Beckley News : Cannabis - Marijuana

As the narrative of medical marijuana legalization unfolds across the country, so does a parallel story of patients whose children are being removed.

The Michigan Medical Marihuana Review Panel on Thursday, in a 6-2 vote, recommended adding PTSD to the list of debilitating conditions that can qualify a patient for the voter-approved program.

Medical cannabis legislation that broadly affects the state's laws has been finding increased support from Republican citizens and lawmakers in Florida. Polls have already found massive support for...

In a world where the Prohibition saw excessive violence at times being used against bootleggers, followed by a period of adjustment once alcohol became legal and heavily taxed, it is perhaps easy t...

Some doctors say it is far from risk-free, but that many patients using medical marijuana need and use fewer opiod-based pain meds.

A concentrated form of marijuana known as wax or butane hash oil (BHO) is becoming more popular and its production and use increasingly controversial in states across the country.
While Colorado's pot shops are embracing wax as a popular, potent form of newly legal cannabis, the Drug Enforcement Administration is whipping up a drug panic in California. In a Yahoo News article, Gary Hill, assistant special agent in charge at the DEA's San Diego office warned, “We have seen people have an onset of psychosis and even brain damage from that exposure to that high concentration of THC.

On Saturday the Washington Senate passed a bill that addresses some of the concerns that patients have about new restrictions on medical marijuana. S.B. 5887, introduced by Sen. Ann Rivers (R-La Center), is substantially more permissive than H.B. 2149, the medical marijuana bill approved last month by the state House of Representatives, although both bills would abolish dispensaries, require patients to register with the state, and reduce limits on possession and cultivation. The patient-friendlier provisions of S.B.

The president of Uruguay has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. According to his advocates, José “Pepe” Mujica's much talked-about marijuana legalization is in fact "a tool for peace and understanding."

Researchers who want to study medical marijuana as a treatment for PTSD say the U.S. government is making it very hard to do so. (leafscience) - The non-profit Multidisciplinary Association For Psy...

International Narcotics Control Board calls US and Uruguay moves on cannabis 'misguided initiatives'

New Mexico’s Secretary of Health Retta Ward has announced the decision to approve adding Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease to the list of medical conditions for which New Mexicans are allowed to seek medical marijuana.

Both medical marijuana facilities and Hillsboro's first Wal-Mart grocery will get planning commission vetting Wednesday evening

Americans are using less cocaine and more marijuana than before, according to new data on illegal US drug use.

An Island farmer preparing to build a medical marijuana production operation in a Charlottetown industrial park says ground could soon be broken on the facility as his new company clears Health Canada hurdles.

The Netherlands may be known as home to one of the world's most liberal drug policies, but it isn't totally freewheeling.

Residents in Michigan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may soon be allowed to treat their symptoms with medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it.

COLUMBIA - Lawmakers should carve out an exemption for a type of medical marijuana that helps those with severe forms of epilepsy, a House panel decided Thursday.

By:  J.M. Smith / tucsonweekly.com Safer Arizona is aiming to put an initiative in front of the voters to bring Colorado-style legalization to our state I don't know if you heard about it or not, b...

In 2003, Rob Ryan got cancer, the second of his three battles against the disease. This time, it was in his colon.

Would You Smoke GMO Pot? Video Transcript: Activists around the country are rallying against genetically modified foods. Meanwhile, states around the nation are preparing to legalize marijuana. The...

I am more convinced than ever that it is irresponsible to not provide the best care we can, care that often may involve marijuana.

Medical marijuana users may run into another obstacle to using their prescriptions under a bill passed Tuesday in the state Senate. The bill would prohibit medical cannabis users from growing or smoking their weed in rental properties, including apartments and hotels.