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The Oakland City Council voted unanimously early this morning to amend city ordinances so the city can regulate how medical marijuana is grown, manufactured, transported and distributed in the city. City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan said Oakland has been a national leader in the medical...

Proponents of medical marijuana in Nebraska say they will launch a petition drive with the goal of letting voters decide whether to legalize the drug for medicinal purposes in 2018. Three groups that support medical cannabis recently closed the door on putting the question on the November...

A year after lawmakers created the framework for a medical marijuana program in Louisiana, medicinal-grade pot hasn't reached the hands of a single patient amid regulatory hurdles built into the law. A new effort in the Legislature aims to jumpstart the growth and dispensing of medical...

How much marijuana makes someone too impaired to drive a vehicle? The answer isn't easy to find, but it's one more than 100 lawmakers are set on finding. The Michigan House are seeking a study to find the "magic number" of how much marijuana in a driver's blood means the person is...

First time grower. I have a plain, unheated greenhouse that I plan to grow in. I just received a clone (Fire OG) that came from a cloning machine. I was told to keep it under a flourescent light for awhile (18/6). How long should I keep to this schedule before I move it to the greenhouse? He...

California blazed a trail to legalize medical marijuana 20 years ago. But the Golden State is only now confronting the full complexity of regulating consumer safety and business practices in an industry that's ballooned to an estimated $2.7 billion annually. It's no simple task, requiring...

The city of Bloomington, which once issued a one-year moratorium on medical marijuana, has opened its doors to the state's next dispensary. The City Council this week approved plans to open a medical cannabis care center by midsummer. The unanimous vote came after the city spent a year watching...

As a registered nurse working in trauma and rehabilitation centers in Kansas, Jennifer Shepherd cared for patients who weren't benefiting from the pain medications prescribed to them. She noticed a pattern that prompted her to detour from her 13-year career in the traditional medical field...

A bill that would expand medical marijuana in Louisiana cleared another hurdle here Monday, moving it one step away from final legislative passage. Mills' bill would expand the number of conditions that could be treated with the drug, which would be taken orally in an oil form, change the...

When this year's sweeping medical marijuana bill hit the Senate floor for a debate April 19, state Sen. Francis Thompson made it clear where he stood. "Let me tell you what: Years ago they needed Hadacol," said Thompson, a Delhi Republican, referencing an old supplement marketed as medicine...

Cannabis may join the herb and spice rack in California kitchens as the most populous U.S. state prepares for the possible legalization of recreational marijuana in November. Chef Chris Sayegh is leading the way by taking haute cuisine to a higher place with his cannabis-infused menus in...

Hundreds of optimistic entrepreneurs and potential investors flooded into Philadelphia on Saturday to garner insight into the state's budding cannabis industry, but experts cautioned against overzealous ventures into a market still facing many roadblocks. Less than two weeks after Gov. Tom...

Hawaii lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that reforms many aspects of the state's medical marijuana dispensary law but left enough on the table that medical marijuana advocates are likely to be back at the Capitol lobbying next session. The Hawaii Senate voted unanimously to pass House Bill...

A San Francisco cannabis club is among the first to sell medical marijuana products designed especially for women by Whoopi Goldberg. The actor and comedian joins Snoop Dogg and Bob Marley's heirs among celebrities joining the cannabis industry. Budtender Melinda Rodriguez at Barbary Coast...

A "bad day" two years ago might have seen then 5-year-old Anna Myers experiencing up to 100 seizures a day. "You're so desperate for anything that will help alleviate some of their suffering that if it's in the cards, you will let a surgeon hack into your child's brain and remove parts of it...

Rublican Gov. Bruce Rauner came under fire Monday as the doctors, nurses and patients on a state panel that recommends whether to expand Illinois' medical marijuana test program complained their suggestions are routinely ignored. The Medical Cannabis Advisory Board suggested that 10 previously...

This November, Nevada voters will have a choice whether to legalize recreational marijuana in the Silver State; however, there are still a lot of questions surrounding Question 2 on the ballot. Recreational cannabis is already legal in four states- Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon- as...

Motivated by love and desperation, an area mother is fighting an uphill battle to treat her daughter's chronic illness with a special cannabis oil. The establishment, predictably, is against her: the doctors aren't keen; the child-welfare authorities aren't amused; her ex-husband, the child's...

Moved by the pleas of parents desperate to get relief for their seriously ill children, the Senate late Friday night gave final legislative approval to a bill that would allow minors to participate in the state's medical marijuana program. "I believe people would be hard-pressed to listen to...

After nearly four hours of debate and eight failed Republican amendments that would have changed the state's medical-marijuana program, the Senate voted 23-11 late Friday to allow seriously ill children to participate. For Dana Haddox-Wright, whose daughter battles daily seizures, the vote...