60 businesses tabled the expo which was held Saturday and...

Make no mistake, the war on marijuana has not been colorblind. Despite national surveys showing that white people and black people use marijuana at approximately the same rates, blacks have over the years been nearly four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites...

Ontario tabled its law on cannabis legalization this week that would ban users from consuming the drug outside of "private residences," a move slammed by critics as favoring "the elite" since homeless people, and many renters and condo residents could effectively be prohibited from consuming...

The modern-day prospectors in Canada's new cannabis market are working hard and cutting deals as the final eight months tick down to the day when recreational marijuana is fully legalized. Like the gold miners who trekked to the Yukon 120 years ago, today's fortune hunters are forging into...

If the Daily Mail is to be believed, then Ital Simpson, aka north London rapper Black the Ripper, is a 'hooligan'. His pro-cannabis YouTube stunts have included hotboxing the London Eye, the tube, a polling station and even an EasyJet plane. 'They banned me for life, but I prefer Ryanair...

Whoopi Goldberg is one of the most formidable talents in the entertainment industry, and she's got the EGOT to prove it. But Goldberg is also a proud member of another popular American industry–the one selling state-regulated cannabis products to licensed patients. "I'm really proud of our...

New Zealanders have a big decision to make - by 2021 they will decide whether the personal use of cannabis should be legal. The referendum is one of the Green Party's policy gains this election - albeit in a form palatable to the referendum-enthusiastic NZ First caucus. The question of...

Dr. Michael Eisenberg, an assistant professor of urology, sees a lot of patients at the Stanford University Medical Center who have problems performing in the bedroom. To determine what the problem is, they'll go through a laundry list of regular activities. Often, patients will ask whether...

University of Florida Health doctors have begun a new study looking at the health effects of marijuana on people with HIV, including its potential as an alternative to addictive opioids. The doctors will be monitoring the patients and their marijuana use. They will be exploring both negative...

Behind closed blinds in a storefront on the corner of Main and Mercer streets in downtown Hightstown, an illegal marijuana manufacturing business operated silently and unbeknown to neighbors and business owners. The unassuming building turned out to be a shipping center for a nearly $1...