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The National Institute of Health has awarded a $3.8 million research grant to Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System for medical marijuana research, and Vireo Health of New York will be partners in the study. This grant is the first long-term study to investigate...

Thousands of Floridians are impatiently awaiting the arrival of medical marijuana. And well-funded companies, more corporate than counterculture, are gearing up around the state. But there's trepidation, too. Although Palm Beach County commissioners are advancing an ordinance to allow...

Both the Ministry of Health and the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) yesterday denied any approval was given for sale of cannabis oil medication from the Cayman Islands. The denial was triggered by reports in the Cayman news media that Jamaica's Government-owned Hope Institute was close to...

West Virginia's Medical Cannabis Advisory Board is scheduled to meet for the first time this week. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health will hold the first meeting Wednesday afternoon at the University of Charleston's Erma Byrd Gallery...

The export of medical cannabis has been approved by an interministerial committee of the Finance and Health Ministries, it was announced on Sunday. The state will earn from this an estimated NIS 1 billion to NIS 4 billion a year. Any entity that meets the requirements may obtain a license to...

Hawaii's first medical marijuana dispensary is lashing out at the Department of Health after causing delays in supplying cannabis. Hawaii’s first medical cannabis dispensary is already having to suspend sales just five days after it began selling marijuana, and the operators aren’t happy...

Whether you love it or hate it, it's a fact that 29 states have some form of marijuana decriminalization or legalization, with more considering the possibility. People have strong opinions about the legalization of marijuana – but how often are those opinions based on science and an...

A longtime Jacksonville nursery has received approval for a coveted medical-marijuana license, as state health officials continue carrying out a new law that resolved key issues about the rapidly emerging cannabis industry. Loop's Nursery & Greenhouses Inc. and the Florida Department of...

Minnesota court has determined that a case involving the transport of medical marijuana products over state lines to Fulton County-based Vireo Health of New York may move forward to trial. A judge's Aug. 2 order makes it clear, however, that although there is enough evidence to try the...

North Dakota health officials are gauging interest among laboratories in the state in testing medical marijuana. The state Health Department is seeking non-binding letters of intent from laboratories by the close of business on Aug. 25. The agency is establishing a system for making...

Medical cannabis users reported better "clinically meaningful" health outcomes than non-users, and epilepsy sufferers in particular reported health improvements after using medical cannabis, according to researchers here. In a survey-based study, users of medical cannabis reported...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is moving at full speed trying to implement an extremely limited medical cannabis law, but there may be a poison pill planted by legislators: Making doctors join a special list. Only two states operate a similarly draconian "physician registry" scheme for...

Nearly 100 groups and businesses in North Dakota have shown interest in producing or dispensing medical marijuana, pleasing state officials who are establishing a network for making the drug available to qualified patients. The Health Department in June asked those interested in being a part...

Two more medical-marijuana businesses have joined seven already licensed by the state, and another three are in the works, as the potentially lucrative industry continues to develop. The Florida Department of Health this week issued licenses to Tornello Landscape, also known as “3 Boys Farm,”...

Heka Health, a medical marijuana provider with plans for dispensaries here, in West Springfield and in Pittsfield, plans to start growing cannabis in September or October and make it available to patients in February 2018. The company plans to grow the marijuana in Westfield in a...

Several medical professionals are joining Arkansas' rising medical marijuana market, but many health care providers remain hesitant or opposed to participating. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Arkansas Cannabis Industry Association is compiling a list of doctors...

If you are a health care professional on the fence about entering Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program, here's a chance to learn more during a local event offering a primer about the process. Greenhouse Ventures, an accelerator for medical-focused startups in the cannabis and industrial...

With each passing day, we are bombarded by headlines confirming that there is an opioid epidemic in America. These addiction problems are proving pervasive in every age group, ethnic background, and socioeconomic strata. In fact, the opioid epidemic is being affirmed as the worst epidemic in...

One of the 12 winners of Pennsylvania's medical cannabis growing/processing permits has had its license revoked in Maryland, former employees facing criminal charges in Minnesota, and now is being investigated by New York's Department of Health for alleged violations of that state's regulations...

In April, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1148 into law. The bill established a cannabidiol (CBD oil) registry for people with treatment-resistant epilepsy. The Indiana Department of Health was charged with building the registry that was set to launch July 1. The registry requires families...