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The Democratic candidates hoping to take on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner next year gathered on a debate stage Wednesday for the second time in 12 hours, when most of them agreed they would support legalizing marijuana in Illinois. State Sen. Daniel Biss and entrepreneur and philanthropist J.B...

Of all the solutions that have been proposed for stopping the opioid epidemic, no health officials have suggested simply replacing opioids with another drug. But a new study indicates that very phenomenon may be decreasing painkiller overdoses in Colorado. Legalizing marijuana, it turns out...

Legislation being considered by City Council would welcome the testing, growing and manufacturing of medical marijuana, but prohibit dispensaries within the city. An eight-page proposal to amend the city's development code has the support of Mayor William Judge's administration and the city's...

A New Paris man was found in possession of about 5 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a search in September, state police said. State police in Bedford said a search of 111 Thomas Drive on Sept. 19 revealed the marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police said they responded to...

Before Israel licensed medical marijuana, people with terminal illnesses would come desperate to a chin-bearded young grower, Perry Davidson. "Back then, I was picking up the cannabis in the garden, going on the bus, wrapping it up so it didn't smell, and physically giving it to the patient,"...

A Dunkirk man faces drug charges following a raid Wednesday of a Town of Pomfret residence where police confiscated 138 ounces of marijuana. Hammad R. Zaidi, 46, was charged with criminal possession of marijuana and faces additional charges, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's office...

At least three Muskegon city commissioners said they support a proposed ordinance allowing medical marijuana facilities in Muskegon - including dispensaries - as long as they are confined to a special district off Seaway Drive. Nearly 50 people attended the commission's work session Monday...

This time next year, an investigational drug hailed as a breakthrough in the science of cannabidiol could be prescribed to children suffering from treatment-resistant epilepsy. The prospect of its success, however, has caused some unease in the American hemp industry. London-based GW...

As the cannabis industry continues to grow, a debate is brewing over whether those with drug convictions should be allowed in the industry. Marijuana businesses are in a position of uncertainty amid U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' anti-drug rhetoric. Meanwhile, the fast-growing...

Pot is gaining acceptance legally and across society, but don't expect the Drug Enforcement Administration to change when President Donald Trump announces his pick to run the agency, experts said. The government arm that runs the "War on Drugs" has never been hip to hemp, but experts say a...

Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Thursday its cannabis-derived gel to treat genetic disorder Fragile X syndrome succeeded in significantly reducing symptoms such as anxiety in a mid-stage study. The U.S. drug developer’s shares - down 60 percent since the beginning of the year - were up 57...

Marijuana busts increased last year, with nearly 600,000 people being arrested on a possession charge–a staggering number that costs taxpayers billions of dollars even as the vast majority of Americans support legalization of the drug. The new arrest data, released Monday by the FBI, comes...

More people in the U.S. were arrested last year in pot-related cases than for murder, rape, aggravated assault and robbery combined. In 2016 more people were arrested for marijuana possession than for all crimes the FBI classifies as violent, according to 2016 crime data released by the agency...

A Vandergrift patrolman at first used his nose to find drugs in a Lowell Street house early Sunday. The officer was investigating a call about possible drugs first smelled smoke, and then marijuana, along the 200 block of Lowell Street, police said. Sgt. Tony DePanicis said the...

As reported earlier, new FBI data reveals that drug arrests increased in the United States last year. But due to a change in how the annual law enforcement numbers are publicized, it is now harder to determine how many people were busted for marijuana or other drugs specifically. Nonetheless...

About one-quarter of cancer patients have used marijuana in the past year. That's according to a new study in the journal Cancer. Researchers found most patients use marijuana to relieve pain and nausea or to help cope with stress, depression, and insomnia. The study included more than...

An accused confectioner of illicit treats was arrested Thursday following a multi-week investigation by the Macomb/McDonough County Drug Unit. In a statement from Macomb Police Chief Curt Barker, agents with the drug unit conducted a search warrant at 408 W. Adams St. in Macomb. Officers had...

Drug user David Adams grew his own cannabis because he did not like dealers — then became one himself. The 33-year-old set up a cannabis farm at his home in Meir, then started offering the drug for sale to recoup the costs of the operation. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard police had...

Opponents of legalizing marijuana have long claimed that it is a "gateway drug" that leads to use of other substances. But one of the country's most famous physicians says the opposite might be true. "The real story is the hypocrisy around medical marijuana," Mehmet Oz -- better known as Dr...

The Opportunities Party will make cannabis reform a high priority if elected to Parliament, and calls on all other Parties to do the same. With at least twenty deaths linked to synthetic cannabis in the past three months it is past time for the country to deal with what the Dominion Post...