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Phoenix – The state Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the limits enacted by the Department of Health Services on when doctors can recommend marijuana to patients with post-traumatic stress syndrome. Appellate Judge Samuel Thumma, writing for the unanimous court, rejected arguments by the...

A group of Oregon lawmakers has sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown and public health officials urging them to preserve Oregon's pesticide testing requirements. The legislators said they shared "grave concern" about proposed rule changes, which scale back testing requirements for cannabis...

A medical marijuana dispensary plans to open in Hanover this summer next to Friendly's on busy Route 53, allowing customers to -- if they so choose -- move quickly from a menu featuring THC-infused chocolate bars to one heavy on children's meals and ice-cream sundaes. Meanwhile in neighboring...

EASTLAKE, Ohio - From community center to marijuana manufacturer? Eastlake City Council unanimously approved the sale of the city's old JFK Senior Center for a potential 50-thousand square foot medical marijuana cultivation center. Katie Bitonti told News 5 she would have a front row seat to...

A "budtender" who was arrested in a raid on an Ottawa marijuana dispensary says he feels betrayed by his former employer, who has refused to help him with legal bills. Shawn McAlesse says he believed he was working in a "legal grey zone" and helping people when he accepted a job with a...

Detroit – It's been a year since Detroit put laws in place to regulate medical marijuana shops and as of today, only two have been approved to operate. The strict set of zoning and licensing requirements adopted in 2015 by the City Council went into effect last March. That's when all shops –...

A San Francisco gym slated to open this fall will encourage clients to use cannabis as part of their fitness routine. Power Plant Fitness clients will have the option to bring their own cannabis or order edibles, the gym's preferred form of cannabis, while they are at the gym. A delivery...

Forty-four U.S. states permit some form of medical cannabis. Nebraska is one of the six states that do not. LB 622, introduced by Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln at a hearing Wednesday, intends on adding Nebraska to the list of states that allow medical cannabis by adopting the Medical Cannabis...

Buying alcohol and recreational marijuana in the same store could eventually become possible in Massachusetts. Some package store owners say they now want to get into the retail marijuana business. Shopper Jehugh Francois said he doesn't see any problem with buying his moscato and...

DENVER – Law enforcement in the Denver metro area served numerous warrants as part of a multicounty illegal marijuana grow and distribution bust on Thursday morning, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said. Raids at about 20 locations began early in the morning in Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas...

Researchers at Oxford University are to undertake a £10 million study on the medical benefits of marijuana in treating pain, cancer and inflammatory diseases. It follows calls from some MPs for a law to allow medical use of cannabis, with polls suggesting 58 per cent of people would back...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a radio interview last week he would enforce federal marijuana laws in an "appropriate way." In a radio interview Thursday with Hugh Hewitt, the former Alabama senator shared his thoughts about ending the marijuana prohibition, which he made clear he has...

Marijuana activists are responding to what they call a "false narrative" that the new marijuana legalization law requires legislative fixes. Activists are urging the new marijuana committee to focus instead on issues not addressed in the ballot law. "The new law requires no legislative fixes,"...

Medical cannabis campaigners say they are being crushed under the weight of waiting for definitive information about how the drug can be prescribed and how to legally acquire locally sourced product, as the nation continues its grind towards wider access. The federal government and most of its...

While the future of recreational marijuana is in doubt nationally, hundreds of people are flocking to the Benton County Fairgrounds this weekend to celebrate medical and recreational marijuana use locally. The 2nd annual Hemp & Cannabis Fair, held this weekend at the Benton County...

Marijuana activists responded Monday to what it called a "false narrative" that the marijuana legalization law passed last year by voters requires legislative fixes, and urged the new marijuana committee to focus instead on issues not addressed in the ballot law. About four months after...

Lyn Cleaver watched her son struggle with severe epilepsy and accompanying seizures for years. After prescribed medications induced psychosis in her beloved son, she turned to an unauthorised drug which the family found incredibly effective. Ms Cleaver began researching medical cannabis in...

Kitchener – Waterloo Regional Police say they've warned five illegal marijuana dispensaries in the region they're at risk of being raided if they continue to flout the laws around selling cannabis. After getting visits from officers and written warnings, several of the dispensaries have shut...

Parma, Ohio - City officials moved closer to rescinding the moratorium on allowing the cultivation, processing and dispensing of medical marijuana in the city. At the March 13 meeting, Thomas G. Haren, an attorney for potential medical marijuana business owners, presented council and the...

Without a word of explanation, Gov. Susana Martinez on Wednesday vetoed a proposed research program intended to clear the way for an industrial hemp industry in New Mexico, a key plank in the economic plan announced by Democrats in the Legislature at the outset of the 2017 session. Republican...