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As proposed legislation to decriminalize recreational marijuana use awaits approval from the attorney-general, the Agriculture Ministry recently announced it is classifying medical-grade-cannabis growing as an official farming sector. The move thereby entitles between 15 and 20 marijuana...

Advocates of medical marijuana are in high spirits after the health committee of the House of Representatives endorsed a bill allowing the use of cannabis to treat chronic or debilitating health conditions. The House panel on Monday unanimously approved the committee draft report on the...

Today, the PA Medicinal Cannabis Education Tour will be taking place a few miles off of Penn State campus, at State College's Celebration Hall. Attendees and healthcare professionals will learn about the underlying science pertaining to the pharmacologic and therapeutic options associated...

Dr. Randy Nordyke is the chairman and co-founder of InSpirit LLC. Inspirit produces two non-psychoactive РTHC-free, 100 percent legal, over-the-counter pain relief cr̬mes made from organic hemp oil: Inspirit Hemp Cr̬me and Inmotion Hemp Pain Cr̬me. Over his life, Nordyke underwent 17...

A plumber and equine scientist are combining forces to create a new chicken food made entirely out of cannabis. And the chooks are gobbling it up. Six month ago, after a friend told them about its health properties, Joel McCarthy and fiancé Ely Meggitt started experimenting with hemp...

Those familiar with the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival might be surprised to find that a different kind of bud has been growing at the farm famous for its colorful spring blooms. The farm now grows acres upon acres of hemp, a plant that looks (and smells) like marijuana, but contains only trace...

The number of marijuana dispensaries operating in the unincorporated areas of Stanislaus County currently sits at 14, but that number will soon be cut in half following the Board of Supervisors' approval Tuesday of a conservative strategy to allow the retail sale and cultivation of cannabis...

Medical marijuana dispensaries would be allowed to stay open while the state decides who will get a license for the lucrative cannabis business, under a pair of bills introduced this week in the state Legislature. Sen. David Knezek, D-Dearborn Heights, and Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor, will...

Months before California allows the sale of marijuana for recreational use, the state has launched an education campaign about the drug, including highlighting the potential harms of cannabis for minors and pregnant women. The state is scheduled to issue licenses starting Jan. 2 for growing...

A group of Michigan lawmakers are pushing for existing medical marijuana dispensaries to be able to remain open while they are applying for licenses, contrary to guidance previously issued by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Under a law passed in 2016, the department and...

A subcommittee has directed the city manager to present four businesses with coveted medical marijuana dispensary licenses as early as Monday, according to Mayor Rich Kerr, and the successful applicants are a list of familiar names. The Cannabis Permit Committee –which consists of Kerr, Mayor...

With just nine months before recreational, or adult-use, marijuana is set to go on sale in Massachusetts, the state's new Cannabis Control Commission has set an aggressive schedule to hear from the public, hire a permanent executive director, and get down to the business of drawing up...

After a vote Tuesday afternoon, the Atlanta City Council is one vote away from decriminalizing possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana. The City Council's public safety committee decided to send the plan to the full council. The committee voted three votes for, one against and one no...

Marijuana busts increased last year, with nearly 600,000 people being arrested on a possession charge–a staggering number that costs taxpayers billions of dollars even as the vast majority of Americans support legalization of the drug. The new arrest data, released Monday by the FBI, comes...

Manitoba is studying whether to involve the private sector in rolling out sales of marijuana in the Canadian province -- a contrast to Ontario's plan to sell the drug in government-run stores. Manitoba has issued an expression of interest for potential partners in the pot industry, Finance...

An ordinance that would permanently ban the growing, processing and selling of medical marijuana in town has been placed on hold by City Council. Meanwhile, council has extended a medical-marijuana moratorium - which had expired Sept. 6 - by six months. The moratorium, which temporarily bans...

Canadians appear to have an appetite for marijuana-infused munchies, according to a new survey that found a healthy majority both supported the legalization of recreational pot use but had clear concerns about children's access to edible products containing cannabis. The poll by researchers...

Some people involved in Canada's unregulated cannabis industry say, unless something changes quickly, the supply of available pot come legalization next July, will be inadequate, and the black market will continue to thrive. In British Columbia, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth announced...

The legalization of the recreational marijuana in Massachusetts offers a chance for economic growth for Berkshire County, area legislators believe, in agricultural and retail sectors. The comments came as the central Massachusetts town of Milford voted last week to ban recreational marijuana...

A Vandergrift patrolman at first used his nose to find drugs in a Lowell Street house early Sunday. The officer was investigating a call about possible drugs first smelled smoke, and then marijuana, along the 200 block of Lowell Street, police said. Sgt. Tony DePanicis said the...