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Ohio's medical marijuana program is nearly ready to begin serving patients, but no one should expect anything like the cannabis tourism industry that can be found in places like Colorado and Nevada. Some places with flourishing recreational cannabis programs feature tours and tastings that strike the difference between a patient or advocate and a cannabis con...

South Carolina legislators will soon be discussing medical marijuana again, but the bill would not allow for any smokable cannabis.Previously the discussed medical marijuana bills have been passed in committees in both the state House and Senate however last year's session ended before they could be debated on the House and Senate floors. The bill has history on i...

Moreno Valley, California had previously approved only 8 dispensaries throughout the city for it's 210,000 residents, however a recent ruling in the City Council increased that limit up to 23 dispensaries. A city official says there are currently no industry dispensaries operating in Moreno Valley however provisional permits have been issued to 17 cannabis busines...

Advocates for cannabis legalization in Minniapolis, Minnesota have gathered with many representatives around the community to form the group Responsible Marijuana Regulation. Minnesota legalized medical marijuana back in 2014 and now advocates believe the state and it's residents are ready for recreational cannabis which around 62% of Americans support. Responsibl...

Amendment 2, the voter initiative that legalized medical marijuana in Missouri, was passed and became law in November of 2018. The law's implementation timeline gives the state about 1 year to license, regulate, grow and prepare the cannabis that patients will be purchasing, but will that be enough time? As of now the timeline seems plausible as long as the state ...

Iowa's medical marijuana law began in 2014 when legislators legalized the use of low-THC CBD for patients with epilepsy. Unfortunately for patients the law was poorly written in that it did not account for any manufacturing facilities or businesses to sell the product to patients. After 3 years, in 2017, lawmakers finally allowed manufacturing and added more quali...

Two South Carolina lawmakers prefiled a medical mairjuana bill this week in hopes of bringing the state's patients cannabis medication in the coming year. Apart from hoping to help patients find relief the lawmakers also hope it can help the opioid epidemic that so many are currently addicted to. The bill would allow patients to consume and possess the cannabis me...

Ohio's medical marijuana program is nearly ready as the final stages of cannabis businesses are days away from opening their doors. Around 4,000 Ohioans have already been given their state registered medical marijuana ID cards and according to an Enquirer analysis nearly 30% of residents can qualify for the program through the 21 qualifying conditions. Many reside...

Florida's medical marijuana program has received some criticisms and even some lawsuits, but that's not stopping it from being successful. Many patients are being helped for various conditions and that number seems to continue to grow at a steady pace. Over 136,000 patients around Florida are now medical marijuana patients and now over 1,070 physicians are reg...

Arkansas medical marijuana program is moving slower than anticipated and patients are getting impatient with officials. Oklahoma's medical mairjuana law allows for registered patients from other states to purchase cannabis in Oklahoma, however Arkansas patients must do without as the state will not send out state ID's until 1 month before the state's medic...

2018 was a big year for growth in the cannabis industry around the United States and Ohio medical marijuana patients expected to be part of that. But after months of delays and lawsuits patients were left disappointed as 2018 came and went without any medical marijuana dispensaries to purchase their medication at. Though Ohio's medical marijuana industry experienc...

Indiana lawmakers have begun the process to discuss and potentially legalize medical marijuana in the state, something that citizens and patients have made a hot topic for their representatives due to the fact that Indiana does not allow for voters to create initiatives and pass laws the way that most states have passed their cannabis laws. While medical marijuana bil...