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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas officials are anticipating that between 20,000 and 40,000 people will ask for permission to obtain medical marijuana.

It's the first new qualifying condition added under the state's medical marijuana law since it was implemented in 2001.

'Live Free Or Die' state joins the rest of New England in rejecting criminal penalties for weed. 

New research paves the way for a new schizophrenia treatment, by testing the effect of a cannabis compound on rats.

Much like how big banks have kept their distance from cannabis, large insurance carriers have generally stayed away from the industry even as states across the US continue to launch legal, regulated markets for patients and consumers.

The pilot research program comes as state officials try to make sense of contradictory federal law.

The 8th annual Hemp History Week runs from June 5 to 11 nationwide with over 150 events taking place across the U.S., including on the Big Island of Hawai‘i.

The youngest son of reggae star Bob Marley as well as wealthy legal pot sellers from Colorado have taken control of High Times magazine, the storied counterculture media brand known around the world.

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said medical marijuana could help veterans, a major split in tone from others in the Trump Administration.

Cannabis, according to doctors, nurses and caregivers who work with seniors, is an effective treatment for elderly people and others who suffer from insomnia.

Colorado's weed boom will fund schools and fight opioid addiction.

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — History was made at the North Carolina-Tennessee border Friday night as the first permitted industrial hemp plants were trucked into the mountains.

Inspired partly by their own use of the drug for pain relief, or by caring for others who use it for their own aches, these women see viable business opportunities and view their work as therapeutic for their customers.

Cannabis: It’s not just for medicinal or recreational purposes. At least that's what one commercial grower hopes.

An oil derived from the marijuana plant sharply reduces violent seizures in young people suffering from a rare, severe form of epilepsy, according to a study published Wednesday that gives more hope to parents who have been clamoring for access to the medication.

Owner says agency is first in Canada to connect employers, workers in new market.

In California, seniors are getting together to sample weed-laced lip balms, topical ointments, and tinctures in Mary Kay-style parties at their retirement communities.

Aloha Green Holdings is the first medical marijuana dispensary in Hawaii to harvest its first crop.