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Legal

Lawmakers Refile Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana for Veterans

Lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to allow military veterans to use medical marijuana.

Legal

Medical Cannabis User Challenges Urine-Test Regime for Workers

Rights for medicinal cannabis users in the workplace haven’t kept pace with the law in states...

Current Events

Week in Review: Medical Marijuana Use Doubles; Rick Ross Announces New Cannabis Partnership

ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.

Legal

Oklahoma Proposes Medical Marijuana Changes After Adult-Use Measure Fails

Fresh off the defeat of a ballot measure to legalize adult-use cannabis, Gov. Kevin Stitt and...

Science

New Study Shows Medical Cannabis Reduces Opioid Usage

A new study shows that medical marijuana can be an important tool for managing pain, providing...

Legal

Washington, DC Mayor Signs Bill Allowing Medical Marijuana Self-Certifications

The Washington, DC city council has passed an emergency ordinance allowing patients to self-certify to use...

Politics

Mississippi Legalizes Medical Marijuana

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves recently signed legislation to legalize medical marijuana, marking the end of a...

Medical

Colombian President Supports Legalizing Medical Marijuana

While traveling in Israel last week, Colombian President Iván Duque said he supports his country’s legalization...

Medical

Veterans Speak Out for State Medical Marijuana Programs

The VA has been cutting off benefits to military veterans who use medical marijuana unless they...

Medical

New York Regulators Approve Home Cultivation of Medical Marijuana

Cannabis regulators in New York have issued proposed rules for the home cultivation of medical marijuana...

Medical

VA Still Punishes Veterans for Using Medical Cannabis

Military veterans continue to be denied much-needed treatment by the VA because of their cannabis use,...

Politics

Panama Approves Medical Marijuana Law — Is Costa Rica Next?

Panama's national legislature approved a medical marijuana law—a first for the nations of the Central American...

Medical

Pliny the Elder: Ancient Pioneer of Medical Marijuana

Historians of the cannabis plant have long contended that Pliny the Elder was among the first...

Medical

Despite Adult-Use Legalization, Veterans Are Awaiting Medical Cannabis

On Veterans Day, many of America’s former soldiers find themselves without access to plant medicine that...

Medical

Thailand Set to Expand Medical Marijuana Program

Thailand’s medical marijuana program, after a slow and cautious start, is about to embark on commercial...

Medical

Louisiana Medical Marijuana Program Expands

Louisiana's medical marijuana program has been stalled for years and was strictly limited to begin with....

Medical

7 Diseases That Can Be Treated with Medical Marijuana

A partial list of cannabis’s medicinal uses.

Medical

Veteran Faces 5 Years in Prison for Medical Marijuana

In Alabama, a Black disabled vet was sentenced to five years for cannabis that he uses...

Medical

Colombia Makes History with First High-THC Medical Cannabis Sales

Khiron Life Sciences announces that it will be the first company authorized to sell high-THC and...

Medical

Tod Mikuriya: Grandfather of Medical Marijuana

If there is one person with a claim to reviving the pharmacopoeia of cannabis in the...