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Johannesburg — As the deadline for public comment on the guideline documents for cultivation of cannabis for medical use looms, an Eastern Cape community is calling for de-scheduling of the plant as a way of exercising total control of the lucrative "green gold" industry. The Medical...

Pot dispensaries run the risk of action from Island Health if they continue to sell marijuana edibles, according to the health authority's top medical health officer. Marijuana-infused food, from cookies, to candies, brownies and chocolate bars have appeared on the menus of Nanaimo dispensaries...

Three-year-old Josie Mathes from Greene County, Tennessee, wakes up every morning with the normal morning routine of most toddlers — but along with something extra. Josie receives three doses of medical cannabis oil daily to decrease her seizures. She began having seizures at two months and...

The Fortuna City Council on Wednesday directed staff to draft an ordinance barring commercial marijuana businesses, banning outdoor cannabis grows and requiring renters to get property owner approval for personal use grows within city limits. "I want to make it miserable for someone to grow...

SACRAMENTO - These days around Capitol Towers in downtown Sacramento, there's a new sensibility taking root when it comes to pot. Renters found notices on or under their doors Wednesday morning from complex management saying that despite state law allowing for the use of medical marijuana...

Concord, N.H. – A state Senate committee voted Monday to expand the use of medical marijuana to cover a painful condition. The committee voted unanimously to recommend that the use of medical marijuana be allowed for people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a group of disorders that affect the...

PALMER – The Mat-Su Borough Planning Commission approved two conditional use permits for recreational marijuana shops and another for a marijuana cultivator during Monday night's meeting. Bad Gramm3r, located at 1150 N. Helen Lane, in the Williwaw subdivision off of Bogard Road, as well as...

The House advanced a bill amended Tuesday to include prior approval of a new non-psychoactive medicine under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that mimics anti-seizure properties of a marijuana oil banned in Kansas but available in other states. An amendment offered by Rep. John...

Harper Grace is the namesake of Mississippi's Harper Grace's Law adopted in 2014, but that's no guarantee she'll be chosen for the cannabis oil trials it authorized. She has waited three years to be able to possibly get the cannabis oil to treat her Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy...

ADELANTO – City officials weren't willing to bend last week from plans to keep commercial medical marijuana facilities at least 1,000 feet from residential zones. The resistance to entertaining any deviations, for now, would appear to be problematic for the only project in Adelanto which is...

Providence, R.I. - The two state lawmakers who have long led the charge to legalize marijuana in Rhode Island on Tuesday said they have clear majority support in both chambers to pass their bills -- if House and Senate leadership allow the legislation a vote. "If we do not act, our neighbor...

A Desert Hot Springs marijuana grow collective spearheaded by the daughter of Hustler's Larry Flynt is being called "a bunch of smoke and mirrors" by an attorney suing the business contending it failed to pay three local companies nearly three quarters of a million dollars for their services...

Parma, Ohio - Out-of-state investors are ready to make some green in Parma. They want the city to quickly approve the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana. On Monday, Parma City Council heard from Chad Zaki, an investor from Phoenix, AZ with the firm Greenlight Holdings, L.L.C. Zaki...

The landmark legislation that would have made medical use of marijuana legal in Tennessee is officially dead for the year. The House sponsor of the legislation said Tuesday the bill was being taken off notice for the current legislative session and a task force would be established by...

HARRISBURG – This year Kentucky farmers will grow and potentially sell more than 12,000 acres of industrial hemp, according to that state's Department of Agriculture. Hemp farmers get as much as $21,000 per acre, meaning the Kentucky program could generate crops worth upwards of $252 million...

The Grove medical marijuana dispensary is observing its one-year anniversary on Saturday with a special event open to the community. Manager Zach Wright said attendees can learn how to obtain a medical marijuana card, while actual cardholders can take advantage of numerous specials and...

Move over, Tiger Balm, Body Crème or Bengay. More and more seniors are turning to marijuana-infused skin preparations called "topicals" and some people swear by them to relieve muscle pain, arthritis and skin irritation. As more states legalize the federally banned herb, new products are...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – In the heart of Northern California's wine country, a civil engineer turned marijuana entrepreneur is adding a new dimension to the art of matching fine wines with gourmet food: cannabis and wine pairing dinners. Sam Edwards, co-founder of the Sonoma Cannabis Company...

Tucked between a restaurant and a home design store sits Knox Medical. When it opens in early April, it will be Orlando's first medical marijuana dispensary. "Everybody has their vision in their mind of what a medical cannabis dispensary is and it generally involves flashing neon signs and pink...

Corning - The City Council received a presentation Tuesday regarding the passage of Proposition 64, or the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, in preparation for a joint meeting with Red Bluff and the Tehama County Board of Supervisors at 6 p.m. Monday at the supervisors chambers, 727 Oak St. in Red...