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A Wairarapa teen silenced by a rare illness has woken after emergency surgery with a mysterious bonus: for the first time in nearly four years, she can talk. But even though early signs are that a medicinal cannabis treatment may have contributed to the breakthrough, Associate Health Minister...

Medical marijuana patients and advocates gathered at the State House Feb. 23 to protest the new "tagging fee" for medical marijuana included in Gov. Gina Raimondo's recent budget proposal, unveiled Feb. 2. Though state officials argue that the proposal provides better access for Rhode Island's...

In a historic vote last week, the House Emerging Issues Committee passed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Missouri by an 11-1 vote, the largest margin any measure regarding the topic has ever received in the Missouri House of Representatives. That vote serves as the latest...

Halifax is denying a business occupancy permit to a newly opened medical marijuana dispensary in Cole Harbour because "the product you are proposing to sell has not been legalized." That has triggered an appeal by Tasty Budds to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board. "Our city is just...

Proponents announced plans on Tuesday for an Ohio ballot initiative that would legalize medical marijuana one year after a push for recreational versions of the drug was shot down by the state's voters. The proposed state constitutional amendment, which would appear on the Nov. 8 ballot if a...

Companies like Dank House, Motown Meds and Your Grass Station were among 82 businesses that applied to operate medical marijuana shops in Detroit on Tuesday, when the city's new marijuana regulations went into effect. Of the first 79 businesses that applied for zoning approval, 23 were from...

More than three-quarters of Iowans now favor allowing people to use marijuana as medicine, but most remain opposed to legalizing it for recreation, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. Iowans have steadily become more comfortable with the use of medical marijuana, which now is...

Last week a federal judge struck down legislation that banned prescribed-patients from growing their own medical marijuana and has given the Liberal government six months to come up with new rules. Local medical marijuana user Robert Lefave is hopeful any new laws will mean he can grow his...

Check out the latest news release from the AP! :thumb: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Puerto Rico's governor has called for the legalization of marijuana during his last public address as leader of the U.S. territory. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said Monday that taking such action would...

It's a big day at the Georgia Capitol as time is running out for bills trying to make it to the other side. Monday morning, a stripped down medical marijuana bill passed the Georgia state House 152 to 8. The bill opened up cannabis oil to a larger group of patients by adding six conditions...

Some of Iowa's most influential business leaders are urging state legislators to pass a bill that would expand the state's medical cannabis laws. "Now is the time to help suffering Iowans and their families get legal access to this medicine, and we hereby call on Iowa lawmakers to debate and...

Medical marijuana patients in Montana are worried they won't be able to get prescriptions filled after last week's state supreme court decision. Thursday justices upheld most of a restrictive law passed by the 2011 legislature. Part of their decision said medical marijuana providers can make...

Medical marijuana providers in Missoula have taken a somber but defiant stand in the wake of last Thursday's 6-1 ruling by the Montana Supreme Court that severely restricts their ability to do business. The court's ruling upheld several provisions of a 2011 law that reined in providers. The...

Carlos and Sharon Cano have been married for 38 years. "We met when we were young," Sharon said. These best friends have not left each other's side. Not when Sharon had cancer and not now that Carlos has dementia. "It's a bad illness," she said. He was diagnosed in 2010 and has been...

Fulton County, New York (WBNG Binghamton) Medical marijuana is being grown legally in New York for the first time in more than a century. Josh Martin of Action News was given an exclusive look at a brand new medical marijuana facility. The New York State Medical Marijuana Program launched on...

New medical marijuana dispensaries could be coming to Arizona with the health department set to approve new applications for only the second time. Right now there are 99 dispensaries in Arizona, but there could be about two dozen more approved this summer. Tom Salow is with the Arizona...

Reclining leather seats, a 42-inch television screen and stencils of bright red marijuana leaves illuminate the back of 420 Tours' sport utility vehicle. The SUV, along with a 30-foot bus, are used by Nevada's first cannabis tour company, which takes people looking for a medical marijuana card...

A proposal to allow minors with certain medical conditions to use marijuana for palliative purposes is back before legislators this year, this time with the backing of onetime opponents: pediatricians. The Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics fought to stop a similar...

Two local Girl Scouts set up shop at a unique location in Albuquerque on Saturday. It's that time of year – Girl Scout cookie season. The young ladies are back at it, enticing cookie-craving customers to hand over a few bucks a box. Abby Sargent, a Junior Girl Scout, and Mary Jane Temer, a...

With less than five months to go before medical marijuana dispensaries can open in Hawaii, business owners could be facing unique obstacles in a state of islands separated by federal waters. Dispensaries can open as soon as July 15, but industry experts say they could be confronted with...