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MyPalmBeachPostPalm Beach County billionaire backing medical marijuana firmMyPalmBeachPostIn another sign that medical marijuana is going mainstream, pot purveyor Surterra Wellness said this week that William “Beau” Wrigley Jr. took a significant stake in the company. Wrigley, a billionaire who lives near North Palm Beach and operates an ...Wrigley joins Georgia-based medical marijuana company as chairmanAtlanta Journal ConstitutionChewing gum Read entire story
Richmond.comAmelia could host regional site for medical marijuana operationRichmond.comThe 134,000-square-foot warehouse and office building on Old River Drive is under lease by Surterra Holdings, an Atlanta-based company that is vying for the state license as a medical cannabis supplier for the health region that extends from Hanover ... (c) medical marijuana - Google News - Read entire story here. Read entire story
Orlando SentinelMedical marijuana patients find CanPay payment app usefulOrlando SentinelThink of it as PayPal for medical marijuana: CanPay lets patients pay for cannabis prescriptions without carrying cash. It's made Florida its first statewide market, working with all dispensaries. The payment app is particularly helpful to patients who ... (c) medical marijuana - Google News - Read entire story here. Read entire story
Stillwater News PressArkansas medical marijuana program well behind others states, experts saytalkbusiness.netToday, with Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and other surrounding states moving with medical marijuana programs or early stage plans and ballot initiatives to legalize pot, Arkansas is now an example of a “red state” facing marijuana implementation ...Oklahoma medical marijuana won't be available for monthsStillwater News PressBoard of Read entire story
New York TimesVA Shuns Medical Marijuana, Leaving Vets to ImproviseNew York TimesSANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Some of the local growers along the coast here see it as an act of medical compassion: Donating part of their crop of high-potency medical marijuana to ailing veterans, who line up by the dozens each month in the echoing ...Marijuana testing lab not among 7 licenses before Cannabis Control CommissionMassLive.com'Breakthrough' in South Read entire story
Hamilton Journal NewsMedical marijuana in Monroe: What officials, developer say its impact will beHamilton Journal NewsThe city will soon be home to a medical marijuana cultivation facility and a dispensary, but officials say they expect no negative impact on the growing business community where the Cincinnati Premium Outlet Mall is located as well as several major ... (c) medical marijuana - Google News - Read entire story here. Read entire story
KTULGroup marches for medical marijuana regulations to be revokedKTULTULSA, Okla. (KTUL) -- A group of medical marijuana supporters are mad, so they took to the streets to let their voices be heard. People say the new regulations on State Question 788, which legalized medical marijuana, are unfair and not what the ...10 things medical marijuana patients would not be allowed to do under SQ788Tulsa WorldHas the U.S. reached a 'tipping Read entire story
WeAreGreenBay.comBrown Co. Will Have Referendum On Support For Medical Marijuana, Not RecreationalWeAreGreenBay.comGREEN BAY, Wis. - The Brown County Board of supervisors voted on Wednesday to allow a referendum question on support for medical marijuana, but not recreational marijuana, on the November ballot. This is not a referendum that would legalize ...Brown Co. voters to vote on medical marijuana advisory referendumWBAYall 3 news articles Read entire story
Tampabay.comFlorida approves $13.3 million for medical marijuana officeTampabay.comA joint committee of state lawmakers reluctantly approved another $13.3 million in funding for the state office regulating medical marijuana Thursday, despite being frustrated by delays in implementing the bill that broadly legalized the drug for ...Delays remain in start of Ohio medical marijuanaThe Columbus DispatchOhio's medical marijuana program faces more Read entire story
Four States HomepageMedical marijuana not allowed on Indian territoriesFour States HomepageMedical marijuana may now be legal in Oklahoma, but not all areas in the state will under the new law. While medicinal marijuana is now legal in the state of Oklahoma, people with cards will be able to use the substance in towns, like Wyandotte, but ... (c) medical marijuana - Google News - Read entire story here. Read entire story
Cincinnati.comMedical Marijuana patient registry put on hold - Cincinnati EnquirerCincinnati.comThe launch of Ohio's medical marijuana patient registry has been put on hold because of unexpected delays in bringing Ohio's newest treatment to market, ...S. Korea to selectively permit marijuana-based drugs approved overseasInquirer.netall 9 news articles » (c) medical marijuana - Google News - Read entire story here. Read entire story
Psychology Today (blog)What Medical Marijuana Is, and Is Not, Good ForPsychology Today (blog)In 2016, I was asked by Governor John Kasich to become an academic research member of Ohio's Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee. Ohio's statute allows physicians to recommend the use of medical marijuana to people suffering with twenty-one ... (c) medical marijuana - Google News - Read entire story here. Read entire story
The Seattle TimesOregon admits lack of oversight of medical-marijuana program | The ...The Seattle TimesOregon's struggle to transform a business that for decades had operated illegally in the shadows into a regulated industry sets an example for other states ...Oregon admits lack of oversight of medical marijuana program | WSBTWSBT-TVReview finds Oregon's medical pot industry lacks oversightLewiston Morning Tribuneall 5 news articles Read entire story
On June 26, Oklahoma voters approved State Question Number 788 – Initiative Number 412, an activist-led, signature-driven ballot measure launched more than two years ago. This makes the Sooner State the 30th state in the nation to permit the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and perhaps the most conservative state yet to approve its use. The measure is one of the most permissive cannabis policies in the U.S. The typical list of Read entire story
At the time of this article’s publishing, thirty states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation permitting use of medical cannabis. Of those, nine states and DC have went a step further and legalized marijuana for all adults 21 and over. Although this is exciting for many advocates of the plant, many patients that are suffering from ailing health conditions are left wondering what this means for them, and how exactly all of Read entire story
Tampabay.comMedical marijuana processing in Florida may be interruptedTampabay.comTALLAHASSEE — About half of the 13 Florida businesses allowed to grow, process and sell medical marijuana could be suspended from processing cannabis because of a little-noticed deadline in state law requiring food safety inspections — even though ...Michigan awards first medical marijuana licensesDetroit Free PressMich. OKs first licenses for medical pot firmsThe Read entire story
WCPOWhat to expect from Ohio medical marijuana dispensariesWCPOARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Ohio officials have said the state's medical marijuana program won't be ready to launch by the Sept. 8 deadline, but people at the future dispensaries like Verilife on Ridge Road in Columbia Township, Ohio, are still hard at ... (c) medical marijuana - Google News - Read entire story here. Read entire story
The FDA announced in a press release on Monday that it had approved the “first drug comprised of an active ingredient derived from marijuana to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy.” Prior to this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved only three cannabinoid-based medicines. None of the approved drugs contain, or are derived from, the whole cannabis plant. Instead, they are all created from isolated synthetics that do not Read entire story
A major hurdle for recreational cannabis sales in the Bay State was cleared on Monday. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) has granted its first provisional retail license to sell adult-use marijuana. The five member commission unanimously voted to grant the license to Cultivate, a medical cannabis dispensary currently operating in Worcester County. The company describes itself as a farm-to-table operation, and takes pride in the Read entire story
NewsOK.comOklahomans must choose between their guns and medical marijuanaNewsOK.comGuns or medical marijuana? Thousands of Oklahomans will be forced to choose between the two to avoid committing a felony, federal officials say. And unless something changes, medical marijuana users also will be prohibited from obtaining state handgun ...Clinic opens hours after Oklahoma approves medical marijuanaABC NewsSpecial session may not be needed for Read entire story
