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California's new medical cannabis law will put the state in charge of tracking each marijuana plant from "seed to sale." But the Brown administration and the state's independent tax board are at odds about who will oversee it. The state Board of Equalization is preparing to do the job...

Medical marijuana is fraught with politics, from local police departments warning dispensaries to shut down to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise of legalization. What's often lost in the noise is the people at the heart of all this: the patients. In Vernon alone, local dispensaries...

How fitting for Bob Marley's birthday. On Saturday, with a celebrity-studded party in the Hollywood Hills and glitzy marketing events at Los Angeles dispensaries, Marley Natural, the so-called first global cannabis brand, will launch its first product lines at medical marijuana shops in...

There's a lot of money to be made in cannabis, which isn't news to farmers whose interests have been piqued by marijuana legalization in states like Colorado and Washington. However, cannabis plants are incredibly needy, and there's often an initial hesitation to produce a drug that's still...

Irritable bowel syndrome, osteoarthritis and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – all can be painful conditions. Many doctors say medical marijuana can provide relief. But not here in Illinois. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez explains why certain patients are being shut out of the state medical...

When Raymond Schwab talks about his case, his voice teeters between anger and sadness. "People who don't understand the medical value of cannabis are tearing my family apart," says the Kansas father of five and US veteran, who has a prescription for marijuana in neighboring Colorado, where it...

Bears legend Jim McMahon says medical marijuana got him off a heavy prescription pill habit. "I'm old-fashioned. I like to put it in my pipe and smoke it," McMahon said. McMahon was in town this week for the 30th anniversary of the 1985 Super Bowl win. In an exclusive television interview...

Windsor police are taking a hands-off approach to the city's first cannabis vapour lounge. Higher Limits on Ouellette Ave. seeks to create a safe space for both medicinal and recreational users of marijuana. Co-owner Jon Liedtke says the establishment will also work to dispel myths and...

Its users say it's a life-saver. But at a VA Hospital, doctors can't talk about it. In Nevada, 22 other states and the District of Columbia, medical marijuana is legal. Yet, because marijuana remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government, the VA, as a federal agency, can't talk about...

The House judiciary committee held their first hearing on the legalization of growing and distributing medical marijuana in state. It was a packed house on Monday as people made their case in favor of House Bill 722 for the House Judiciary Committee. The bill would allow the cultivation...

Oliver Miller has become the face of the fight for New York state's medical marijuana law. Now 16, he suffered an in utero stroke that affected his brain stem and left him with myriad disabilities, the most dangerous of which is severe epilepsy, or seizure disorder. On his bad days, his...

Attorney John Morgan has had 14 months to reflect on what went wrong with his first push to get a medical marijuana bill passed by Florida voters. "I think my chances are better than last time," Morgan said. "Last time I lost by less than 2 percent." He needed 60 percent, slightly more...

The Metro East's first medical cannabis dispensary opens in Collinsville today. HCI Alternatives, 1014 Eastport Plaza Drive in Collinsville, will open at noon. Its normal business hours will be from from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. HCI CEO Chris Stone tells KMOX 89 patients...

As one of Vermont's approximately 2,500 official medical marijuana patients, Robert Gwynn is excited his state lawmakers are considering legalizing cannabis. Born with neurofibromatosis type 1, a tumor disorder that has left him with debilitating nerve pain, limited appetite and ongoing fatigue...

State Representative Jay Lawrence (R-Fountain Hills) has withdrawn his bill that could have destroyed Arizona's medical-marijuana program. Lawrence's bill, HCR 2019, would have stripped naturopaths and homeopaths of the right to recommend medical marijuana, even though those doctors write...

Changes to the city's agricultural zoning bylaw regarding medical marijuana production facilities are coming soon. Planner Melanie Steppuhn says city staff have been working with bylaw standards put forth by the Agricultural Land Commission in 2014 in crafting an amendment to the city's A1...

When Gov. Peter Shumlin voiced his support for legalizing recreational marijuana, he made a specific exception: edibles – pot infused cookies, brownies, butters and goodies. The concern is that people won't know how much marijuana they're actually consuming and that these products could...

As more states legalize medical marijuana, doctors increasingly find themselves serving as gatekeepers for a drug that they may not understand, and perhaps don't condone, with clinical and legal considerations to boot. By the fall of 2015, 23 states and the District of Columbia, had approved...

Some long time advocates of medical marijuana are questioning why they were not included in the Ohio House's new task force to study the subject. The task force includes both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. It also includes some of the key people who were instrumental in the defeat of...

It's been a heavy week for Adam Jacques. As he tours around the 40-plus-acre farm in west Eugene where he cultivates some of the most highly regarded medical cannabis in the world, Jacques, always outgoing, nonetheless seems weighted by sadness – not exactly downbeat but weary, like a man...