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Patients and caregivers find the legalization of the possession and use of low THC oil in Georgia is of no use when they cannot find a legal way to purchase the drug. Harley Gambrell's son Hayden is 13, stocky and very strong. He's also autistic, and the Floyd County businessman doesn't...

Howard Fraleigh was a man ahead of his time. Born in the late 1800s, he served as a Conservative MPP in the early 1930s and was a successful farmer and flax mill owner in Forest known for embracing innovative ideas, including experimenting with the growing of hemp, a plant that produces...

On a 5ha block of land just north of Otane, Kanapu Hemp Foods Ltd's newest crop of hemp seedlings are starting to pop their heads above ground after being planted seven days ago. The latest addition, grown from a seed variety from France, adds to 10ha already planted and is the next step in...

The City of Vancouver isn't happy with a group of unlicensed vendors who have been selling cannabis products and edibles at Robson Square. According to an officer with the VPD, an employee with the City of Vancouver had requested the help of officers this morning (Saturday, December 2) at the...

A group of Alberta's future doctors are calling on the provincial government to use cannabis tax revenue to fund mental health initiatives for youth. At least, that will be the pitch when 40 medical students from the University of Alberta and University of Calgary get together Monday with...

A long standing debate will head to a vote next year. Will Oklahomans legalize medical cannabis? Governor Mary Fallin tweeted yesterday that State Question 788, making medical cannabis legal in Oklahoma, will be put on the June or November ballot. "Definitely needs to be on the ballot,"...

It may not feature in Morocco's official tourism brochures but cannabis attracts thousands of visitors a year to the North African country. At a hotel bar in the northern region of Ketama, German tourist Beatrix made no attempt to hide the joint she was rolling. The 57-year-old said she...

Light like an autumn sunrise spilled into the dim hallway, chased by a smell of earthy pine. Inside a flowering room, hundreds of marijuana plants soaked up their last hour of orange and red artificial sunlight before the room would go completely dark, simulating night for 12 hours to advance...

Lauren Bixby was an athlete and a teacher. Four years ago, she was diagnosed with endometriosis. “As the years went on the pain got worse," said Bixby. The 33-year-old had seventeen surgeries. “My body has said I can’t work anymore and some days I can’t get out of bed and some days I can’t...

Medical marijuana patients in Maryland snapped up all the available supply in the first two days of operation at Montgomery County's first dispensary – Potomac Holistics in Rockville. Without adequate supply, the facility won't open as planned on Sunday and may not open as scheduled on...

A hemp revolution is underway, but the diverse plant is a long way from reigning supreme as Kentucky's top crop. Poultry and eggs still rule the roost – followed by cattle, soybeans and corn, which rake in the most money for state farmers. More than tobacco. And much more than hemp. But...

A group of Tehama County residents is taking steps to try and change existing cannabis laws which they say are too restrictive. Several members of the group Cannabis Research Committee (CRC) turned in a proposal to the Tehama County planning commission Friday in hopes of having it officially...

An Irish girl whose family has been campaigning for her to have access to medicinal cannabis has arrived home to Co Cork from the Netherlands. Ava Barry (8), from Aghabullogue, was reunited with her siblings after going to the Hague last summer with her family to receive medicinal cannabis to...

The Honolulu Police Department is ordering legal cannabis patients to "voluntarily surrender" any guns they own because pot is still considered an illegal drug under federal law. The initiative continues three months after Hawaii's first medical marijuana dispensary opened for business...

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said medical marijuana should be studied and treated like other pain relief drugs but said he could not favor legalizing its recreational use. "Under medical marijuana, I believe it should be like any other drug," Adams said Friday in Indianapolis. "We need...

Gov. Bruce Rauner is taking a blunt stance, telling a Downstate TV station that it would be a "mistake" to legalize marijuana in Illinois. The Republican governor has, in the past, said he wants more studies on the "ramifications" in states that have legalized the drug. On Wednesday, he took...

Potential medical-marijuana production companies might have shied away from Iowa’s new program because of high fees and a relatively small number of patients who could qualify, a top state administrator said Friday. Just one company, MedPharm Iowa, applied for a state license to grow marijuana...

Several companies that were denied Ohio licenses to grow medical marijuana are evaluating their legal options, and one company is threatening a lawsuit to seek relief. Cincinnati-based CannAscend plans to file a lawsuit over what it contends were several "fatal flaws" in the state's process...

At least 200 would-be customers were lined up outside Rockville's first medical marijuana dispensary Friday afternoon when one of the owners announced that a cannabis shipment - including elixirs, tablets and flowers - had arrived. Bill Askinazi promised that everyone in line would go home with...

The idea of legal medical cannabis or marijuana appeared to gain another conservative Republican convert on Tennessee's Capitol Hill Thursday. "The era of Reefer Madness is over," said Rep. Bob Ramsey, who referenced the 1930s cult movie about the perceived dangers of marijuana. Ramsey is...