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Cancer patients are using marijuana to relieve a variety of symptoms. But even in states where it's legal, patients are not getting the information they need. About 25 percent of cancer patients use marijuana. At least that appears to be the case in Washington, a state with legalized...

Detroit police didn't have to go far to make their latest pot bust, which nabbed nearly 50 plants and over $125,000 in marijuana, according to Detroit Police Chief James Craig. Police could smell it, even if they didn't suspect its operation, which is estimated to have lasted six months or...

Separated shoulders hurt. Jimmy Elder, a member of K-State men's rugby club team, experienced that last weekend while playing a game against Nebraska. Looking for a way to relieve his pain Thursday, Elder and a couple of friends stopped by CBD American Shaman, the new hemp oil store at 704 N...

With degenerating discs in his back, Adam Pluguez of Merced County lives with daily pain and lack of mobility, but the medical cannabis he grows outside helps him get by. Originally from Modesto, the 33-year-old said he settled in the unincorporated part of Merced County about four years ago...

New Mexico has one of the highest rates of drug overdose deaths in the country, and last week President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a public health emergency. He directed federal agencies to put resources toward the crisis, and his plan includes a massive advertising campaign. New Mexico...

Before Tyler Hurst sets out for his morning run, he slips on a pair of those shoes that fit each toe like a glove. Then he takes a few hits off a vape pen packed with Agent Orange, a particularly uplifting strain of cannabis. "The chemicals that are released in our brains when we run are the...

Proponents of legalizing marijuana for medical use say 2018 is the year for Missouri. Public opinion has shifted. Money is flowing. And canvassers dot street corners. But we've heard this before. After raising more than $1.3 million through June of last year, a group called New Approach...

The application cost for a medical marijuana business permit from Bangor Township -- a 14,641-person township outside Bay City -- isn't cheap. Still, at $5,000 each, the township received 18 applications in just three weeks this fall. "A guy today called me and said he's applying for three...

Alcohol giant Constellation Brands is making a foray into marijuana, a precedent-setting move for an industry that has mostly stayed on the sidelines during the cannabis boom. Constellation will pay about $191 million (C$245 million) for a 9.9 percent stake in Canopy Growth Corp., a Canadian...

A trade expo in the nation's capital is showcasing how big the marijuana business is and will be when recreational use of the drug is legalized in July 2018. Licensed producers, soil experts and companies that sell marijuana paraphernalia are exhibiting their products and expertise at the...

Plants derive energy from light. And marijuana – also known as cannabis – needs light just like other plants. In fact, cannabis plants grow best when exposed to an ideal spectrum of light, according to Gary Arnold. Arnold, of North Providence, co-owns a Warwick-based company that sells...

A professor who has studied cannabis legalization for much of the last decade will be in Edmonton on Monday to speak at a research forum hosted by Alberta Health Services. Jonathan Caulkins is a professor of operations research and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh...

Once Pennsylvania approves doctors to see patients seeking medical marijuana, Compassionate Certification Centers will be ready to open up franchise-like offices, including one in Scranton, to get people into the state program. Dr. Bryan Doner, co-founder of the company, said he anticipates...

The University of Virginia has completed its first successful harvest of hemp plants in collaboration with a private plant biotechnology company. The harvest – coming after the first year of a three-year, $1.1 million sponsored research agreement between UVa and biotech company 22nd Century...

New Jersey is warning parents to look out for people slipping their kids marijuana-laced candy while trick-or-treating. But with no apparent evidence that's ever happened, advocates for legalizing the drug say it's nothing more than a Halloween scare tactic. The state attorney general's...

Potential medical marijuana businesses in Niles could literally fail the smell test. A provision for field olfactometer testing in the proposed zoning rules requires that a business not score higher than seven on a smell scale. If it does – and fails to fix the problem in 72 hours – the...

The school district here has reversed a year-old resolution to not accept donations from the city, previously afraid it might inadvertently embrace gifts that were tied to the commercial cannabis industry. “The conversation at the time was significantly different,” said Debra Jones, an Adelanto...

A Sun City dispensary has opened Arizona's first medical marijuana drive-thru. All Greens, located near Bell Road and 99th Avenue, originally opened its doors on May 2, but introduced the drive-thru on Friday. To commemorate the event, All of Greens invited the public to celebrate the...

A press release from the campaign manager for Representative Dan Johnson of Bullitt County said that he is filing a bill for the 2018 General Assembly that if passed, would allow local jurisdictions to hold local option elections to decide whether to allow marijuana growth, possession, and...

Metro-east residents who cross the Mississippi River and get busted for weed face stiffer penalties in Missouri than they do in Illinois. But maybe not for long. A St. Louis alderwoman has proposed a bill that would direct police not to spend their time and energy enforcing marijuana laws on...