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St. Lucie County – A Melbourne consulting company wants to open the first medical marijuana dispensaries on the Space and Treasure coasts. Michael Patterson, CEO of U.S. Cannabis Pharmaceutical Research Development, wants to open Florida Apothecary in Brevard and St. Lucie counties to sell...

At a school career day event recently, a few students approached San Joaquin Delta College horticulture instructor Michael Toscano and asked him, in so many words: "Can you teach me how to grow marijuana?" They were serious, he said. With the passage of Proposition 64 last November legalizing...

Hellam Township has moved its Feb. 2 meeting from the municipal building to the Hellam Fire Company, anticipating a large crowd for public comments concerning a planned medical marijuana manufacturing center. A York-based company, Viridis Medicine LLC, wants to build the marijuana facility at...

Phoenix - Some people are worried about the Trump Administration's stance of medical marijuana, as Donald Trump is stepping into the Oval Office. Trump has selected Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as the country's new Attorney General. Sessions is an outspoken opponent of Marijuana, and some are...

It's plain and simple: College is expensive and any type of financial assistance can help. Just ask Brandon Barber, a Colorado State University-Pueblo freshman studying criminology with a minor in computer science. He's also taking advantage of one of Pueblo County's newest scholarships – one...

Salt Lake City – A three-year push to pass some kind of comprehensive medical marijuana law in Utah could come to a head when state lawmakers start their annual session Monday. Lawmakers have spent the past few years studying the issue and are working on a package of bills to expand access to...

A 16-year effort to have hemp approved for human consumption is reaching its final hurdle, with the food and fibre crop to come under the focus of regulators in April. Legislation changes are due to go before the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation this year, when...

Among the last official actions taken by outgoing Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross was to create a hemp testing pilot program. Ross signed a memo announcing the program the morning of Jan. 5, the day of Gov. Phil Scott's inauguration. Incoming Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts was briefed on...

With the number of acres allotted to grow industrial hemp nearly tripling in 2017, this could be the year the crop challenges Kentucky's reputation as the Bluegrass State. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has approved 209 applications from growers who have been approved to cultivate up...

Bellevue, Neb. - There's a renewed push to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska. Senator Anna Wishart of Lincoln introduced the Medical Cannabis Act on Wednesday, the very last day to introduce bills. This is the first time the bill has been proposed without Senator Tommy Garrett...

The largest city in Mendocino County – part of the famed Emerald Triangle marijuana-growing region – has taken its first official step toward allowing medical cannabis dispensaries. The Ukiah City Council gave initial approval this week to an ordinance that would lift a ban on dispensaries in...

Confusion over medical marijuana will result in sick people being jailed for trying to buy treatment illegally, the Nimbin Hemp Embassy has warned. The organisation's president, Michael Balderstone, said a workshop being held in the village today aimed to provide clear advice. "We keep...

Some of Australia's most high-profile medicinal cannabis advocates have banded together to launch a new campaign for better access to the drug. Federal legislation passed last year was supposed to give patients access to cannabis for medicinal use but Lucy Haslam and Barry Lambert said it was...

The General Assembly ethics committee that's investigating Del. Dan K. Morhaim's work with a medical cannabis company has hired a lawyer to assist with the review. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who on Friday disclosed the hiring of the special counsel, said the action underscores...

Jeff Staker spent 11 years in the Marines as a sniper. He served in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. He's a 51-year-old father of five and grandfather of five who quotes Sun-Tzu's "The Art of War." And he's a leading advocate for medical marijuana in Indiana. For six...

Green Bay, Wis. Two Wisconsin lawmakers are working on a new proposal that would legalize medical marijuana in the state, and one cancer survivor told Local 5 how it helped him when he was going through treatment. Mark Kelderman of Brownsville survived stage three throat and neck cancer...

Salt Lake City – The Utah Medical Association is making a public stand against the term "medical marijuana," calling it deceptive as it pertains to debates about the legality of the whole plant. State lawmakers, however, have more ambiguous feelings about the phrase. There is not yet...

Knoxville — Kelsey Duncan lies in her mother's lap, finding comfort in each stroke of her short brown hair. The 15-year-old lives with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, which causes seizures that can happen up to 10 times a day. She takes several medications each day to help with her disabilities...

Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general famously said that "good people don't smoke marijuana." Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions also said, "We need grownups in Washington to say marijuana is not the kind of thing that ought to be legalized." People in the marijuana business in Washington and...

Marijuana: no different than a tomato plant or something to be concerned about? Several elements to the legalization of pot debate were discussed Thursday during a panel discussion at the University of Guelph. The Legalization of Marijuana: Will It Happen? Should It Happen? was part of the...