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A few months ago the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made waves by approving a cannabis-based medication for the first time ever. And now that medication is finally available to the public.

They want the creation of a state-run bank to handle medicinal marijuana money.

Cannabis startups envision a not-too-distant future in which consumers seek alternative refreshments during happy hour.

There is a great unknown for how federal and state enforcement authorities as well as trucking companies will come to grips with the proliferation of state laws permitting medical and recreational use of marijuana, a panel of trucking executives said.

Campaigns supporting and opposing marijuana ballot measures are filling up airwaves and social media feeds with political advertisements in the run-up to the midterm elections.

The use of medical marijuana is growing in Illinois thanks in part to recent changes in legislation that allows cannabis to be used as an alternative to opioid pain medication.

Cannabis kills brain cancer cells in petri dishes so Australian researchers are embarking on a clinical trial to determine if it kills those cells in live patients too.

The lucrative legal cannabis industry is again front and center this voting year as Americans head to the polls for midterm elections November 6.

The lone medical marijuana manufacturing facility currently up and running in the state aims to have marijuana products available in December or January.

Four states will vote on ballot initiatives to decriminalize pot.

A new medical cannabis company called Katexco Pharmaceuticals aims to develop oral therapies that harness the brain’s endocannabinoid and nicotine receptors to treat inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

Instead of creating a whole new system of specialized stores to distribute marijuana when it becomes legal, New York should just allow existing liquor and wine retail outlets to sell cannabis to adults. That’s the position of a new advocacy effort launched by owners of booze shops this month.

College business programs are well positioned to prepare students for careers in cannabis but are hampered because marijuana remains federally illegal.

As cannabis is being infused into mainstream beverages, beauty products, sunscreens, every kind of food imaginable and is now legal in Canada and the majority of the U.S., it seems consumers may have already normalized what was stigmatized not long ago.

"A disproportionate number of minority communities are affected by misdemeanor marijuana offenses," said Tiki Barber, the ex-Giants running back turned sportscaster/entrepreneur who teamed up with Kevin Shin, a financial services veteran.

Trying to keep track of all the advances in cannabis research? Here are some brief summaries from some of the biggest headlines of the fall.

At the moment, no restaurants are legally allowed to sell cannabis or hemp infused food and beverages although things like hemp grain and oil, hemp protein baking flour are permitted ingredients in edible products.

Of those 80,000 patients, the state has approved nearly 51,000 to receive medical marijuana through dispensaries.