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Catherine LaFond-Evans is still fighting to add mitochondrial disease to the list of debilitating conditions that can qualify a patient in New York to be certified for medical marijuana. In the meantime, she's happy her daughter, Brooke, can try it after months of pleading with state...

Sue Taylor works hard to stay fit, and stay healthy. This 68-year-old is a regular at the gym, eats kale to keep her cholesterol down, and at home, "homemade" is her motto. But there's one thing in her healthy lifestyle that may come as a surprise: she includes MARIJUANA in her quest to stay...

New Hampshire's first therapeutic cannabis dispensary will open its doors today. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services granted Sanctuary ATC in Plymouth a registration certificate to begin operating this weekend. "It's been unbelievable," said DHHS licensing chief John...

It may have failed in the Utah legislature, but advocates for the legalization of medical marijuana are still pushing forward. Historically, medical marijuana has been a legislative issue, with advocates relying on State Senators and Representatives to get the measure passed. But TRUCE...

Some Mecklenburg County lawmakers are trying once again to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina. Their bill has failed to even reach a vote for years. Eyewitness News reporter Jenna Deery asked why they would try it now when they only have weeks to get it through. Chuck Furr...

As the federal government tries to come up with a pot policy for military veterans, one medical marijuana user has some advice: don't limit how much prescription pot a veteran can eat, smoke or drink. "I think there should be no cap and that every case should be judged on individual merit and...

The head of the Ohio House panel considering legislation to legalize medical marijuana said April 28 that changes to the proposed law changes likely will be offered in coming days. Rep. Kirk Schuring (R-Canton), chairman of the Select Committee on Medical Marijuana, said he expected a...

Farmers' plants are sprouting up a little more green than red in Leamington, ONT., these days. Once colloquially called the ketchup capital of Canada, many farmers in the southern Ontario town were left holding their empty tomato baskets when Heinz Canada moved its business south of the...

Before bed every night, Rebecca Forbes drinks a spoonful of coconut oil, infused with cannabis. It's a daily routine she credits with saving her life. Years ago she was diagnosed with lymphoma and told she would die. For the past two years, she's been in remission. "I started taking...

If suddenly seized with paralysis, unable to speak and wracked with pain wasn't enough, Gary Froude constantly felt strung out, hyper, high. A cocktail of narcotics — oxycodone, hydromorphine, fentanyl and sleeping pills, to name a few – was prescribed to him after he succumbed to a mysterious...

Proposed rules and regulations for Guam's medical marijuana program, which has been in development since island voters legalized the use of medical pot in November 2014, will move forward after months of delay. The Office of the Attorney General approved the rules and regulations on Thursday...

While there may be a new law legalizing medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, a sustained campaign is still needed to convince the medical community to accept its use, an advocacy group said Wednesday night in Bethlehem. Members of Keystone Compassionate Care, which helped lead efforts that...

Baton Rouge Rep. Ted James said the state needs to go further and faster in making medical marijuana available to sick Louisianans who are in need of the treatment. On Wednesday, James pitched his bill to the House Health and Welfare Committee, which would have expanded the ways it can be...

Veterans, civilians and first responders seeking relief from the symptoms of post-traumatic stress and other ailments through cannabis will have a new option for help next week. Set to open Monday on Discovery Avenue in Kingston's east side, Marijuana for Trauma Inc.'s new Kingston branch is to...

The demand for medical marijuana in the Bay State is reaching a new high, 
according to state data, which show that nearly 2,700 people registered as patients in March – the most for any month in the oft-troubled program's history – in a surge dispensary owners say could be driven partly by the...

The public will have a chance to weigh in May 10 on whether Portage should have a six-month medical marijuana moratorium and if two dispensaries can operate in the city. If approved at the May 10 public hearing with the Portage City Council, the moratorium will include a review of its 2011...

Even if Ohio lawmakers act swiftly on pending legislation to legalize pot as medicine, Ohioans for Medical Marijuana leaders on Wednesday said they'll keep pushing to put a constitutional amendment before voters this fall. Patients and caregivers said that the bill pending in the Ohio House...

Marijuana may have a hard time taking root in the Louisiana Legislature, but another form of cannibis – industrial hemp – found a fertile field in the House Tuesday. The House voted 67-25 to approve Rep. Jack Montoucet's House Bill 1085 that would allow any state college or university to...

Advocates to expanding Iowa's limited medical marijuana law held an emotional rally at the statehouse this afternoon. Michelle Richardson of Norwalk has multiple sclerosis and she wants lawmakers to set up a growing and distribution operation here in Iowa for cannabis vapor. "If I have to...

A new study by Sydney University estimates that a medical cannabis industry in Australia could earn the country more than $100 million a year. Australia's federal parliament recently passed laws allowing seriously ill people to access medicinal cannabis - and allowing it to be grown for...