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Canada's producers of medical marijuana are sitting on a seven-tonne stash of weed, with the inventory steadily growing as supply exceeds demand in the legal system, according to the most recent Health Canada numbers. Health Canada is currently studying 401 new applications for licences to...

Will Florida join the list of states that have legalized medical marijuana? It's very possible considering this week's announcement that medical marijuana will be on the November ballot in Florida. For some medical marijuana would be a blessing. Others see it as a disaster. Ava Pence...

A nonprofit corporation's plan to open a medical marijuana dispensary on Route 9 is already creating a stir with some residents, without hearing any formal presentation of the plans. The Commonwealth Cannabis Co., known as CommCan Inc., has a conditional lease for 255 Turnpike Road, next to...

With members pledging to be open-minded and willing to learn, the new House Medicinal Marijuana Task Force met briefly for the first time Thursday. The 15-member panel will start taking testimony from the public at its hearing on Feb. 11. Testimony generally will be taken in the order that...

The federal government said they were willing to discuss the use of medicinal marijuana in order to analyze its therapeutic benefits, according to Interior Secretary Miguel Ãngel Osorio Chong. In the opening ceremonies led by the federal government of the first "Public Health and Prevention"...

When aging Grateful Dead members and their fans broke into song at Verizon Center late last year, a cloud of marijuana smoke rose from the audience. Under D.C. law, the collective exhale constituted more than enough for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser to swoop in and shut down the city's marquee sports...

Two state lawmakers are calling for the legalization of industrial hemp production in Hawaii, which they say could replace the state's last sugar plantation that is shutting down by the end of the year. State Reps. Kaniela Ing of Maui and Cynthia Thielen of Oahu have introduced a bill that...

Maine farmers who want to grow industrial hemp like their counterparts in Canada and Europe should start writing letters to their representatives in Congress, John Jemison suggests. Jemison, an agricultural specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is among several...

Bears legend Jim McMahon says medical marijuana got him off a heavy prescription pill habit. "I'm old-fashioned. I like to put it in my pipe and smoke it," McMahon said. McMahon was in town this week for the 30th anniversary of the 1985 Super Bowl win. In an exclusive television interview...

Oregon's medical marijuana advocates say the state's proposed rules for production impose expensive and unnecessary burdens on growers and will ultimately harm patients who rely on the drug to cope with a wide range of health problems. The Oregon Health Authority's draft rules, set to take...

Once a month, Jody Shimpach gets in her car and makes the 40-mile drive to Rochester to buy medical marijuana to help treat her husband, Michael's, multiple sclerosis. Shimpach, of Owatonna, said medical marijuana has vastly improved her husband's quality of life, helping to ease his pain and...

The City Council made it clear Tuesday evening that Randy and Gayle Simpson will have to wait until the November general election to learn whether the community will allow the couple to operate a medical marijuana dispensary. The Simpson's and the council have tussled over the dispensary...

The federal Liberals' plan to legalize recreational marijuana is officially underway. Canada's new minister of Justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould (MP for Vancouver Granville) received instructions to make it happen last November. And on January 8, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed former...

Former union boss Helen Kelly has written to Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne to seek permission to use medicinal cannabis. Ms Kelly, who has terminal lung cancer, said she hoped her application would be granted as soon as possible. "[Dunne] said it took him an hour once he got the...

Activists say they are undeterred that Lismore MP Thomas George was not present when they gathered outside his office this week to protest against the roadside drug-testing regime. About 70 people gathered to voice their concerns against the tests, which detect cannabis and other drugs, but...

The push to legalize medical marijuana is heating up after the Florida Division of Elections confirmed supporters of medical marijuana will get a second chance to vote on the constitutional amendment. "There should be no why. It should be when and how... And now," Renee Petro said outside her...

A woman who may have otherwise died from her regular severe seizures has been granted approval for medical marijuana funding. Alisha Butt, 20, has the mentality of a toddler and is unable to speak. Her seizures had presented a huge problem for specialists who were unable to adequately...

Every two months, Chris Skidmore crushes about half a kilogram of dried marijuana, soaks it in isopropyl alcohol, then strains the liquid through a coffee filter and into a rice cooker to burn off the remaining fumes — creating his own cannabis oil. He swallows a few drops of the oil every...

A Kansas Senate committee wasn't ready Tuesday to endorse a narrow medical marijuana proposal, even though its members approved a measure for reducing criminal penalties for first- and second-time pot possession. The Republican-dominated Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee showed its...

The Dublin City Council passed a new ordinance reaffirming its prohibition of medical marijuana dispensaries, and adding cultivation and delivery to patients. On a vote of 4-0, with Mayor David Haubert absent in Washington at the Mayors Conference, the council said the action was desirable...