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Darren Miller is ready to enjoy his second chance at life. The 50-year-old Granite City man is putting out the word that a steady diet of cannabis oil coupled with chemotherapy wiped out what doctors had only months earlier diagnosed as "incurable, inoperable" lung and pericardial heart sac...

A South Canterbury MP has rebuffed campaigners' claims New Zealand drug laws encourage the use of illegal synthetic cannabis. MP for Waitaki, National's Jacqui Dean, rejected the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party's claim people were being "forced to synthetics" on Thursday. In a written...

Ohioans have been mulling marijuana legalization since this time last year, but a medical marijuana amendment planned for this November by Marijuana Policy Project likely will now drive the debate. The D.C.-based organization has had a hand in crafting most state marijuana decriminalization...

If there's one lesson Vincent Lambiase has learned in more than 30 years as a small business owner, it's to avoid locating two businesses of the same kind too close together. "Would you open a pizza parlor near another pizza parlor or a flower shop near another flower shop?" said Lambiase...

Dana Ulrich says she doesn't relish being a political activist. The Spring Township woman has been on the front lines of the push to allow medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. She's lobbied lawmakers, had face time with the past two governors and has appeared on national television shows. But...

The borough's first medical marijuana facility opened Friday inside a bright and airy former clothing shop on Queens Boulevard – but don't expect to find any pot cookies, flavored pot, or "trendy" pot brands. Vireo Health, at 89-55 Queens Blvd., will be different than other pot dispensaries...

Marijuana has been grown in a clandestine manner by a great many growers for a long time. Despite that, an optimal way of cultivating the plant to boost its medicinal properties has not be found, says a University of Guelph plant scientist who is leading the charge to perfect pot growing. Mike...

This is the year Alaska's legal marijuana industry will finally be up and running. Once it is, all commercial growers will have to pay taxes to the State of Alaska. The proposal on the table is $50 an once for buds and flowers, and $15 an ounce for the rest of the plant. The state's tax...

A bill introduced Thursday in the New Hampshire state assembly seeks to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments eligible for medical marijuana treatment, which was legalized in 2013 but remains hard to obtain in the Granite state. The proposed legislation comes as New...

Navy veteran Raymond Schwab started treating symptoms from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with a slew of prescription medications that he said nearly ruined his life. But he found relief in cannabis therapy that helped him to get a degree and be a more effective parent, Schwab told a panel of...

Brian Gorham lifted a piece of steel the wrong way one day at his job at a steel mill in Nevada. He said it changed the course of his life for the next 12 years. In overwhelming pain, he sought out medical treatment and was initially diagnosed with having the lowest discs in his back bulging...

North Hempstead officials have issued a permit allowing Bloomfield Industries Inc. to open Nassau County's first medical marijuana dispensary in a makeshift office space in Lake Success. Bloomfield, based in Staten Island, submitted a second permit application in late December to occupy Suite...

The town of Starks is considering an ordinance regulating the establishment of medical marijuana businesses in response to an informal proposal to open a marijuana research laboratory in town. The proposed ordinance has not been drafted yet, but selectmen are planning to approve its spot on a...

A hearing Wednesday about whether Missouri should join the states that allow industrial hemp cultivation turned into a debate about the possibility that it could open the door to marijuana legalization. Sen. Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown, for the second year is sponsoring a measure that...

Cultivating and delivering medical marijuana is now illegal in La Verne. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to replace an existing medical marijuana ban, which prohibits dispensaries from operating in the city, with one that also outlaws pot cultivation and deliveries in La Verne...

Mainers spent $23.6 million on medical marijuana from dispensaries last year, a 46 percent increase driven by multiple factors, including patients seeking alternatives to prescription painkillers and more doctors certifying people to use the drug, according to dispensary operators. Operators...

Despite concern that medical marijuana is a "cash-only" business that breeds crime, a City Council committee agreed Wednesday to water down a security crackdown that required Chicago cultivation centers and dispensaries to hire around-the-clock security guards. At the behest of Aldermen Edward...

When the 11-year-old son of Topeka business owner Tiffanie Krentz began suffering from seizures shortly after he was born, the family began administering 16 anti-epileptic medications and now he's addicted to them, according to testimony the mother gave to Kansas senators Wednesday. Krentz...

New York state's medical marijuana program officially launched this month, but some local advocates and those who the program is designed to help say the system is inaccessible and complicated. Art Wenzel, an Auburn benefit organizer and emcee, held a press conference Wednesday afternoon at...

9-year-old Emma Smith is no stranger to doctor's offices. But Wednesday's visit to the Dent Neurologic Institute went a little differently. Emma suffers from Dravet Syndrome, and has seizures every day. "On synthetic drugs she was having three types of seizures; she was having grand...