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Some medical marijuana users outside Arizona’s metro areas may soon regain the right to grow their own. The 2010 Medical Marijuana Act says patients have to get it from a state-regulated dispensary
President Juan Manuel Santos signaled his support Thursday for a bill that would allow the medical use of marijuana in Colombia, which the Colombian Congress will debate in September.
It's unconstitutional to forbid licensed medical marijuana users from possessing pot-laced products such as cookies or body creams, a B.C. Court of Appeal judge rules.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of August 13, 2014:
While the number of arrests for all offenses has declined nationally since 1991, the share of arrests related to simple pot possession has more than tripled over the same time period.
About 105 different financial institutions spread out over one-third of the country have reported relationships with legal marijuana-related businesses, the top U.S. anti-money laundering official said Tuesday, suggesting federal rules are allowing a newly-legalized crop of companies access to banking services.
After more than three years and numerous delays, Delaware's first pilot medical marijuana dispensary has finally been approved! On Monday, August 11,
In a report commissioned by the Marijuana Enforcement Division earlier this year, data show that Colorado residents and visitors will consume an estimated 130.3 metric tons of marijuana in 2014, but only about 77 metric tons will come from legal medical or recreational outlets
Sixty-six percent of Americans believe that the private consumption of cannabis should be legal. Seventy-two percent of self-identified Democrats and 70 percent of Independents
Have you ever felt that rush of panic when being approached by a police officer when you have marijuana in your possession?
It truly sounds like something published by The Onion: an 87-year-old who has rented the same subsidized apartment for the last five years is being kicked out for violating their drug policy even though she lives in Durango, Colorado and has a recommendation from her doctor for her cannabis use.
Washington state-licensed marijuana retailers sold an estimated $3.8 million in cannabis products in July, the first month during which such sales were allowed under state law.
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has made no secret of his overall support for marijuana legalization, has now said he's prepared to campaign for a ballot measure in 2016 to permit recreational pot use in the state, so long as it addresses items like consumption age limits, advertising and DUI.
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces the insurgent candidacy of comedian, satirist, political gadfly, and perennial candidate Randy Credico, who bills himself as "the most progressive candidate since FDR"
Christine Stenquist, a 42-year-old Kaysville, Utah mom, has been suffering from severe and chronic migraines since the age of 7, has an inoperable brain tumor and fibromyalgia.
Julian Zelizer, a political historian at Princeton University, writes on CNN why there's growing support across the nation for marijuana legalization. He says the war on drugs has failed and a generational change is in action.
Here's just a few of the estimates from Oregon's Legislative Revenue Office if they legalize recreational weed this November: About 8% of the population, or ~322k Oregonians,
The three departments that oversee the Illinois medical cannabis program posted several important documents online on Friday, including cannabis patient applications, which are available here.
