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A draft policy to permit the use of medical marijuana in public schools will have a first reading by the School Board on Feb. 10. The policy is a response to a change in state law last summer that prohibits schools from keeping minors who have prescriptions for medical marijuana from...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow its doctors to discuss medical marijuana with patients in states where medical marijuana is legal. Gillibrand held a news conference at her Manhattan office Sunday to urge a change in the current VA policy. The...

Winslow, Waterville and Vassalboro schools are enacting policies to allow students to use medical marijuana in school as districts across the state move to comply with a state law passed last year that allows the practice. The Winslow School Board on Monday voted to approve a policy that...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans to use medical marijuana. Currently, VA doctors are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana to their patients, even in states that have legalized pot. These veterans must go to...

The bogus 'get tough on drugs' '80s and '90s appear to be over. President Obama opened his annual state of the union address to the nation last night with an unprecedented call for tackling America's prescription drug abuse epidemic as well as its mass incarceration epidemic. On the same...

Mark asks, "If your employer doesn't already drug test, can they start immediately and just start testing anyone at random, or is there a process they must go through, like a notice to employees the policy is going to change and random testing will begin in xx amount of days?" Luckily...

Nearly 30 South Plains residents gathered in Lubbock Sunday, seeking political coaching as they prepared to rally for changes to Texas' marijuana policy. They attendees requested this training from Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy, a statewide coalition who provide training on...

Mark Emmert does not look like a particularly radical man, and the organization over which he presides, the NCAA, is a paper lion whose own self-interest is in preserving the illusion of its own authority. So of all America's institutions, the NCAA would rank low when it came to "likelihood...

The School Committee approved the first reading of a new policy Wednesday night that would allow students to have medical marijuana administered in school under a physician's orders and under certain conditions. Any medical marijuana would have to be approved by a physician, and it would have...

The School Committee approved the first reading of a new policy Wednesday night that would allow students to have medical marijuana administered in school under a physician's orders and under certain conditions. Any medical marijuana would have to be approved by a physician, and it would have...

Employers who are feeling overwhelmed by what to do now that medical marijuana is legally operating in Illinois have a place to turn. Heartland Community College is offering a class to help employers work medical marijuana into their company's drug policy. The class Dec. 8 is designed to help...

Employers who are feeling overwhelmed by what to do now that medical marijuana is legally operating in Illinois have a place to turn. Heartland Community College is offering a class to help employers work medical marijuana into their company's drug policy. The class Dec. 8 is designed to help...