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Brit Burch was determined to get some pot. It wasn't that the Brandon University student was looking for a buzz. She wanted it to combat the negative side-effects of chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma. But finding a physician to prescribe it was more challenging than...

Farmers throughout the Ohio Valley want to revive a crop that was once a staple in the region: hemp. After a ban that lasted more than half a century, the 2014 Farm Bill allowed states to grow hemp in research programs. Growers and processors in Kentucky are aggressively putting that research...

A bi-partisan federal effort to open up research on medical marijuana is now underway, it looks likely that Arkansas will be voting on medical marijuana in November, a New Jersey PTSD bill advances, and more. National Monday, congressional marijuana reform fans and foes said they were working...

A bi-partisan federal effort to open up research on medical marijuana is now underway, it looks likely that Arkansas will be voting on medical marijuana in November, a New Jersey PTSD bill advances, and more. National Monday, congressional marijuana reform fans and foes said they were working...

The use of medical marijuana for millions of patients suffering from a wide range of health conditions and the subsequent therapeutic benefits has long been documented. Twenty-three states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam, have determined that Cannabis sativa (a.k.a. marijuana)...

The conservative Republican introduced a provision that effectively blocked D.C. from loosening its pot laws, launching him to the center of the controversy about marijuana legalization as pot's most vocal opponent. Considered statistically insignificant by some, the state agencies that support...

A bipartisan group of USA lawmakers has introduced legislation they say would make it easier for researchers to study the "medical effectiveness and safety" of marijuana. The bill would allow private manufacturing and distribution of marijuana for the sole goal of research. That's consistent...

Despite growing bipartisan support for allowing marijuana to be used for medicinal purposes, the federal government still classifies cannabis as a Schedule I drug with no medical value and a high potential for abuse. That means many scientists can't research a drug that has the potential to ease...

Orrin Hatch, Thom Tillis, and Chris Coons are backing the Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2016. Also signing on is Rep. Morgan Griffith, who has championed legislation allowing for cannabidiol-rich medical cannabis preparations. Harris, a physician who has also conducted National...

Orrin Hatch, Thom Tillis, and Chris Coons are backing the Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2016. Also signing on is Rep. Morgan Griffith, who has championed legislation allowing for cannabidiol-rich medical cannabis preparations. Harris, a physician who has also conducted National...

Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, crowned "Congress's top legal pot advocate," by Rolling Stone, found an unlikely ally for his latest marijuana-related bill: Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland. The conservative Republican introduced a provision that effectively blocked D.C. from loosening its pot laws...

Washington, D.C. - Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, plans on introducing a bipartisan, bicameral bill this week that would make it easier for researchers to study marijuana. "This bill is about helping people," Farr said in a press release. "As more states pass their own medical marijuana laws, it's...

Washington, D.C. - Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, plans on introducing a bipartisan, bicameral bill this week that would make it easier for researchers to study marijuana. "This bill is about helping people," Farr said in a press release. "As more states pass their own medical marijuana laws, it's...

The two lawmakers couldn't be farther apart on marijuana policy, but they're teaming up this week to introduce a significant overhaul of federal marijuana policy that would make it much easier for scientists to conduct research into the medical uses of marijuana. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., is...

The two lawmakers couldn't be farther apart on marijuana policy, but they're teaming up this week to introduce a significant overhaul of federal marijuana policy that would make it much easier for scientists to conduct research into the medical uses of marijuana. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., is...

Newswise - North Dakota farmers are growing industrial hemp for the first time in more than 70 years, and the New Crops research program in the North Dakota State University Department of Plant Sciences is conducting research to assist them. Professor Burton Johnson leads the New Crops...

A bill intended to stimulate the growth of industrial hemp on New York farms and backed by two Southern Tier lawmakers has won approval from both houses, they announced Wednesday. The bill allows the transportation, processing, sale and distribution of hemp grown as part of the state's...

Pueblo, Colorado - Colorado State University-Pueblo is closer to being able to conduct research on marijuana. On Monday, Pueblo County officials agreed to provide up to $270,000 in funding to research the impact of marijuana on the community and the efficacy of treating various issues, like...

Pueblo, Colorado - Colorado State University-Pueblo is closer to being able to conduct research on marijuana. On Monday, Pueblo County officials agreed to provide up to $270,000 in funding to research the impact of marijuana on the community and the efficacy of treating various issues, like...

California researchers are going to have access to the highest-grade medical cannabis for research - far surpassing the federal government's awful supplies - under new rules approved in the California legislature Wednesday. The California State Assembly green-lit more medical pot research in...