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Federal authorities have announced that they are reviewing the possibility of loosening the classification of marijuana, and if this happens, it could have a far-reaching impact on how the substance is used in medical settings, experts said. Marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I...

It's crunch time for backers of a proposed state constitutional change allowing medical marijuana in Missouri. The group New Approach Missouri will have to turn in about 160,000 signatures by May 8 to make the November ballot. Jack Cardetti, spokesman for New Approach Missouri, says the group...

A leader in last year's effort to thwart a proposal to legalize marijuana was named Monday in Ohio to run a possible November campaign to legalize medical marijuana. Ohioans for Medical Marijuana said Brandon Lynaugh will be the campaign manager. He worked on several previous statewide ballot...

After decades of thriving in legally hazy back yards and basements, California's most notorious crop, marijuana, is emerging from the underground into a decidedly capitalist era. Under a new state law, marijuana businesses will be allowed to turn a profit, which has been forbidden since 1996...

Who: Jonathan Zaid is a student at the University of Waterloo and executive director of the group Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana. The group is "dedicated to protecting and improving the rights of medical cannabis patients." It's also partnered with Aphria, a company that produces...

A new survey released on Saturday has shown that 47% of the UK public now support the legalisation of cannabis sold through licensed retailers. Of the remainder, 39% said that they remain opposed to the legalisation while the remaining 14% replied "don't know". The findings come from a survey...

New Jersey's newest medical marijuana dispensaries have a different vibe - and offer deeper discounts - than the first crop of alternative treatment centers that opened in 2012 and 2013. Gone are armed security guards at the entrances and rigid prices. The two dispensaries that launched...

With a nod to Whoopi Goldberg, lawmakers in New Jersey announced legislation that would loosen the state's strict medical marijuana law to allow women to get pot-based products to ease menstrual cramps. CBS New York reported Democratic Assembly members Tim Eustace, L. Grace Spencer and...

It's not a question of if, but when medical marijuana will be allowed in Pennsylvania. A bill to legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania could be voted on soon by the state Senate, which has approved medical marijuana before. The state House also gave the green light to the practice, most...

California's medical marijuana czar says she believes there's a need for weed, although she's never smoked pot herself. "Unlike regulating alcohol, I'm not a user of marijuana, so I am not familiar with how that affects people or what it does," Lori Ajax told the Los Angeles Times in an...

POT protesters say they will risk arrest for the right to have a toke at a "cannabis picnic" to be held today in Sydney. The "possibility of cannabis smoke in the air" could draw hundreds to Camperdown's Victoria Park in the city's inner west, say organisers, to enjoy "chilled tunes and a...

Pharmacy employees don't need to be on Vicodin to legally dispense prescription opiates, but anyone who works at a medicinal cannabis dispensary has to be a medical marijuana patient. Many in the industry say the long-standing requirement is outdated and even absurd, especially since...

A GoFundMe page has raised thousands of dollars to help pay for medical marijuana for a local patient who suffers from seizures. Ricky Montee has suffered from seizures since he was 4-years-old. Medical marijuana helped, but it would cost his family $32,000 to pay for treatment for one year...

Rachel Spilde will have the distinction of being the first person to bring legal hemp seed into North Dakota. Spilde, a plant protection specialist with the State Agriculture Department, is taking care of all the details and had to pass a federal and state background check to even put the...

An advocacy group for the legalization of medical marijuana has begun making rounds in northeast Pennsylvania, looking to build community awareness and promotion for the decriminalization of marijuana at a municipal level. Keystone Compassionate Care has been involved with other grassroots...

While a Toronto-based medical marijuana clinic prepares to expand into Edmonton, an existing clinic is already quietly serving 2,500 patients. Steve Fader is part-owner of Natural Health Services (NHS), which opened its local operation in late February at a temporary spot on Jasper Avenue. It...

The CEO of a Lake Wales company says newly passed legislation creates a new avenue for its pursuit of a license to produce medicine derived from marijuana. In this year's session, the Florida Legislature expanded on a 2014 law intended to provide non-euphoric cannabis oil for children with...

Bills filed in the state Legislature that propose to loosen restrictions on medical marijuana could open the door for the legalization of recreational marijuana. Area lawmakers say they're cautious about taking that next step, but are leaving open the possibility that they could support the...

Wieder was diagnosed with AIDS in 2004. Before he got sick, he operated his own health care recruiting company which recruited doctors and nurses in China, Thailand and South America. Prior to that he worked as director of human resources at St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco and for Sheraton...

Two Windsor pot advocates are taking vastly different approaches to their cause – with one seeking legitimacy through a new pro-cannabis confederation, and the other vowing to sell medicinal marijuana whatever the legal consequences. Jon Liedtke, co-owner of Higher Limits at 251 Ouellette...