In this section, you will find the latest medical marijuana news throughout the world. For a list of medical studies related to cannabis and its effect on various conditions & disorders, click here.
Tue / Dec 30th
Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana in 2012, and it was originally believed dispensaries would open in the summer of 2014. Now, after many months… Read More
Mon / Dec 29th
The 2014 Florida campaign for medical marijuana was a hard-fought battle. And though the fight was narrowly lost, the message was… Read More
Sun / Dec 28th
Medical marijuana patients in California have had their right to possess cannabis concentrates reaffirmed. The state’s 3rd District Court of Appeals in… Read More
Wed / Dec 24th
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s office has been working to find a way to properly regulate the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries,… Read More
Tue / Dec 23rd
A quiet campaign to legalize medical and recreational marijuana in Ohio could result in a cannabis industry dominated by government-backed, marijuana kingpins. The campaign is pushing… Read More
Thu / Dec 18th
Indiana State Sen. Karen Tallian, a Democrat from Portage, is getting ready to propose a limited legalization bill that would make medical marijuana available… Read More
Mon / Dec 15th
The controversial federal spending bill passed by Congress last week grants historic support to industrial hemp cultivation and medical marijuana in… Read More
Tue / Dec 9th
For generations, the drug war has been an international campaign — sparked by the U.S. government — that targets drug consumers,… Read More
Mon / Dec 8th
Houston Police Chief Charles McLelland, head of the nation’s fourth largest city’s police department, said in a radio interview on Friday that… Read More
Fri / Dec 5th
Survey results published by UCLA on Thursday have revealed that a vast majority of medical professionals in the U.S. consider cannabis treatment to… Read More
Mon / Dec 1st
The Minnesota Department of Health announced on Monday the names of the first two businesses to receive state-issued business licenses… Read More
Sun / Nov 30th
State Public Health Department officials in Colorado have proposed a series of state-funded clinical trials to study the effectiveness and… Read More
Wed / Nov 26th
New Hampshire’s first dispensary under the state legislators’ 2013 restrictive medical marijuana law could be open for business within the next year. The Granite State… Read More
Sun / Nov 23rd
The world’s first banking institution established to serve legal marijuana businesses could be open in Colorado by January 1, the Denver Post… Read More
Mon / Nov 17th
Some good news: Maryland’s long-awaited medical marijuana program was finally approved by a state panel last week. But, of course, there’s… Read More
Sat / Nov 15th
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced that a public symposium will be held on Nov. 20 to discuss the future of the… Read More
Sun / Nov 9th
One of the casualties of the “War on Weed” has been science. With less than half of the states in… Read More
Sat / Nov 1st
Chile’s first crop of medical marijuana, a heavily-guarded and monitored 850-square-meter plot of land dedicated to growing medical-grade cannabis, has… Read More
Thu / Oct 30th
2014 is shaping up to be a banner year for marijuana reform, with Oregon, Alaska, Florida, California and Washington D.C.… Read More
Thu / Oct 16th
Since Oregon voters approved the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) in 1998, enrollment in the program has often fluctuated dramatically. In the… Read More
Mon / Oct 13th
Since its opening on January 1, the Colorado recreational marijuana market has been steadily growing. Between the months of July and August, legal marijuana sales… Read More
Sun / Oct 12th
Marijuana law reform has been an increasingly popular issue in the U.S. for years: activists are fighting left and right for… Read More
Fri / Oct 3rd
Credit unions in New Mexico have decided to close the bank accounts of many state-licensed medical marijuana producers. The credit… Read More
Thu / Oct 2nd
Despite endless accusations that medical marijuana programs are chalk full of fakers just looking for an easy fix, evidence is mounting… Read More
