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Since medical marijuana laws have been put into place, many states have experienced a drop in alcohol sales. This is positive news as studies have shown that alcohol is more dangerous than cannabis on several levels. Excessive alcohol use kills around 90,000 people in the United States every year, while there are still no deaths associated with too much cannabis. In m...

Next on the list to receive medical marijuana treatment? Your best friend. That's right, new studies are supporting the use of medical cannabis to help treat certain ailments in dogs. It's important to remember as a dog owner to never give your dog straight cannabis or edibles of any kind as the effects can be significantly more intense and last much longer. T...

A Senator from Utah has introduced a bill that would encourage first time research into the medical benefits of cannabis as an alternative to prescription opioids. The red tape, federal cooperation, and paperwork it takes to research cannabis turns away many interested parties, however this bill could streamline the process to help prove what statistics and anecdotal ...

The federal government of Canada has been working on the legalization of cannabis nationwide and they're one step further as the House of Commons passed the legalization bill with strong support (200-82). The bill now heads to the Senate where the original timeline is being threatened by conservative senators. Hoping to push back the program's start date from ...

Iowa medical marijuana companies are hesitant to jump into the new industry based on the strict regulations and limited patient market. The newly updated state law allows for only 2 medical marijuana growers, but so far only 1 has applied. Officials are concerned about having only a single source for medical cannabis throughout the state and hope that regulators will ...

West Hollywood is ahead of the game on regulating California's incoming recreational cannabis industry. After voters legalized recreational sales last year each city and county must decide for themselves if they want to participate in the state legal program and some cities are still unsure of how to move forward. West Hollywood will be prepared by January to begi...

Italy has a very different approach to medical care compared to the U.S. in that it is considered a constitutional right. Included in that is the country's medical marijuana program, but many are unhappy with the monopoly that the Italian Army has on growing and selling medical marijuana. The Italian military grows cannabis for the entire country at $7 a gram, but...

Maryland has been working at legalizing medical marijuana since the first law passed in 2013 and as of Friday the state has finally begun serving patients. Medical marijuana is now available in the state to patients with debilitating or chronic illnesses, severe nausea, seizures, muscle spasms, glaucoma, PTSD, and any condition that is severe and does not have an...

Medical marijuana patients in Hawaii are being forced to turn in their firearms as the use of federally controlled substances overrides the 2nd ammendment right to bare arms. The response to this revoking of legal firearms has been extremely negative with patients citing prescription drug users and those commiting domestic violence and sexual assaults are able to stil...

It can be very slow for a state to add new qualifying conditions for medical marijuana due to how difficult it is to get approved to study cannabis. Luckily for Minnesotans a little will go a long way as autism and sleep apnea will officially be added as qualifying conditions next July. Clinical studies researching medical marijuana's effects on autism are in...

Florida's Apollo Beach medical marijuana grower planted it's first crop of seeds this week and is expecting it's first harvest within the next 3 months. The giant warehouse can house up to 1,200 plants and is guarded by security and a barbed wire fence. The state is required to inspect the business multiple times before and after the first harvest, before ...

Texas' medical marijuana program will officially begin soon once it's first medical marijuana dispensary opens up in Schulenburg. The location was chosen as an equal distance between San Antonio, Austin and Houston. Patients of any age with intractable epilepsy will qualify to purchase and use the medical cannabis but the product will be limited to strictly lo...