Medical Marijuana News

Employees at the 100% Black-owned and operated Cannabliss dispensary unanimously voted last week to become the first in Washington DC to unionize.

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has filed a cease-and-desist letter against Mississippi cannabis activists, claiming they are deceptively using two Trump quotes from 2015 and 2019 in which the president expressed support for medical cannabis and state policy reforms.

A recent study by the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests that seniors are using cannabis more frequently in the treatment of common ailments like pain, arthritis, and anxiety.

The first medical cannabis dispensaries in Missouri opened near St. Louis over the weekend. Officials expect most of the state’s 192 anticipated dispensaries to open by the end of the year.

Billy Caldwell, who became the figurehead of medical cannabis policy changes in the UK, will receive his first bottle of cannabis-derived medicine two years after the necessary reforms took place.

With the opening of Virginia’s first medical cannabis dispensary last week, it is the latest state to implement a full-plant medical cannabis system.

Sean Worsley, an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient who was facing a multi-year prison sentence for cannabis possession in Alabama, has been released on parole.

West Virginia has issued 10 medical cannabis cultivation licenses. Most of the licenses were issued to companies based in other states.

A recent study found that patients experienced reduced OCD symptoms after inhaling cannabis products.

A bill under consideration by Washington, DC City Council would allow people with cannabis-related convictions to serve as an employee, director, agent, or member of a medical cannabis business.

New rules for the cultivation, processing, and export of medical cannabis in Rwanda were approved by officials there on Monday.

A recent study by Israel’s Haifa University School of Public Health found that senior citizens who use cannabis do not show evidence of cognitive decline.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill into law giving patients access to FDA-approved cannabis medications, though the governor said he opposes efforts to make cannabis “mainstream.”

Oklahoma cannabis testing lab F.A.S.T. Labs has surrendered its license amid an ongoing investigation by state regulators.

Canada’s MediPharm and European pharmaceutical firm STADA have signed an exclusive supply agreement for the distribution of medical cannabis products in Germany.

The retirement of Dr. Eric Ruby in Massachusetts is creating uncertainty in the state; Dr. Ruby is the primary physician for 54 pediatric patients enrolled in the state’s medical cannabis program.

Judge Samuel Junkin in Pickens County, Alabama has denied a motion to release disabled Iraq war veteran Sean Worsely from jail for cannabis possession, despite a community supervision agreement for Worsely that included an employment offer and stable, local housing options.

Medical associations in Mississippi are encouraging voters to reject the activist-led Initiative 65 — which would legalize medical cannabis — in favor of Initiative 65A, which was approved for ballots by the legislature and would enact a less comprehensive cannabis program.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has allowed a cannabis patient’s lawsuit against her former employer to move forward; the patient alleges she was wrongfully fired due to her cannabis use.

The Lancaster County Sheriff who challenged and blocked Nebraska’s medical cannabis voter initiative said he doesn’t know who paid for the legal work to get the issue in front of the court.

A former NYPD officer is suing the department after being forced into early retirement due to his status as a registered medical cannabis patient. The lawsuit alleges extreme instances of workplace harassment, disability discrimination, and retaliation.

A recent study found that 82 percent of migraine patients say that medical cannabis has provided them relief from migraine pain.

Arizona medical cannabis patient Nathan Freddy was charged with possession after a Bureau of Land Management ranger smelled cannabis in his pack while he was hiking on federal land.

Four years after voting to legalize medical cannabis, infused edible products are now finally available in Florida dispensaries.