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Shops in the American state of Maryland has begun selling medical marijuana to residents in pain, ending years of delays by embarking on a program that features some of the most liberal policies in the nation on who can qualify for the prescribed cannabis. Dozens of people stood outside a...

As of July 1, several new conditions are eligible for treatment with cannabis oil, under Georgia's expanded program allowing the use of a medicine derived from marijuana. Anyone under hospice care, whether inpatient or outpatient, is eligible to be treated the cannabidiol oil, as long as a...

Georgia House Bill 65, which aims to add HIV/AIDS as diagnoses for which medical cannabis can be prescribed, is all set to head to the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee. The House's working group on medical cannabis, led by Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon) – who also authored HB 65 – met this...

Annapolis, Md. - Plenty of states have rolled out medical marijuana operations before Maryland, but as the state prepares to announce its top candidates for licenses to grow and process the drug, it's determined not to repeat the mistakes of others. Maryland takes one of the more liberal...

Annapolis, Md. - Plenty of states have rolled out medical marijuana operations before Maryland, but as the state prepares to announce its top candidates for licenses to grow and process the drug, it's determined not to repeat the mistakes of others. Maryland takes one of the more liberal...

Montpelier, VT. Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law a bill expanding the medical conditions that can allow a Vermont patient to be prescribed marijuana for treatment of symptoms. Added to the list are patients with chronic pain, glaucoma and those in hospice care. Marijuana had...

A day after falling one vote short, backers of a proposal to expand Louisiana's medical marijuana law to cover more diseases found success Wednesday in the state Senate. Senators voted 21-16 for the proposal from Sen. Fred Mills, R-Parks. It needed 20 votes to pass. Louisiana hasn't yet...

Georgia last year legalized a limited form of medical marijuana, but efforts are now underway to not only expand the law but significantly boost who would qualify to use it. At least 23 states, plus the District of Columbia and Guam, offer some form of legalized use of marijuana for medical...