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For the second time in five months, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signaled his distaste for broadening the state's new medical marijuana program, declining to add chronic pain and seven other health conditions to the list of diseases that can be treated with the drug. "I didn't know whether to...

Illinois will not expand the list of conditions that qualifies people to get medical marijuana, Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration announced Friday. The announcement came despite pleas from patient advocates and medical marijuana business owners who say they need more patients to make the...

The race is on for Hawaii medical marijuana dispensary licenses. The 50th state has had a medical marijuana program for 15 years and was the first state to legalize it through the legislative process back in 2000. The law only allowed for patients to grow their own, but that was changed last...

Six months into Minnesota's medical cannabis program, a Golden Valley four year old is running up and down stairs, climbing over furniture, writing on walls, and running through the aisles of Target, toddler milestones her parents never thought possible. "We jokingly call them "inchstones", but...

Vireo Health will cut the ribbon on its medical marijuana dispensary Thursday in Johnson City, one of 20 that are opening statewide in the rollout of New York's medicinal cannabis program. The facility, at 589 Harry L Drive, was announced last summer. New York City-based Vireo, formerly known...

Only 16 of the 20 medical marijuana dispensaries in New York state are scheduled to be open by the end of January. The state's top health official, Dr. Howard Zucker, told lawmakers Monday that he is pleased with the progress of the medical marijuana program, which began operating Jan. 7...

The clock is ticking for the Illinois medical marijuana program. A low number of approved patients could force some marijuana businesses to close just as the program is getting underway. The issue is that the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has only approved a small amount of...

Sen. Karen Tallian has introduced Senate Bill 209, which seeks to establish a medical marijuana program in Indiana. The proposed program would consist of allowing, upon physician recommendations, patients and caregivers the right to possess a certain quantity of marijuana for medical purposes...

There's no shortage of home delivery services, with apps for everything from groceries to alcohol to condoms, and some areas have another product under discussion for doorstep delivery: marijuana. In Seattle, lawmakers are pushing a bill that would legalize cannabis home delivery services...

New York state's medical marijuana program officially launched this month, but some local advocates and those who the program is designed to help say the system is inaccessible and complicated. Art Wenzel, an Auburn benefit organizer and emcee, held a press conference Wednesday afternoon at...

Four Idaho children are now taking a drug derived from marijuana to treat severe epilepsy under a limited state program, Idaho lawmakers learned Monday, and 18 more kids are being screened for the program. Gov. Butch Otter in April issued an executive order to launch an "expanded access"...

I'm sure you're as shocked as I am to read this story from Jennifer Brooks in the Strib, "Many doctors remain leery of Minnesota's expanding medical marijuana program. When Dr. Charles Reznikoff, a member of the state's Task Force on Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Research, sent out an informal...

New numbers show more and more medical marijuana cards are being handed out in Illinois and sales are climbing. So far, that's from at least one of several licensed businesses in our area. The Illinois Department of Public Health has now approved 4,000 patients for the pilot program. That's up...

New York's medical marijuana program has signed up 71 patients so far. The state's Department of Health provided the number on Friday. The program began Thursday. To receive marijuana, patients with certain qualifying conditions must get a certification from a physician registered with...

A source close to one of the two companies picked to dispense medical marijuana in the Buffalo area says the much-anticipated launch of the state's program is "imminent." Advocates concerned that the program will miss Tuesday's state-imposed deadline say patients have waited long enough...

There's a lot New Mexicans don't and can't know about the state's medical marijuana program. For years, the state's Department of Health has kept the names and locations of marijuana producers confidential. But a lot of that information could soon be coming out of the shadows. Joel White...

There's a lot New Mexicans don't and can't know about the state's medical marijuana program. For years, the state's Department of Health has kept the names and locations of marijuana producers confidential. But a lot of that information could soon be coming out of the shadows. Joel White...

Mention "medical marijuana" and most of us conjure up all sorts of images. Those include a questionable location, marijuana dispensers that resemble candy jars and a pair of Cheech and Chong look-alikes manning the cash register. However, the Illinois Medical Cannabis Pilot Program is much...

The man in charge of Illinois' Medical Cannabis Pilot Program said it's running smoothly. Program director Joseph Wright did, however, point to a few "technical glitches" that have delayed some patients receiving their photo ID cards. which they need to obtain cannabis. "And we've tried to...

The man in charge of Illinois' Medical Cannabis Pilot Program said it's running smoothly. Program director Joseph Wright did, however, point to a few "technical glitches" that have delayed some patients receiving their photo ID cards. which they need to obtain cannabis. "And we've tried to...