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AS parents, it's our absolute worst fear. For Lisa, it began when her 6-month-old daughter Cynthia was diagnosed with Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy. Her child's small body would spend the next five-plus years racked daily by punishing, life-threatening seizures – until Lisa...

A western Kansas woman is suing the state and some of the agencies involved in questioning and removing her 11-year-old son from her home after he spoke up at school about her marijuana use. The Wichita Eagle reports that Shona Banda's federal lawsuit alleges the state and the agencies are...

The state of Arkansas, has a leadership, that cares little or nothing at all, for the suffering men, women and children, and they continue to ignore the over 200,000 veterans who live in this state. The Governor could care less. The Congressional contingent always quotes 4 year old faulty...

People who want to get into the medical marijuana business in Louisiana are going to need to pay a $5,000 application fee in addition to a $150 licensing fee if they want to become one of 10 marijuana pharmacists in the state. The $5,000 application fee will be non-refundable, and will only be...

However, most legislators said they could not refuse potential help for those suffering from illnesses, especially children. Senators approved a similar approach in May by a vote of 40 to 7. In the end it is less important to critique how someone goes about fighting for a good cause and...

The state Department of Health has announced the five members of a committee that will review applications to grow and sell medical marijuana in Hawaii. They include University of Hawaii Manoa professor David Bess; retired state Supreme Court justice James Duffy; John Fisher, scientific...

The Pennsylvania House has passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state. If ultimately signed into law, it would take another step toward nullifying the unconstitutional federal prohibition on on cannabis in effect. Introduced by State Sen. Michael Folmer (R-Lebanon), Senate Bill...

The choices include strawberry sour diesel, Sakonnet Bay blue dream, chocolope, mango haze, pineapple express and blissful wizard. Those aren't types of milkshakes. They're names of some of the strains of marijuana on the "menus" behind the counters at medical marijuana dispensaries across the...

The second legislative funnel has come and gone, and a number of bills are no longer eligible for consideration this session. However, there are still multiple bills that the legislature has deemed important enough to push through, and that is the legislation you will likely see debated in the...

A Wellsville resident's question sparked legislators to share their views on medical marijuana Saturday at the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce's legislative coffee event. "Medical marijuana. Kind of a subject that is up in smoke," quipped event moderator Richard Nienstedt, drawing laughter and...

Colorado's fledgling hemp industry just got one step closer to turning some of the state's amber waves of grain into fields of emerald green. State agriculture officials, research scientists at Colorado State University and the state's Seed Growers Association are launching what they say is...

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives moved forward Wednesday with a bill that if enacted into law would allow medical doctors in the state to prescribe marijuana creams, gels, oils, ointments and pills, as well as cannabis in liquid form. The lawmakers approved the measure by a 149-43 vote...

Hi my name is Manny , I just moved to Wisconsin and its a little different from California. Quite the change from such a 420 friendly state soon to be recreational. So I've recently acquired the Michigan state ID form . Every state needs residency in order to issue state id then you can...

For better or for worse, the growth, dispensing and processing of medical cannabis is now legal in Charles County. The Charles County Board of Commissioners voted 3-1 to approve a zoning text amendment regulating medical cannabis in Charles County, with County Commissioners' Vice President...

Pennsylvania lawmakers late Tuesday finished amending a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to state residents suffering from a broad range of medical conditions. The state House was expected to hold a final vote on Wednesday. "I have no doubt it's going to pass,"...

Public opinion is behind it. Gov. Tom Wolf is behind it. The Republican-led state Senate is behind it. And as soon as Tuesday, the Republican-led state House could send a bill legalizing medical marijuana to Wolf's desk, a move that could begin ease the suffering for thousands of...

Louisiana is in quite a predicament: It's broke, really broke. State lawmakers just barely averted meltdown Wednesday by weaving together a patchwork of last-minute, temporary measures to clear up most of a near $940+ million budget shortfall. The state is still $30 million in the hole, and...

Here's the latest situation report from the war to end the war on marijuana. First the good news. Since the first of the year, the polling has been going our way. In New Mexico, a poll taken by Research & Polling Inc. for the Drug Policy Alliance found 61 percent support for legalizing...

Vermont is on its way to being the next state to legalize recreational marijuana after Vermont's senate voted to move forward with a bill on the subject. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin announced in his state of the state address that he would call for the legislature to develop a bill which...

Big news today for children and adults hoping to get a form of medical marijuana to treat epilepsy. The General Assembly has passed a bill allowing cannabidiol, or CBD, to be produced and distributed in Virginia. Senator Dave Marsden said, "Marijuana is a plant and there is a process by...