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The sponsor of a bill to legalize the medical use of marijuana says The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' opposition to the legislation does not necessarily doom its passage. "Obviously, I'd always like everyone to endorse every one of my bills but I've been here before on other...

The patients seeking medical marijuana inquire almost daily with Dr. Rahul Khare at his storefront health care clinic in Lincoln Park. They come with cancer, spinal cord diseases, rheumatoid arthritis. Some have been turned down for a cannabis referral by the doctors they see regularly, not...

San Luis Obispo County has begun the process of developing an ordinance that will govern the cultivation of medical marijuana in the county. County supervisors on Tuesday directed staff to begin drafting the law that would regulate the number and size of the plants that could be grown as well...

When Park City's Jessica Reade Gleim began researching alternative treatments for her Trigeminal Neuralgia, a chronic nerve pain condition, she came to believe medicinal marijuana would make a difference not only for her but for others suffering in Utah, as well. So last year, she joined the...

Springfield's first medical marijuana dispensary will open for business Feb. 18 – not Feb. 15, as originally announced. Insufficient time to train staff members prompted HCI Alternatives to delay the opening date, said Jay Cook, the Effingham-based company's director of education and...

Happy Valley Compassion Center, a nonprofit medical marijuana organization based out of Greenfield, is eyeing Bernardston as a possible location for a pot farm. Last week, operation facilitator Jim Counihan and his two business partners expressed their reasons to open a production facility in...

The Northampton Housing Partnership is offering local landlords a chance to catch up on reasonable accommodation regulations in a session Thursday evening – including their obligations related to medical marijuana, service animals and domestic violence protections. "Even with the best of...

SUE Paynter and her daughter Jasmin couldn't be in a fresh photo or video for this story today. The reason. Jasmin has been floored by yet another gruelling day of epileptic seizures. The 12-year-old suffers Dravet syndrome, a rare form of catastrophic epilepsy. As Jasmin slept, her...

A Macedonian Parliament Health Committee gave its approval on Tuesday to amend the law on control of drugs and psychotropic substances, that would allow the use of cannabis products for medicinal purposes. "The need to change this law comes from the requests of patients who want to have the...

Member for Burnett Stephen Bennett is calling for a Parliamentary Inquiry to investigate Queensland's regulatory frameworks surrounding the establishment and export of medicinal hemp. Mr Bennett's call follows a tour he recently undertook of an Agri Fibre Industries property in Bundaberg...

Dave Stewart of Normal wasn't deterred by the state's decision last week not to expand access to medical marijuana. After the Department of Public Health announced the drug would continue to be barred for patients with eight medical conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder...

A City of Saskatoon committee has made it much more difficult for marijuana dispensaries to open in the city. Today, the Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services voted against issuing business licences to marijuana dispensaries. Administration argued that...

Medical marijuana was a red hot topic in the Nebraska legislature last year and it ultimately failed. The debate has re-ignited again this year and with some new firepower. A stronger effort to legalize medical marijuana based on Minnesota's law is now underway in the unicameral...

The Shinnecock Indian Nation will grow and process medical marijuana, as well as build a dispensary on reservation land by the end of the year, pending approval from the state, tribal officials said this week. The tribe's general council on Saturday passed a measure that allows the tribe to...

Republican candidates for the 83rd District seat in the Ohio House argued Monday about whether medical marijuana should be legalized. Findlay businessman Kevin Rettig, who is challenging state Rep. Robert Cole Sprague of Findlay in the March 15 primary, said he supports medical marijuana...

In an unprecedented move, Upland could be forced to hold a special election for a ballot measure aimed at overturning the city's total ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, according to a tentative opinion by an appellate court. But there's a catch. The California Cannabis Coalition's ballot...

With six frustrating months behind them, those driving the effort to legalize medical marijuana look forward to the 12 ahead of them, they said Friday. "It's a new day," said Madalene Ordes, treasurer of the 420 Wyoming Political Action Committee. "We didn't make 2016, but by God we're still...

The medical marijuana debate is heating up in south Monterey County. A petition calling for a referendum is gaining momentum in Greenfield. "I don't understand why it was voted, 4 to 1, to basically increase the crime here," said petitioner Edna McCurrach. McCurrach is with Concerned Residents...

Two very different bills that would make medical marijuana available to small percentages of Utahns cleared their first hurdles at the Utah Legislature on Thursday. Two-hour committee hearings for each bill ended with the approval of lawmakers and an appointment on the Senate floor to continue...

Medical marijuana was once again a hot topic at Saturday morning's Cache County legislative constituent meeting following the passing of two medical marijuana bills through committee Thursday, but the county's water rights discussion was also a focus of the representatives. Cache County...