Articles tagged with "medical marijuana"

As Utah prepares to launch its medical marijuana program, patients who want to use the drug are encountering skeptical doctors and the quandary of where to get the plant.

Some colleges in medical states are expelling students for taking legal medicine. Students are fighting back in court—and winning.

Would officials prohibit heart medication? Pennsylvania patients sue to defend their right to medical cannabis.

Legalizing medical cannabis would be a net $1.1 billion benefit for the state, bringing in fees while potentially reducing opioid overdoses, addiction and traffic fatalities.

In the middle 19th century, Paris functioned as the epicenter of an international movement to medicalize hashish.

Last year, Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical cannabis. Now advocates want the country to reclaim its place as a leading source of landrace strains.

Advocates and conservative groups sparred over proposed changes to Utah’s medical cannabis program during a tense, two-hour public hearing.

Mexico is making moves on cannabis, with medical regulations expected in coming months and even the possibility of decriminalization later this year.

Officials are proposing an overhaul of the state’s cannabis rules, with plans for boosting minority ownership, home deliveries of medical marijuana, and letting the smallest growers increase in size.

Under a revised plan being written by Republican Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, medical cannabis would instead be distributed through as many as 12 private dispensaries.