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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A marijuana convention drew thousands of people to the University of Southern Maine campus on Saturday.     The Portland Cannabis Convention, hosted by the New England Cannabis Network, displayed 65 vendors and 50 speakers from across the country. It is the first time an out-of-state group has brought a convention t

NEW ORLEANS —Some consider it very controversial: medical marijuana. But as more states are beginning to move toward allowing it as a treatment for some diseases or illnesses, one Louisiana mother feels this state is lagging behind the times. To treat her daughter’s illness, she’s packing her bags.   Some days, Ella Grace is at her best: smiling, s

A Farm Bill passed by Congress last year included an amendment granting states and universities the right to research hemp. Several states have since started research projects, but Kentucky is at the forefront, experimenting with creating a new industry around this plant. NewsHour's Christopher Booker reports.   Click here to read the complete arti

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The north side of the Statehouse became a graveyard Saturday afternoon.     And a funeral. All symbols used by the advocacy group Bleeding Kansas to bring awareness of a bill they’ve been trying to get out of committee for years. The group and other Kansans are asking legislators to consider making medical marijuana legal. “We just

MACY, Neb. —Leaders of the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska are considering land in western Iowa for growing marijuana.   The Sioux City Journal newspaper reports tribal members approved three referendums Tuesday giving the Tribal Council the authority to legalize marijuana for medicinal and recreational use and to grow plants for industrial hemp. Tribal Ch

INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers may crack a door for use of medical marijuana by protecting doctors involved in drug trials from prosecution.     On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers endorsed clearing the way for medical studies of cannabis oil - a non-psychoactive extract of the marijuana plant that’s illegal in Indiana. The measure falls far short of the ac

Bill Wilson can't stand the smell of marijuana. He said he's anti-drug and anti-alcohol, yet there he was Monday, buying medical cannabis on the first day it was authorized by Illinois law.     After years of taking anti-inflammatory drugs and prescription painkillers that messed up his stomach, the 52-year-old Chicagoan who has degenerative spinal

WAYNESVILLE, MO (KTVI) - A Missouri group trying to legalize marijuana rallies around a sick veteran who is facing a drug charge.

Small businesses depend on cheap advertising. From word of mouth to social media, cannabis dispensaries all over Oregon use Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to show their products and interact with customers and patients.

When Colorado legalised cannabis possession in 2014, the anticipated ‘Green Rush’ of dope tourists didn’t quite happen. But the first stoners’ B&B in Denver is now leading the way.

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday issued an executive order telling state agencies that any marijuana grown with unapproved pesticides is a threat to public safety and should be removed from commerce and destroyed.

The measure would keep the VA from interfering with a veteran's attempt to access medicinal marijuana.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's government plans to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, officials said Thursday in a surprise shift by the longtime U.S. ally in the war on drugs.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Up to 25 Idaho children with persistent seizures will soon have access to an experimental drug derived from marijuana, but experts say far more children could benefit from the treatment.   An April executive order from Gov. Butch Otter is allowing the very limited use of the non-psychoactive drug. Otter signed the order after ve

Hawaii lawyers assisting the state's first medical marijuana dispensary applicants were provided relief Tuesday, thanks to a figurative pardon from the Hawaii Supreme Court.     The state's highest court ordered an amendment to the Hawaii lawyer rules of professional conduct, allowing counsel or assistance to "...a client regarding conduct expressl

The father of medical marijuana legislation in Georgia is leading a two-day delegation to Colorado to explore what the state learned from its great pot experiment.   State Rep. Allen Peake said the Monday-to-Tuesday visit aims to get a better understanding of Colorado’s regulatory structure for cultivating medical marijuana. He was quick to add, th