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Canada is making waves around the world as they become the second nation to legalize recreational cannabis for adult use. Yesterday the Cannabis Act passed it's final roadblock in the Senate by gaining approval with a 52-29 vote. Canada has had medical marijuana since back in 2001 and now adults can expect the new recreational marijuana laws to apply as early as S...

Once again the slow agonizing crawl of bureaucracy has led to the pain and suffering of children and their families as they hold on for hope that their government will permit the only medication that seems to work. Earlier this year the UK government decided to halt the prescription that was keeping one 12 year old boy from enduring life-threatening seizures, and...

Next week voters in Oklahoma will have their chance to say YES to a major piece of medical marijuana legislation. If passed, State Question 788 would legalize and regulate the sale of medical marijuana for patients over the age of 18. There are currently no specific qualifying conditions for medical marijuana which means that a doctor registered with the state must de...

Lawmakers in New York have been discussing recreational legalization for awhile even though Gov. Cuomo has expressed he did not think the state was ready for it. When pressed by cannabis advocates earlier this year Cuomo decided it best to put together a commission to study the pros and cons of legalizing cannabis in New York. Well the time is almost here for the fina...

Canada's federal legalization of medical and recreational marijuana are both miles ahead of the United States' which is why it's not surprising to see major alcohol and tobacco companies from America making investments into Canada's budding industry. This week the Canadian House of Commons approved the Cannabis Act which would legalize up to 30 grams o...

The official deadline to begin Massachusett's new recreational cannabis program is set at July 1st, but the chairman of the state's Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) said this week that that date is arbitrary and not a mandate. If possible the commission hopes to have at least some dispensaries operating by the deadline but they have made it clear that they do...

In a big upset for Maine's medical marijuana patients a Maine Supreme Court Judge has ruled that a company's worker's compensation program cannot be forced to pay for an employee's medical marijuana cost. The Maine Worker's Comp Board ruled in favor of the employee and the company was forced to cover the cost of the medical marijuana, however the c...

In hopes of ushering in a new era of change 7 mayors from marijuana legal states have come together to create a coalition of support for the federal reform of legalized cannabis. Last week the President acknowledged his support for a bipartisan bill proposed by members of Congress that would remove the federal threat of a crackdown on states that choose to legalize th...

Orange County, New York residents have shown that their medical marijuana population is in need of more access as the county's first recently opened dispensary tops 1,000 patients served in only 2 months. Despite the growing numbers of patients around the state, the number of doctors remains lacking in comparison to the amount of licensed physicians available. The...

Ohio's medical marijuana program is now not expected to ready for it's Sep. 8th deadline but thats not stopping industry officials from opening clinics to both prepare patients and doctors alike for the incoming changes. The clinics have registered doctors to help patients get registered and educated for when the program finally begins, but at the moment the f...

Illinois lawmakers have decided that medical marijuana should be made available to anyone with an opioid prescription, but the bill now awaits a signature from the governor. Several other states across the country are turning to medical marijuana in this time of an opioid epidemic that is causing tens of thousands of people to die every year. Illinois medical mar...

Cannabis advocates from allover the country were welcomed earlier this week to the fifth annual Michigan High Times Cannabis Cup. The festival was a toker's dream with cannabis vendors on every corner selling various cannabis products like buds, edibles and some surprises! With the amount of medical marijuana patients attending there was no shortage of food t...