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Ohio's incoming medical marijuana program has experienced a series of delays to the point that now they know they will not be able to begin by their Sep. 8 deadline, but that doesn't mean that marijuana businesses and regulators aren't working hard to get ready as fast as possible. One example dispensary that's finishing their setup will have a very pr...

The Canadian based company, Tilray has succesfully launched the first cannabis product company IPO to be traded on a major U.S. stock exchange. Trading on the Nasdaq not only allows tremendous growth potential for the young budding company but it also greatly increases and secures the validity of the cannabis industry in the U.S.  The company itself still has yet...

In an effort to help revive the nation's economy, Lebanon may soon legalize the cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes. The news comes from the Lebanon's House Speaker this week after a report was submitted by a consulting firm on the possible ways to help rejuvenate the nation's economy. The firm's report did not specifically recommend the...

California's cannabis industry will soon undergo some big changes as the state adopts new regulations that have been in the works since the state legalized recreational cannabis use back in 2016. Since the end of 2017 the state's cannabis industry has been operating under "emergency" rules that have restricted the program. Under new regulations propo...

One of the biggest concerns of anyone opposed to legalizing cannabis is consumers being inebriated behind the wheel, but we're still faced with the same problems we always have been, how do you properly test someone to see if they're imparied by cannabis? With alcohol a breathalyzer test is a fairly sure fire way to tell if the average person is impaired, but ...

Medical marijuana is not only being taken seriously more in each state nearly everyday, but colleges and universities are seeing the long term impact and offering marijuana based classes and now Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia is offering graduate-level certificate programs in medical marijuana. Cannabis Medicine and Cannabinoid Pharmacology are two c...

There's a lot of debate going around the U.S. about what medical marijuana should and shouldn't be used for and one condition that many are showing more support for recently is addiction. It's not uncommong to treat an opioid addiction with methadone, but these new rehabilitation facilities are going beyond that with cannabis and trying to help addicts get...

In a turn of events the FDA has defended the current status of marijuana to opponents of legalization after a formal request that the FDA place an even harsher classification on the plant. The prohibitionist group, Drug Watch International, hoped the FDA would place cannabis on the negative monograph list in an attempt to cease state legal marijuana dispensa...

Vermont's medical marijuana program will soon see an important expansion that will allow many of the patients living outside of major cities easier access and a much more relaxed experience. Though Vermont's medical marijuana law only allows for up to 5 retail licenses in the state another bill was passed that allowed the owners of those licenses to be allowed...

A new dispensary which is the first of it's kind in Washington state has opened in the city of Auburn despite all of the citiy's dispensary licenses already being taken. The store earned a license by opening on Muckleshoot tribe land through a loophole that allows tribal lands to dictate their own cannabis licenses. Not only did the dispensary earn a...

In a new precedent set by a worker's compensation judge says that Freehold Township's insurance provider will be forced to cover a township employee's medical marijuana after his hearing at the end of June. New Jersey's governor recently expanded the state's medical marijuana program with a wider range of qualifying conditions hoping to make some p...

After New York state cannabis advocates showed a wide range of support for recreational legalization the governor requested the state Health Department do research and write a report on the potential pros and cons of legalizing cannabis in the state. This week the New York Health Department released that report with a definitive stance that New York should legalize ca...