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Buffalo, New York — A University at Buffalo psychologist who studies substance abuse issues has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's ad hoc committee that will review the health effects of marijuana use. R. Lorraine Collins, PhD, a professor of...

Billings - The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is lowering its fee for medical marijuana cardholder registrants by about 94 percent. The department, which administers the program, announced the change this month. As of Saturday, people renewing or applying for a new...

Billings - The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is lowering its fee for medical marijuana cardholder registrants by about 94 percent. The department, which administers the program, announced the change this month. As of Saturday, people renewing or applying for a new...

Albuquerque, New Mexico - Native people have a long history with natural healing and the use of herbal remedies. That's why Gathering of Nations founder Derek Mathews says the powwow's new title sponsor, regional cannabis producer Ultra Health, "is a great fit." Mathews said Wednesday that he...

On the second episode of BaltBizCast - the Baltimore Business Journal's podcast - I sat down with two executives at Chesapeake Health Sciences. Chesapeake Health Sciences has applied to be a grower, processor and dispenser of medical marijuana in Maryland. The state opened up applications...

On the second episode of BaltBizCast - the Baltimore Business Journal's podcast - I sat down with two executives at Chesapeake Health Sciences. Chesapeake Health Sciences has applied to be a grower, processor and dispenser of medical marijuana in Maryland. The state opened up applications...

Officials in Washington, D.C., have called for a regulated market for marijuana consumption and redefined the issue as a threat to public health and safety, in an effort to circumvent Congressional blocks to the District's efforts to legalize the drug. The D.C. Department of Health released a...

Staten Island, New York - Despite becoming legal in New York in January, obtaining medical marijuana can be a challenge for Staten Island patients who meet the qualifications for a prescription. For starters, there are no dispensaries in the borough. And it doesn't look like there will be any...

Staten Island, New York - Despite becoming legal in New York in January, obtaining medical marijuana can be a challenge for Staten Island patients who meet the qualifications for a prescription. For starters, there are no dispensaries in the borough. And it doesn't look like there will be any...

Colorado's Health Department has $2.4 million to put toward studies about marijuana use, and now it is looking for researchers to help spend it. The department on Thursday began accepting grant applications for its Retail Marijuana Health Monitoring Program. The department already has a...

Throughout my career in medicine, two principles have guided my work: to do no harm and to base all decisions on empirical evidence. Both tenets have led me to vigorously support legalization, taxation, and regulation of marijuana for use by adults 21 and older. Recently, state Sen...

Despite a subtle but unrelenting campaign by interest groups and civil society organisations for cannabis to be legalised in Ghana, the Mental Health Authority says the banned substance poses health hazards. Chief Executive of the Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, says cannabis - also called...

Health experts have warned that the public health care system is unprepared and ill-equipped to provide help for cannabis users, despite a rapid increase in the number of people seeking treatment for problems relating to the drug. Researchers gathering at a conference at the University of...

Health experts have warned that the public health care system is unprepared and ill-equipped to provide help for cannabis users, despite a rapid increase in the number of people seeking treatment for problems relating to the drug. Researchers gathering at a conference at the University of...

New Mexico's Medical Cannabis Program is growing at an even more rapid pace than reported by the public health agency tasked with regulating the industry. Financial reports from growers that were made public for the first time this spring show total receipts during the first three months of...

New Mexico's Medical Cannabis Program is growing at an even more rapid pace than reported by the public health agency tasked with regulating the industry. Financial reports from growers that were made public for the first time this spring show total receipts during the first three months of...

State Auditor Tim Keller's office is urging the state Department of Health to speed up its processing of medical cannabis patient applications so that the agency does not violate state law. State law gives the department 30 days to approve or deny an application, but Keller's office said today...

State Auditor Tim Keller's office is urging the state Department of Health to speed up its processing of medical cannabis patient applications so that the agency does not violate state law. State law gives the department 30 days to approve or deny an application, but Keller's office said...

Albuquerque, New Mexico - June 17, 2016 - Ultra Health®, a national medical cannabis leader with a large New Mexico presence, is denied sponsorship for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta®, the largest balloon event and most photographed event in the world. In a letter received on June...

Albuquerque, New Mexico - June 17, 2016 - Ultra Health®, a national medical cannabis leader with a large New Mexico presence, is denied sponsorship for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta®, the largest balloon event and most photographed event in the world. In a letter received on June...