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The Queens of Cannabis owners wanted their bright and airy Bloor Street W. shop to have a "healing atmosphere" distinct from dozens of other marijuana dispensaries springing up, almost daily, across Toronto. "We wanted it to be opening, friendly, welcoming. We wanted to take the stigma away...

Patients who want medical marijuana in Ohio are starting to take sides in which plans they support. Just a couple of weeks ago, Dana Kovach was at the Statehouse when leaders of a legislative task force announced their medical marijuana bill. "I'll never forget the day they announced it, I...

Not too long ago, the thought of using marijuana to treat ailments seemed like a pipe dream of the hippy era, a hallmark of areas that leaned left farther than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But over the last few years, 23 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the use of medicinal...

A Vancouver pot shop entrepreneur says he's in a real dilemma, as one of his locations is in the final stages of approval, while the other is facing closure. Chuck Varabioff, owner of the BC Pain Society, says his Commercial Drive location was rejected because it's within 300m of a school...

Republican lawmakers in Iowa have approached Minnesota officials, to see if that state would let Iowans go north to get medical marijuana. Representative Zach Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, says the governors of both states are involved in the discussions. Iowa lawmakers decriminalized...

Republican lawmakers in Iowa have approached Minnesota officials, to see if that state would let Iowans go north to get medical marijuana. The governors of both states are involved in the discussions. "It's very expensive to grow and distribute in the state, so the scale of economy doesn't...

Remember that time in 2014 when medical marijuana got a half-million more votes than Gov. Rick Scott but was still defeated? No? Let's recap. Two years ago, Florida's biggest political issue, aside from Scott beating Charlie Crist and his loyal Vornado Air Circulator fan for a second term...

Although medical marijuana is now legal in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf says that doesn't mean it's a pathway to full legalization. "This is not a gateway to anything other than...reinforcing what we've always done and that is allow doctors, encourage doctors, to do what they can do to make...

Experts say listing cannabis among the world's deadliest drugs ignores decades of scientific and medical data. But attempts to delist it have met with decades of bureaucratic inertia and political distortion. Speculation is growing about the possibility that the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

While the Louisiana Legislature considers expanding the list of illnesses that could be treated with medical marijuana, Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain warns that they could still be years away from turning out a product for patients. Strain says while LSU and Southern Universities are...

The D.C. Council is set to vote tomorrow on a permanent pot club ban, and activists say that the legislation will impact the city's medical marijuana patients. While the council already has a temporary ban in place preventing people from smoking marijuana in public places like bars and clubs...

New medical marijuana products produced by yeast could soon be on the market, the co-founder of a biotech company says. That could potentially lead to a wider range of cannabinoid-based drugs that proponents say could be more effective for treating certain medical conditions than medical...

In a matter of days Pennsylvania is expected to become the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana. That leaves many wondering how it will work. The use of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania isn't something that we will see come to life for another year and a half. Governor Tom Wolf is...

KIM LANDERS: The Victorian Government is grappling with new regulatory hurdles as it becomes the first Australian state to legalise medicinal cannabis. Even though State Parliament has passed the legislation, licences aren't yet available to grow or manufacture medicinal cannabis. And as...

Living with multiple sclerosis, asthma and arthritis leaves Huhana Hickey in constant pain. Using medicinal marijuana in the form of Sativex is the best way for her to manage her discomfort. "Medicinal cannabis is where you don't end up in a fog all the time, where your brain doesn't always...

To hear Troy Dayton tell it, California is on the brink of a gold rush – or, more specifically, a green rush. While insiders are working behind the scenes to put the question of recreational marijuana to voters on the November ballot, investors and business owners throughout the Golden State...

Diamond pot-leaf earrings, studded vaporizers and odor-proof Italian leather handbags are just a few, ahem, higher-end products by and for women that are elevating cannabis culture. These entrepreneurs are "a bit more Prada than tie-dye," says Venice native Jeanine Moss, co-founder of AnnaBís...

A Nova Scotia man living with brain cancer is appealing to the prime minister in an effort to get a licence to grow medical marijuana. Dave Murphy, 27, says he wrote to Justin Trudeau and is speaking out now because he wants to put pressure on the federal government to move forward with...

An association that represents individual pharmacists has changed its stance on medical cannabis, saying pharmacists should play a "front-line" role in dispensing the drug. The Canadian Pharmacists Association says it has updated its position because it's growing concerned about what it calls...

State senators voted 7-4 Thursday against a bill that would have allowed medical marijuana in South Carolina. The bill would have allowed patients suffering from debilitating medical conditions, like cancer, glaucoma, and chronic pain, to get a doctor's prescription for the drug. Sen. Tom...