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People hoping to work at the new Pure Penn dispensary in McKeesport turned out in big numbers Thursday after crews broke ground at the site. It may be ceremonial, but shovels in the ground in McKeesport mark the beginning of the medicinal cannabis business in the Mon Valley. Gabe Perlow...

Even on a good day, eight-year-old Sophie Martin has hundreds of seizures. When she has a severe seizure, she turns blue and cannot breathe. She has been in and out of hospital since she was 10 weeks' old. And there have been close to 100 admissions to intensive care. Every day her...

There's a groundswell of support for cannabis legalisation in the United States, with 29 states, as well as Washington D.C. approved for medicinal cannabis, and eight for lifestyle use. Things are farther ahead in Canada. Regulations for production and sales have been in place for over three...

A bill in the Illinois General Assembly would legalize the production and sale of hemp. Senate Bill 1294 creates the Industrial Hemp Act, which would require licensing for any person desiring to grow, process, cultivate, harvest, process, possess, sell or purchase industrial hemp or...

Utah advocates for medicinal marijuana now have a major name to go along with a major fight. Sitting down with Fox 13's Bob Evans during a 3 Questions segment, Jon Huntsman Sr. didn't hold back his support. "I'm a very strong advocate for medical marijuana," Huntsman Sr. said. "I think some...

The island state of Tasmania is considered a good place to grow medicinal cannabis. The fertile earth of Australia's southernmost location is expected to play a big part in meeting the growing demand for the product as more states and territories allow its use. Tasmania is edging closer to...

Greece's parliament has announced that cannabis is effectively legal for medicinal purposes. "From now on, the country is turning its page, as Greece is now included in countries where the delivery of medical cannabis to patients in need is legal," said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The...

High, I'm writing an article as a ghost writer in regards to the differences between the recreational, medicinal, and spiritual use of cannabis. How would you define these categories of use? I know that many of them blend with eachother, smoking dank with a mate in a park might be coined...

Australia's first doctors' workshop on the medical uses of cannabis has heard about the complex situation around its legality. The Melbourne conference was held with the hope of improving the medical profession's awareness about the issue. They hope to help doctors across the country...

The ANU Medical School's Dr David Caldicott began his one-day crash course in medicinal cannabis by asking for a show of hands: how many people in the room had had a meaningful education on the medicinal uses of cannabis in medical school? Zero hands went up. "Same here," confessed the...

False hope is driving claims medicinal cannabis is the "magic pill" for chronic pain and doctors should not prescribe it just because they can, an Australian pain specialist warns. Professor Milton Cohen, director of professional affairs for the Australian New Zealand College of Anesthetist's...

Jersey will become the first place in the British Isles to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes. It was announced on Tuesday by the Channel Usland's health minister that certain cannabis products could be available by the autumn, the Mirror reports. But the drug would have to be...

The first two commercial batches of medicinal cannabis in Australia have arrived in Perth and Melbourne. Both shipments originate from Canada and are to be held by Health House International in Western Australia and Pharmaceutical Packaging Professionals in Victoria, according to federal health...

Back in November of 2016, a German group by the name of the Research Initiative on Cannabis Consumption began the process of opening a study on the effects that regular marijuana use has on the adult body, but doing so has come with some challenges seeing that the drug is not quite legal in...

I am a new grower, I am also a medicinal user. I struggle with anxiety, chronic fatigue, depression and pain. i ordered trainwreck from cropking. Have not recieved the seeds yet. Anybody have advice on a medicinal strain for the above conditons. I searched and thought trainwreck was a good...

Summary: Lake County, California specific questions pertaining to either a recreational grow business or medicinal collective. I have the funds and dream to create an indoor collective(of sorts). I was planning on building 6-20 outdoor storage sheds about 10' X 8' in size. I want to run two...

Johannesburg — As the deadline for public comment on the guideline documents for cultivation of cannabis for medical use looms, an Eastern Cape community is calling for de-scheduling of the plant as a way of exercising total control of the lucrative "green gold" industry. The Medical...

Qualified Florida residents can now use medicinal cannabis for their health care needs. MAXhealth Oaks, a member of the Maxhealth primary and specialty care network, will host a Lunch and Learn event outlining just how residents can sign up for medicinal cannabis and how it can be used...

Queensland could have looked at a compassionate scheme to not prosecute people using whole plant medicinal cannabis, the state's One Nation MP says. Member for Buderim Steve Dickson said in that New South Wales police were given guidelines not to prosecute terminally ill people found with...

This week the federal government granted its first license for an Australian company to grow and harvest medical marijuana. This follows Australia's amending of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 to legalise the production and use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. The amendment came in February...