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To most people, Caleb Thomas. looks like an average 13-year-old. But intense seizures everyday of his life has robbed him of that normalcy. When we first met Caleb's mother Tracie back in 2014, she was at the end of her rope - living in and out of the ER while trying to find her son a...

New state laws expected to make medical marijuana more legitimate have had the opposite effect across California and in San Diego, where the legislation has prompted most cities to reaffirm previous bans or make their restrictions even more rigorous. Exceptions include the city of San Diego...

Regulating medical marijuana dispensaries is no easy feat. Council member Carol Wood has been working on it for years. "Sometimes it feels as if you're going two steps forward and three steps back," Wood said. "But the importance is getting it right." The Lansing City Council, especially...

Thousands of critically ill New Yorkers have struggled to access medical marijuana, and some doctors are saying state Department of Health failures are keeping the potentially life-saving drug out of reach. The state agency mishandled regulations on how doctors certify marijuana patients, a...

A proposal to legalize medical marijuana that's inching forward in the state Legislature has some Utahns with chronic pain and epilepsy rejoicing, while wary lawmakers say more research is needed to help the state better understand pot's potential – and its risks. Utah researchers, for their...

About 6,000 people are expected to attend the Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo at the Fort Worth Convention Center this weekend. Organizers say the event will focus on legal marijuana sales, with vendors hawking everything from books to bongs. Television talk show host Montel...

Marijuana might look and smell natural, but its ecological footprint is anything but green. Pot is power hungry. The $3.5bn cannabis industry is one of the nation's most energy intensive, often demanding 24-hour indoor lighting rigs, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems at...

Supporters of medical marijuana in Florida have gathered enough signatures to get Amendment 2 back on the ballot come November. In 2014, the medical marijuana movement missed 2 percent of the vote it needed to pass. Orlando attorney John Morgan, who's bankrolling the movement, said at a...

Tendering contracts are out for the construction of 12 dwellings, due to be built in the WA south coast town of Denmark, about four and half hours from Perth. Project manager Paul Llewellyn said a key feature would be the combination of hemp hurd, the innards of the plant's stem, and lime...

A Nova Scotia man who spent time in jail for growing medical marijuana is taking cautious hope in this week's Federal Court ruling striking down a ban on patients growing cannabis. James Malcolm Russell MacDonald, 37, spent 60 days in jail last year after police caught him growing ten...

The federal government should use a court decision ordering it to rewrite the rules on medical marijuana as an opportunity to legalize the storefront sale of such medicine, experts and commercial growers say. A Federal Court judge in British Columbia ruled earlier this week that patients have...

Legislators took one step closer Thursday to legalizing medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. It's been a long time coming for many advocates, with the first bill linked to medical marijuana having been proposed in November 2013. The House will consider the new bill when it's back in session next...

Tears filled Enedina Stanger's eyes as she watched the Utah Senate pass a controversial medical marijuana bill that she says won't help her but would help thousands of Utahns. "This is a win for Utah. This is a win for love and compassion," the former West Weber woman said from her wheelchair...

The Quad Cities first and only medical marijuana dispensary is up and running, but business could be better. Nature's Treatment of Illinois is located in Milan and has seen about 50 patients approved for medical cannabis over the past two weeks. Owner Matt Stern says it is tough for some...

Gov. Dennis Daugaard says his views on a medical marijuana measure have changed since it was amended to legalize the use of a cannabis derivative for seizure disorders. Daugaard said Thursday that he hadn't thoroughly vetted the measure, but would be likely to support Senate Bill 171 if it...

Canada's largest publicly traded producer of medical marijuana is making the case for the quality of weed made by large-scale manufacturers compared to homegrown bud. The difference is the same as drinking homebrew versus a good bottle of wine, Bruce Linton, chairman and CEO of Canopy Growth...

The federal government will have to mull a new system to distribute medical marijuana and Canada's multi-million dollar cannabis industry was thrown into flux Wednesday after a judge ruled patients can grow their pot at home. Federal Court Judge Michael Phelan struck down a law introduced by...

'There's no evidence of people wanting harder drugs or anything else,' Dr. Paul Daenick says A Winnipeg doctor who prescribes medical marijuana says the beliefs that it's addictive and a gateway drug are just some of the myths smoke screening its real benefits. "We find that there's no...

Pennsylvania's bill to create a medical marijuana program is nearing a vote in the state House of Representatives, where amendments to the proposal abound. House Majority Leader David Reed, R-Indiana, plans to bring the measure, Senate Bill 3, up for a vote when members return from recess the...

Haley Hilt, 9, battles a rare disorder that causes seizures. Just a couple of weeks ago, she took her first doses of medical marijuana. Right away her mom, Melissa, noticed a change. "The alertness, she's bright eyed, she's watching and observing everything," said Hilt. Haley is one of...