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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who loudly opposed a medical marijuana measure that appeared on the 2014 ballot, is staying on the sidelines this time around.   Bondi said she is still opposes the effort to legalize medical marijuana, but the state's top legal officer is remaining silent on whether the Florida Supreme Court

Susan Humphreys likes to say she lives a strange life.   Picture frames are glued to the walls of her Bear home. The refrigerator has a lock. The precautions were for her son, Scott, who was diagnosed with autism and was extremely aggressive. Scott also was diagnosed with Pica, a persistent eating condition causing people to almost unconsciously ea

PLAINVILLE Conn. (WTNH) — A Plainville man claims discrimination after being told his medical marijuana was to blame for his counseling sessions ending.   Michael Purcell uses marijuana as medication. He is one of the 5,357 Connecticut residents who have been given state permission to legally use marijuana as a medication. His severe arthritis led

After two votes this week, the state is set to start investing extra marijuana tax money in social goods like schools, scholarships, and drug abuse prevention, trying to make good on its promise that legalizing cannabis would benefit all Coloradans.   Coloradans were feeling generous last week. Two thirds voted in favor of Proposition BB, which all

The Brown administration has posted a job opening for the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation, which will set standards for California’s cannabis industry by 2018.   Sounds like an awesome opportunity, dude. You could get in on the ground floor of California’s push into regulating medical marijuana, making from $115,608 to $128,808 per year.  Bu

FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) -- The 17th Annual Arkansas Poll showed that Arkansans have stayed consistent with their party line alliance, but their views on certain issues have shifted.     The biggest change came in Arkansans' views on medical marijuana, according to a press release on the poll. The 2012 poll showed that 44 percent of respondents were in

The Campaign to Legalize Marijuana Like Alcohol in Arizona announced today that it’s collected 100,000 signatures, or two-thirds of what it needs to get the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act on the November 2016 ballot.   CRMLA still needs to get at least 50,000 more valid signatures by July, though leaders of the campaign have said they’re

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Brandon Emmett grew up around marijuana. His first job was turning compost on a marijuana farm for $5 an hour. He later moved to trimming and then cloning plants. His uncle was also a grower.   The dangers of marijuana preached at his public high school in Oregon never rang true. The marijuana users Emmett knew were decent

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - Voters cast their ballots in Ohio on Tuesday, in a referendum to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana.   It would also allow doctors to write prescriptions for medical marijuana. In Alabama, both types of marijuana are still illegal, but a cannabis derivative is being tested to treat epilepsy. CBD Oil comes from

United States military veterans rallied at a parade in Texas on Wednesday for the right to treat their war wounds, both physical and psychological, with medical marijuana, which remains illegal under federal law and is strictly limited in Texas.

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Hannah Loew, a child who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome, is among dozens who have moved to Colorado to receive higher concentrated doses of marijuana.

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Monday he opposes any eventual legalization of marijuana, five days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of four people who wanted to grow pot for personal use.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Since recreational use of the marijuana became legal in several states, authorities report a major jump in the number of pot-filled packages being sent through the mail.

Hillary Clinton eased her position on marijuana restrictions during a town hall in South Carolina on Saturday, saying she supported a reclassification of the drug to make it easier to conduct research for medicinal purposes.

“Should we smoke before we pray?” Cynthia Joye asked, tapping the Bible resting on her lap. Joye had just arrived at her friend’s home in Centennial, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver, for the fifth or sixth meeting — it was hard to keep track — of Stoner Jesus Bible Study.