Medical Marijuana News

A court ruling in New Mexico signals that state-licensed medical cannabis companies can claim a tax deduction reserved for prescription medication.

Colorado State University has received a $1.5 million donation from Panacea Life Sciences CEO Leslie Buttorff to fund cannabinoid research.

A ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis in Mississippi has been approved for the state’s November ballot.

A data breach discovered in the cannabis point-of-sale system THSuite has reportedly leaked more than 85,000 files from dispensaries, including patient info, throughout the U.S.

Ohio’s medical cannabis market has come a long way since its launch last January but some numbers, including patient enrollment and operating dispensaries, are still lower than what was expected.

Utah lawmakers will consider a bill that would allow cannabis patients to expunge low-level cannabis offenses and clarify patient/employee rights when it comes to the state’s new medical cannabis program.

A health clinic in Chiang Mai, Thailand is the country’s first to offer treatments using both cannabis and mainstream medicines.

Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor has reported inadequacies with the Health Department’s internal controls over the state medical cannabis program.

A petition to add being a Browns or Bengals fan as a qualifying condition for Ohio’s medical cannabis program has been submitted to the State Medical Board for consideration.

At least two rural New Mexico water districts have complained about medical cannabis farms in their area putting a strain on local water supplies.

Utah health officials have announced the 14 locations that will house the state’s first medical cannabis pharmacies.

A Missouri lawsuit is challenging the state’s cap on medical cannabis licenses, arguing that the cap violates the state’s Right to Farm Act passed in 2014.

In the seven months since Arkansas’ medical cannabis program launch, the state’s 14 dispensaries have sold just over $28 million worth of cannabis.

A recently published study, which spanned 12 years, suggests that people who experience depression may be twice as likely to consume cannabis.

Fearing that legalization would disrupt the existing resources that medical cannabis patients rely on, activists have withdrawn their petition for adult-use cannabis in Oklahoma.

License applicants who were rejected due to a glitch in the Department of Health website are hoping to have the chance to resubmit and be reconsidered via a merit-based system.

Activists in South Dakota have successfully gathered enough signatures to put a medical cannabis legalization initiative on the 2020 ballot.

A group of Colorado medical professionals has launched a free medical cannabis helpline called Leaf 411, which aims to help consumers who have questions about using medical cannabis.

An upcoming San Francisco dispensary has received the city’s first social equity cannabis business license; the shop is expected to open in the city’s Castro District before the end of the year.

The application process for West Virginia medical cannabis cultivator, processor, and dispensary business licenses is launching this Thursday, nearly three years after state lawmakers first approved the reforms.

Rhode Island officials have proposed a new rule requiring out-of-state cannabis patients to show ID from the same state as their patient card; the change would prevent citizens from switching to more accessible, out-of-state programs while still living in Rhode Island.

Canadian cannabis producer Atlas Biotechnologies has awarded a $300,000 grant to University of Alberta researchers for the investigation of cannabis as a potential therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s disease, and Huntington’s disease.

Minnesota health officials have approved chronic pain and a degenerative eye condition as new qualifying conditions for the state’s medical cannabis program.

The Eastern Shoshone Tribe in Wyoming is pursuing a plan to legalize hemp and medical cannabis in an effort to diversify the Wind River Reservation economy and offer alternative medical treatments.