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A week after the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took a long-awaited vote to legalize medical marijuana, key backers are worried that the law's implementation could be slowed or even derailed by last-minute changes to the measure. Senate Republicans say that the 154-page legislation...

The Board of Selectmen next month will hear from a medical marijuana dispensary seeking to locate in town. Seven Point of Massachusetts, Inc., has submitted an application to open a registered marijuana dispensary at 3 Lan Drive, according to Town Manager Jodi Ross and a letter from attorney...

A cancer support center in Bozeman held a medical marijuana forum on Thursday. A panel of cancer patients and survivors illustrated how medical cannabis helps them through their pain and symptoms, while answering questions about issues and social stigmas surrounding the drug. One panelist...

A group of medical marijuana advocates is fighting the city's new ban on personal cultivation of the plant. A divided Simi Valley City Council finalized an ordinance last week banning both commercial and personal cultivation of marijuana for medical uses. The ordinance also prohibits the...

A group wanting to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas has collected enough signatures to get the proposal on the November ballot, but its goal is to collect thousands more. The group Arkansans for Compassionate Care said volunteers have collected more than 68,000 signatures they need to put...

Medical marijuana advocates are hoping Congress will move to loosen restrictions on the drug and approve reclassifying it from schedule I to schedule II, but legislation to do that, and to loosen research restrictions, has not gained much traction on Capitol Hill. Patients, dispensary owners...

Elmwood Park's new medical marijuana dispensary could be open to patients as soon as next month, pending the results of a state inspection of the facility. During a March 22 tour of the business, Jared Boyar, agent in charge for Floramedex, 7955 W. Grand Ave., said the dispensary could open...

Lack of clarity in Nevada's medical marijuana law opens the door for litigation over employer requirements to accommodate workers who use medicinal marijuana, lawyers told a state advisory panel Wednesday. Edwin Keller Jr. and Robert Spretnak, labor and employment law attorneys, told the...

On a fall day in 2007, Donora native JoAnne Nagy awoke to find her 8-year-old son Michael on the floor of his bedroom, apparently suffering from grand mal seizures. JoAnne and her husband rushed their son to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, but doctors were baffled by his condition. They put...

Residents who grow medical marijuana in their homes may soon have to follow stricter regulations under a law proposed by Mayor Jim Fouts. The City Council on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance that would require residents to register with the town's building department if they...

However, most legislators said they could not refuse potential help for those suffering from illnesses, especially children. Senators approved a similar approach in May by a vote of 40 to 7. In the end it is less important to critique how someone goes about fighting for a good cause and...

elect Kentucky farmers will be growing more hemp in 2016 than at any time since the federal government effectively banned the crop in the 1930s, along with its hallucinogenic cousin, marijuana. This year, 144 farmers and 10 universities across the state will engage in the third year of pilot...

One measure of the enthusiasm engendered by the revival of industrial hemp in Kentucky is the forward thinking on display, even in the face of regulatory and technical headwinds. There is no more conspicuous an example of this resilience and determination than in the push for organic hemp, a...

An Alabama lawmaker is seeking to decriminalize the possession of medicinal marijuana oil in a bid to help families dealing with serious epilepsy and other medical conditions. State Rep. Mike Ball, a Republican, originally supported a piece of legislation called Carly's Law in 2014, which...

Mililtary.com is reporting that a growing number of states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over. They're increasingly using cannabis even though it remains illegal in most states and is not...

One month after the opening of Springfield's first and only medical marijuana dispensary, the business' owners said Tuesday they are "cautiously optimistic about future growth of Illinois' cannabis industry." Health Central Illinois Alternatives had 26 registered patients when its...

The Public Health Committee voted 20 to 7 Monday to move forward a proposal that would allow minors with certain medical conditions to use medical marijuana. Under the proposal, minors would be allowed to participate in the state's medical marijuana program if they have one of six conditions...

Rachael Selmeski has witnessed the positive impact medical cannabis can have on children with debilitating conditions. She said it has saved her young daughter's life. The Iowa native said it is unfortunate she had to move to Colorado in order for her daughter to realize those benefits...

Host agreements signed between cities and marijuana dispensaries are supposed to smooth out any issues with the new business opening. But more towns are asking for cash up front and a sales cut in exchange for an essential part of the license application. Before Worcester's first medical...

For years, Steven Stairs has advocated for medical marijuana users in Winnipeg — but recently, his audience has changed. "It's definitely reaching a different demographic of seniors; that is much more unexpected than I ever thought it would be," he said. Recently, Stairs has started...