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Established in 2010, New Jersey's medical marijuana program has long been considered one of the nation's strictest for how it regulates the production and sale of the drug, the consideration it gives to doctor-patient relationships, and for the restrictions it places on the conditions considered...

A year after medical marijuana became legal in Minnesota, program supporters are hoping a surge of patients seeking treatment for intractable pain can help bring down the drug's high cost. Beginning today, patients with chronic pain that cannot be controlled well with existing treatment can...

A year after medical marijuana became legal in Minnesota, program supporters are hoping a surge of patients seeking treatment for intractable pain can help bring down the drug's high cost. Beginning today, patients with chronic pain that cannot be controlled well with existing treatment can...

Springfield, Illinois - A bill extending Illinois' medical marijuana program by 2½ years has been signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner. In addition to extending the pilot program, the bill signed Thursday by Rauner adds PTSD and terminal illness to the list of qualifying conditions. Illinois' medical...

Springfield, Illinois - A bill extending Illinois' medical marijuana program by 2½ years has been signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner. In addition to extending the pilot program, the bill signed Thursday by Rauner adds PTSD and terminal illness to the list of qualifying conditions. Illinois' medical...

Santa Fe, New Mexico - New Mexico's medical marijuana program will be operating out of a new location beginning next week. State health department officials said Tuesday that the new office in Santa Fe will be larger and will have room for more employees and infrastructure to keep up with the...

Jay Lassiter is, like so many AIDS patients, a survivor. He contracted the disease nearly 25 years ago, yet there's still plenty of vitality left in the 44-year-old. A cocktail of more than 50 pills each week keeps his HIV in check, but they run roughshod on his digestive organs. Severe bouts...

Jay Lassiter is, like so many AIDS patients, a survivor. He contracted the disease nearly 25 years ago, yet there's still plenty of vitality left in the 44-year-old. A cocktail of more than 50 pills each week keeps his HIV in check, but they run roughshod on his digestive organs. Severe bouts...

Quincy - The way Dr. Andrew Dunn sees it, someone has to be the vanguard. Dunn, who practices family medicine at Blessing Physician Services, has some of the same questions a lot of his colleagues across the state do regarding Illinois' fledgling medical marijuana program. However, Dunn knows...

Quincy - The way Dr. Andrew Dunn sees it, someone has to be the vanguard. Dunn, who practices family medicine at Blessing Physician Services, has some of the same questions a lot of his colleagues across the state do regarding Illinois' fledgling medical marijuana program. However, Dunn...

Alabany - Criticism of the state's medical marijuana program apparently hasn't made its way to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo said Wednesday he was unaware of concerns that the program has been too restrictive and has limited patients' ability to get the drug. "I haven't heard issues that people...

Alabany - Criticism of the state's medical marijuana program apparently hasn't made its way to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo said Wednesday he was unaware of concerns that the program has been too restrictive and has limited patients' ability to get the drug. "I haven't heard issues that people...

Medical marijuana is legal in Minnesota, but for many outstate patients, it's been out of reach. For most of the program's first year, there were only three places in the entire state where patients could pick up a prescription: Minneapolis, Eagan and Rochester. That left vast stretches of...

Medical marijuana is legal in Minnesota, but for many outstate patients, it's been out of reach. For most of the program's first year, there were only three places in the entire state where patients could pick up a prescription: Minneapolis, Eagan and Rochester. That left vast stretches of...

Macomb - After many years of bold, yet fruitless attempts to gain access to medical cannabis in Illinois, the state's four-year pilot program was launched late last year. Since then, the program has seen the number of registered participants rise to over 6,000. But, according to Caprice Sweatt...

Macomb - After many years of bold, yet fruitless attempts to gain access to medical cannabis in Illinois, the state's four-year pilot program was launched late last year. Since then, the program has seen the number of registered participants rise to over 6,000. But, according to Caprice Sweatt...

Hawaii's medical marijuana dispensary law isn't perfect - far from it - but it's a start, and the state needs to begin somewhere. That's how lawmakers characterized the up-and-coming dispensary system Thursday evening to a fired up crowd in Pahoa, many who pointed out what they called flaws in...

Hawaii's medical marijuana dispensary law isn't perfect - far from it - but it's a start, and the state needs to begin somewhere. That's how lawmakers characterized the up-and-coming dispensary system Thursday evening to a fired up crowd in Pahoa, many who pointed out what they called flaws in...

Albany - Advocates for expanding the state's medical-marijuana program said Wednesday they will push for a package of reforms to be approved by the state Legislature before the legislative session ends next week. The state's medical-marijuana program, which started Jan. 1, allows patients with...

Albany - Advocates for expanding the state's medical-marijuana program said Wednesday they will push for a package of reforms to be approved by the state Legislature before the legislative session ends next week. The state's medical-marijuana program, which started Jan. 1, allows patients with...