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The Colorado Department of Agriculture is hoping to help bring hemp into the limelight with a new program that's a first for the country. Under its brand-new seed certification program, created in conjunction with the Colorado Seed Growers Association (CSGA) and Colorado State University, the...

A series of new bills would make significant changes to New York's medical marijuana program as the state faces criticism for various barriers to patient access. The legislation introduced this week by Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, would...

I really hate being "Debbie Downer" here, but this latest news on the fate of our Illinois Medical Marijuana Pilot Program (MCPP) seems to be the final "nail in the coffin." This just in from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the agency that oversees the program. No more new...

A study published today in Health Affairs found that while 14 of the nation's 24 medical marijuana programs were essentially nonmedical in practice, they enrolled more than 99 percent of overall participants. Fewer than one percent were enrolled in "medicalized" programs that adhere to accepted...

Illinois medical marijuana shops had their best month yet in February with nearly $1.5 million in sales, bringing total retail sales to more than $4.4 million since the program began Nov. 9. Program director Joseph Wright announced Tuesday that registered dispensaries served 3,042 unique...

Joy O’Meara, of Trumbull, can’t keep track of the times she’s made emergency calls for her 7-year-old son, Jamison, but she won’t forget the moments when she held his seemingly lifeless body and began CPR. O’Meara and Jamison, in a wheelchair and a helmet, joined dozens of parents and others...

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...

So much for the "compassion" in New York's Compassionate Care Act. It's been nearly two years since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that allows New York residents with certain illnesses access to a non-smokable form of marijuana. Yet the state Department of Health has botched its...

Illinois medical marijuana shops had their best month yet in February with nearly $1.5 million in sales, bringing total retail sales to more than $4.4 million since the program began Nov. 9. Program director Joseph Wright announced Tuesday that registered dispensaries served 3,042 unique...

The legislative committee that reviews new state regulations before they are adopted narrowly approved an expansion of the state's medical marijuana program Tuesday, adding six conditions qualifying for treatment. In an 8-5 vote, the regulation review committee approved all but one of the...

Patient registration cards within the Hawai'i Department of Health's medical marijuana program are now being issued quicker. The department said Wednesday that the quicker processing is result of a new online registry, reducing the wait to three to five business days from the six to eight...

In April of 2015, the federal government informed the Tennessee Department of Agriculture that the latter's application to import hemp seed had been approved. It was a big step forward in the state's move toward a revival of industrial hemp production. The seed will be used for a pilot...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday recognized that the state's slow moving medical marijuana program is not "perfect," but said he'd rather err on the side of caution than move it along too quickly. Eighteen months after signing the Compassionate Care Act into law, the state's medical marijuana...

My family and I spent months lobbying for the passage of New York's medical marijuana program. My son Tommy has one of the rarest and severest forms of epilepsy known as LGS (Lennox Gastaut Syndrome), and we have very good reasons to believe that medical marijuana can help him as it has helped...

Nevada's medical marijuana registration program is constitutional, a Clark County judge has ruled. In a 38-page order filed Friday, District Judge Rob Bare also determined the state is legally immune from related claims of fraud and unjust enrichment. "The court may not judge the wisdom or...

When Park City's Jessica Reade Gleim began researching alternative treatments for her Trigeminal Neuralgia, a chronic nerve pain condition, she came to believe medicinal marijuana would make a difference not only for her but for others suffering in Utah, as well. So last year, she joined the...

New York's medical marijuana law, known as the Compassionate Care Act, launched just last month but has been the target of harsh criticism since Governor Andrew Cuomo signed it in July of 2014. Now Albany's biggest advocate for legal medical marijuana, Manhattan assemblyman Richard Gottfried...

Although some Illinois dispensaries have reported low patient enrollment nearly two years after the start of the state's medical cannabis program, Evanston's dispensary has seen steady business since its fall opening, an employee said. Pharmacannis, a medical marijuana provider and Evanston's...

Just last week, medical marijuana advocates had a sense of hope pleading with Governor Bruce Rauner. "We're not asking the governor to take ownership of this program. We realized it pre-dates him, but just don't strangle it. Let it grow," Revolution Enterprises CEO & Founder Tim McGraw said...

The state's medical marijuana program is about two years into its four-year pilot period, though legal sales of cannabis began in November. However, patients, advocates and medical marijuana dispensary owners say there are still plenty of kinks to work out. From overly strict regulations to too...