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George Hendrickson clasped his hands and peered down at lawmakers as they cast their votes on the House floor. He turned his gaze to the left, to the results of a vote on a medical marijuana bill that he hoped could provide relief for his three year old Eliyah, who suffers from multiple...

Only a tiny fraction of people enrolled in medical marijuana programs in the United States are getting any real medical oversight. Why it matters: Nearly half of all states have some sort of medical marijuana program. But a study published Monday in Health Affairs finds that the most...

Supporters and foes of legalizing marijuana gathered at the State House on Monday to weigh in on a proposal that would allow the recreational use and possession of marijuana up to an ounce for those 21 and older. The proposal was the focus of a public hearing before the Legislature's...

Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment will have to wait a little more than a week to find out whether petition signatures and language pass the initial state review. The Marijuana Policy Project submitted the paperwork late March 3, along with 2,098 signatures, to Attorney General...

Hundreds roamed around the Boulder County Fairgrounds Saturday for the opening of a two-day hemp festival – an event that is part conference, part education and part of the continued victory celebration for the legalization of marijuana in Colorado several years ago. Many strolled by varying...

A hemp farming bill moved to the governor's desk March 1, as the state House joined the Senate in passing legislation to legalize a crop still defined by federal law as a controlled substance. "It's a bright new day for Washington," longtime hemp activist Joy Beckerman said. "We're going to...

While New York has legalized medical marijuana and dispensaries have opened across the state, one lawyer who represents medical marijuana businesses said the industry will grow at a slow pace because of the differences between federal and state marijuana laws. Attorney Marc Ross, speaking at...

A proposal set to be introduced next week would require schools to allow students to use some forms medical cannabis or risk losing state funding from marijuana taxes. Rep. Jonathan Singer (D-Longmont) passed a similar bill last year, one that gave schools districts the option of allowing a...

One medical marijuana business has already applied for a special permit to operate in Leominster and three others spoke Wednesday night at a meeting held to look at some of the issues related to operating in the city. City officials heard from Middlesex Integrated Medicine Inc. of Boston...

States like Indiana continue to fight to define their position on industrial hemp farming and its effect on the state. The state passed a law in 2014 that legalized the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp, pending approval from the United State Drug Enforcement Administration...

House Bill 722 – the proposal that will add autism, AIDS and PTSD to the list of disorders now eligible to use medicinal marijuana – passed the Georgia House of Representatives by a 152-8 vote Monday morning. The vote came on crossover day – halfway through the 2016 legislative session...

So much for the "compassion" in New York's Compassionate Care Act. It's been nearly two years since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that allows New York residents with certain illnesses access to a non-smokable form of marijuana. Yet the state Department of Health has botched its...

Two legislators have filed bills that could create a mechanism that will allow Louisiana to apply the state sales tax to medical marijuana. Taxing any prescription medication in the state is disallowed under the state constitution. So state Rep. Major Thibaut, D-New Roads, has proposed a bill...

Medical marijuana providers in Missoula have taken a somber but defiant stand in the wake of last Thursday's 6-1 ruling by the Montana Supreme Court that severely restricts their ability to do business. The court's ruling upheld several provisions of a 2011 law that reined in providers. The...

With less than five months to go before medical marijuana dispensaries can open in Hawaii, business owners could be facing unique obstacles in a state of islands separated by federal waters. Dispensaries can open as soon as July 15, but industry experts say they could be confronted with...

With less than five months to go before medical marijuana dispensaries can open in Hawaii, business owners could be facing unique obstacles in a state of islands separated by federal waters. Dispensaries can open as soon as July 15, but industry experts say they could be confronted with...

A hot topic circulating around Lansing is medical marijuana. Small municipalities have been calling for better rules surrounding it for years, now one economist says with the right regulations in place the state could get a lot of money. Dr. Gary Wolfram, a professor of economics at...

New state laws expected to make medical marijuana more legitimate have had the opposite effect across California and in San Diego, where the legislation has prompted most cities to reaffirm previous bans or make their restrictions even more rigorous. Exceptions include the city of San Diego...

The Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that medical marijuana providers should be paid for their services, but it clamped down on commercial sales of the drug by limiting providers to no more than three patients each. The court's decision upheld other provisions of a 2011 state law that...

New Hampshire residents hoping to get access to medical marijuana are still waiting for the state's dispensaries to open. Right now, those new facilities still have to go through a few more rounds of inspections before they can open their doors and start serving patients. Once they do open...