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In November, 71 percent of Florida voters backed legal medical marijuana. In Miami Beach, the approval rating was nearly 80 percent. So it's bizarre that the very next day, the city voted to block dispensaries from the island for at least four months. Commissioner Ricky Arriola, who sponsored...

Lansing, Mich. – Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation that lets landlords prohibit medical marijuana patients from growing or smoking the drug on leased residential property. The law enacted Tuesday adds another exception to a 2008 voter-approved law that legalized the use of...

Eastlake, Ohio - Some locals don't seem worried about a medical marijuana greenhouse envisioned for the former Eastlake JFK Senior Center site on Curtis Boulevard. Leaders of Big Game Capital, an investment company in Chagrin Falls, told Eastlake City Council's finance committee this week...

While state officials debate the best regulatory framework for medical marijuana in Florida, a more practical challenge may be on the horizon. The current list of doctors may not be enough to meet the demand of an expanding pool of patients. Over the next few months lawmakers, health...

Despite Donald Trump's devastating Election Day win that put most of the country into a tailspin, cannabis supporters had one to celebrate this year, as eight states legalized weed for medicinal or recreational use. But as Trump's win proved true in politics, the cannabis industry, too, is...

Marijuana is a hot topic again in the Wisconsin Legislature. A couple Republican state Senators said Thursday they'll introduce a bill to legalize possession of CBD oil, a marijuana extract used to treat seizures. At the same time, some Democrats want to legalize marijuana for medical and...

After a year that marijuana entrepreneurs called the "watershed moment" for the state-regulated cannabis industry, 32 states now have either adult-use or medical marijuana laws on the books. But if 2016 was a tipping point for the industry's explosive expansion and positive growth, entrepreneurs...

The federal health department released its highly-anticipated task force report on marijuana last month, providing clues as to what Canada's recreational cannabis laws will look like. The report's recommendations are not binding, but it does help to illuminate the path ahead for the...

Kim MacNearney says she is still healing from the trauma she experienced after being arrested in Yellowknife almost seven years ago for growing marijuana. "You know that really never does go away," says MacNearney. "It took a lot of years before I could answer my door without having a...

Venice, Fla. - Medical marijuana is legal in Florida starting today but that doesn't mean it's easily available and not everyone qualifies. The state has 6 months to come up with rules under Amendment 2 and 9 months to implement it. Yet clinics are opening up including one in Venice...

Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders disagree on the merits of medical marijuana. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday that he was open to the possibility of legalizing medical marijuana. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he does not support such a move...

With Amendment 2 taking effect, medical marijuana is legal for patients suffering from chronic pain and illness in Florida. Doctors in Palm Beach County say they've been inundated with calls from people interested in trying the drug. However, physicians and legislators are working to prevent...

A pair of lawmakers say Prop 64 doesn't go far enough when it comes to making it illegal to smoke marijuana while driving. So they've introduced a bill to change that. California's vehicle code is clear: "it is unlawful for a person who is under the influence of any drug to drive a vehicle."...

Jackson Leyden had always been a healthy kid; he practiced taekwondo, and he played lacrosse and baseball. But in 2011, a few months after his eighth birthday, he began having seizures several times a day. Many were brief, a half-minute of staring into space, but he also had severe episodes in...

Jackson Leyden had always been a healthy kid; he practiced taekwondo, and he played lacrosse and baseball. But in 2011, a few months after his eighth birthday, he began having seizures several times a day. Many were brief, a half-minute of staring into space, but he also had severe episodes in...

There's a battle brewing over the interpretation of laws and the definition of "marijuana" under U.S. drug regulations ever since the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a clarification that cannabidiol, or CBD, is a Schedule I drug. Companies that sell CBD products, the non-psychoactive...

Darrell Hulme could be mistaken for a medical professional. He can list the names of near-unpronounceable antidepressants and easily articulate the differences between the various forms of therapy they're used for. His knowledge doesn't come from formal schooling, but years of first-hand...

Palm Beach County, Fla. - On Jan. 3, Amendment 2 will go into effect in Florida, broadening the scope of who can use medical marijuana. Since Election Day when Amendment 2 was passed, around 150 doctors have gone through the training and registration process required to prescribe the drug...

This year, Americans voted to legalize cannabis in eight more states, including California, which is home to the world's sixth-largest economy. Two-thousand and sixteen brought what cannabis entrepreneurs say is a historic leap toward federal legalization. Steve DeAngelo, longtime cannabis...

Angelenos, we know how excited you are about legal weed in California post-Proposition 64. But while you're still lighting those victory joints, remember that we have more than a year to go until the state's adult use and medical marijuana regulations are in full swing. In many ways...