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Hundreds of cheering supporters crowded inside the Capitol Rotunda to watch Gov. Tom Wolf sign into law a bill that makes medical marijuana legal in the state. Seated next to Wolf for the ceremony Sunday afternoon was Dana Ulrich of Spring Township. It was an emotional moment for the...

Hundreds of marijuana plants from colorfully named strains like Gorilla Glue and Holy Grail and Super Sour in various stages of development are lined up in a former cut flower greenhouse in North Monterey County. Miles away, toward the coast, hundreds more known by similarly fanciful names...

While federal regulations governing the cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis are still months away, a farm in north west New South Wales is ready and waiting to become the first to grow Australia's first crop. Nestled in the Peel Valley, near Tamworth, DanEden is 47 hectares of...

Law says they can open as soon as July 15. But will the state's medical marijuana patients actually see dispensaries by then? Some in the industry don't think so. Earlier this week, the state Department of Health said selections for Hawaii's first medical cannabis dispensary licenses will...

Although marijuana is currently illegal in Oklahoma, some students at OU use the plant as a form of medicine to fight different ailments they struggle with on a daily basis. While marijuana has been legalized in the neighboring state of Colorado, a debate still rages in Oklahoma over whether or...

Medical marijuana is officially legal in Pennsylvania, and many doctors along with residents are perplexed as to what comes next. "I'm wondering how this is going to be implemented," said Dr. Antoine Douaihy, medical director of addiction medicine services at Western Psychiatric Institute &...

Pennsylvania's new medical marijuana law lets patients use the drug to treat a broader set of conditions – including post-traumatic stress disorder and autism – than many other states with medical marijuana programs, while at the same time restricting the drug's use more tightly than some other...

Following Sunday's passage of the medical marijuana bill, future prospective dispensary owners are preparing for an application process, which one cannabis educational organization says will be an expensive proposition. Russ Cersosimo, director of strategic alliances for the Pennsylvania...

After a week of taking cannabis oil, cancer sufferer Anna Osborne is sleeping better and no longer has to take anti-nausea pills. Osborne is undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkins Lymphoma. She wants medical marijuana to be made more easily available. Sativex is the only available...

Arizona could see an increase in medical marijuana dispensaries after the Arizona Department of Health Services opens up applications this summer. It's the first time the department will allow new dispensaries since it issued the first licenses in 2012. And consumers may see more crop up in...

A member of a planning commission for rural Shuswap communities has put the brakes on a bylaw she fears infringes upon the rights of medical marijuana growers and patients, and not a moment too soon according to local cannabis activists. Jenya Mudrie, a member of the electoral area 'D'...

A bipartisan group of congressional representatives and senators sent a letter to President Obama Friday urging him to facilitate medical research on marijuana. U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Ninth District) was one of the group, saying marijuana's medicinal benefits need more attention and...

A Victorian mother once targeted for a police raid because she treats her chronically ill child with medical cannabis has praised the state's moves towards legalising the drug for medical purposes. But Cassie Batten says she and parents like her are still left in legal limbo until 2017, when...

A proposed modification to the state's medical cannabis licensing program targeted toward small North Coast farms has cleared its first committee hurdle, but still has two more to overcome before reaching the Assembly floor. Currently, the state's licensing framework in the Medical Marijuana...

Michael Wyllie got into a severe car accident in December 2011. He was ejected from a vehicle, breaking both of his legs below the knees and fracturing his skull. "I was discharged with morphine and oxycodone," Wyllie said. That led to about a year of being on various opioids, which he...

Ashley Markum took her son, Ayden, to the doctor's office last week to outfit him with a special helmet. Born 14 weeks premature, Ayden, now 3 years old, has both cerebral palsy and intractable epilepsy. The helmet will help protect Ayden, the youngest of the Markum family's five children...

WHAT could be the nation's first medicinal cannabis farm was officially opened near Tamworth this week, nearly two years after the Haslam family embarked on a journey that sparked a conversation around Australia. Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant and Tamworth...

University agriculture centers might soon be able to start growing marijuana and its plant cousin, hemp, for industrial and medicinal purposes. House Agriculture Committee approved two bills to the House floor Tuesday related to the currently illegal plants in the cannabis family. They would...

Personal injury lawyer David Shiner knew at least four years ago that medical marijuana was coming and it would be complicated legally. He was right. A Florida amendment was narrowly defeated two years ago, and now it's back on the ballot for a voter decision in the Nov. 8 Presidential...

If California is the land of reinvention, the small desert city of Adelanto fits the bill. Roughly a two-hour drive east from Los Angeles, Adelanto was founded in 1915 by an inventor who wanted to sell land to World War I veterans. His dream never materialized and the region was taken over by...