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As Pennsylvania prepares to award its first licenses for the fledgling medical marijuana industry, Lehigh University intends to partner with one of the potential growers in the Lehigh Valley to study the effect of the drug on children with autism. While some parents of autistic children have...

Carlisle Village Council may repeal its moratorium for cultivation of medical marijuana as well as sell land in the village's business park for a marijuana grow facility. Council will meet at 6 p.m. today to continue a discussion from its June 12 meeting on the land purchase and the proposed...

Historically, the tiny town of Sumpter has attracted tourists for its rich mining history, museum, mountain trails and Old West flair. Now, tourists have a new reason to visit the community of about 200 people: It’s one of only two places where people can buy recreational marijuana within a...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' plan to end the use of medical marijuana has Lisa and Laurence Cole concerned. The couple credits medical cannabis solutions they have administered to their 8-year-old daughter, Maddie, for two years for her improved health and a reduction in the number...

Medical marijuana for thousands of Iowans in need - is one step closer to becoming reality. Registration cards are required before you can get the medicinal oil. Applications for the cards go live on Monday, but there are some conditions that need to be met. For the first time, Iowans who...

Last November, 71 percent of voters in Okaloosa County and the rest of Florida approved Amendment 2 to expand the use of medical marijuana. The amendment expanded legislation that already permitted more limited medical cannabis, and it also called for the state Department of Health to...

There was a moment in August 1994 when Don Christen realized his idea for a big outdoor party to celebrate marijuana was really catching on. "I woke up on Saturday and the field was just covered with blankets and tents from people who slept there overnight," said Christen, 64, recalling that...

More than 50 Hoosiers met to celebrate the eighth annual Hemp History Week and discuss ways to advocate for the legalization of hemp farming in Indiana. Right now, industrial hemp can be grown in Indiana for research purposes by organizations such as Purdue University. Members of the...

The mother of the child that Mississippi's Harper Grace's Law is named after has started a GoFundMe account to raise $6,000 to move the family to Colorado so her daughter will be able to freely get cannabis oil to treat her rare form of epilepsy. "This move is all I know to do at this point,"...

A marijuana aficionado in Colorado has launched a program he hopes will make the title of cannabis interpener as familiar as wine sommelier, cheesemonger and chocolatier. Max Montrose, the 29-year-old president and co-founder of the Trichrome Institute in Denver, said he designed the niche...

Cannabis companies are turning to the world's most popular digital currency in an effort to get rid of all of that cash. The inability to access traditional financial institutions is one of the marijuana industry's biggest impediments. Legal cannabis was a $6 billion industry last year and...

Brisbane man Michael Stoopman is a cancer survivor who believes the benefits of medicinal cannabis go way beyond palliative care. Last year he had a large ulcerating tumor eating into his carotid artery in his neck that threatened his life. Ulcerating tumors rarely heal and doctors told...

The LSU AgCenter is betting the future of its medical marijuana business on a small Las Vegas company's ability to raise the cash needed for a plant growing and processing center. GB Sciences Inc., selected last week from among seven proposals, plans to invest up to $6.5 million over the next...

U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions is working to make medical marijuana harder to access throughout the nation. On Monday, a letter was released where he proposed undoing federal medical marijuana protections currently in place. Chris Stone, the CEO of HCI Alternatives a medical cannabis...

A few weeks ago, Clark Caras stood up in front of thousands of Utah GOP state delegates and asked them to pass a resolution in support of medical marijuana. Caras recently lost a family member he was close to, who died of cancer, and believes access to the plant would have greatly improved...

The city of Sacramento has logged more than 900 phone calls and received more than 60 applications from property owners looking to get into the marijuana industry. A review of the applications showed one-third of the potential sites would create a green belt stretching along the northern...

An alleged space invader is disrupting plans for a new pot shop in a Spokane industrial park, prompting calls of "shenanigans" from an unusual ally. Pot shop Smokane, located to the west of the East Town Shopping Center, received permits from the city in August 2016 to move to an East...

Just in time for the long Independence Day weekend, recreational marijuana will become legal July 1 in Las Vegas and all of Nevada. For around $7 to $10, you'll be able to walk into one of the dozens of dispensaries and buy a joint. Just don't plan on smoking it along the Strip or on...

Californians could order up some pot with their cotton candy and corn dog at the county fair if a budget trailer bill becomes law. Senate Bill 94 brings the rules and regulations for medical marijuana and recreational marijuana together. In doing so, there is some language in the bill the...

When San Bruno police recently caught an alleged San Francisco drug dealer with 4 pounds of marijuana and $1,500 in cash during a routine traffic stop, the only thing they could do was issue a citation and let the man go. Had the same situation unfolded prior to November 2016 when voters...