Medical Marijuana

Thailand’s federal government legalized the medicinal use of marijuana on Thursday, becoming the first country in Asia to do so, the news website Coconuts Bangkok reported.

A man arrested for alleged drug possession reportedly lit a joint in front of a judge Monday in Wilson County, Tennessee. 

A data breach in THSuite, a point-of-sale system for the cannabis industry, has exposed the personal data of over 30,000 individuals.

American colleges and universities around the country are facing lawsuits from students seeking to use medical marijuana on campus.

While much of the country seems to be softening its stance when it comes to the issue of medical marijuana, CBS is definitely not.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), long a champion of legalizing marijuana, told the Fox Business Network on Thursday that President Donald Trump intends to reform federal policies on marijuana after the midterm elections in November.

The latest battlefield in the fight over medical marijuana pits members of the abstemious Mormon Church against one another in Utah.

On Monday, CBS News responded to the heinous Florida school shooting by claiming it is easier to buy an “assault rifle” than anti-diarrhea medicine in bulk in Florida.

California marijuana farmers that obtained legal cultivation licenses under Proposition 64 are already complaining to the Humboldt County Supervisors that taxes could bankrupt them.

Israel will forego its plans to become a pioneer medical marijuana exporter for fear of upsetting US President Donald Trump, Channel 2 News reported Wednesday evening.

The first cannabis oil dispensary in Texas will open its doors this week, one of three medical marijuana facilities licensed by the state for epilepsy patients who suffer with a drug-resistant form of the seizure disorder.

A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama ruled Friday that an 11-year-old girl who suffers from leukemia can use medical marijuana at her suburban Chicago elementary school.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ reversing Obama’s ban on enforcing cannabis laws, makes California state and local marijuana regulatory data a prosecutorial roadmap.

The 88 California licensed recreational marijuana stores began the New Year with price-cutting and big sales volumes.

California New Year’s Day partiers can only buy legal recreational marijuana at 44 locations across the state, as cities like Los Angeles are suffering problems setting up taxes and dealing with union infighting.

California unions are demanding that 100,000 marijuana production, packaging and distribution workers organize in anticipation of the legalization of recreational weed on January 1.

In light of public backlash the Honolulu Police Department is rethinking confiscation of firearms from medical marijuana cardholders.

The Honolulu Police Department is ordering medical marijuana cardholders to surrender their firearms within a 30-day window of time.

California is confident that draft regulations will be ready by the end of November to start the billion-dollar recreational marijuana tax bonanza on January 1.

Los Angeles is scrambling to make sure the City of Angeles soon starts collecting at least $50 million a year as the world’s top spot to buy recreational marijuana.

U.S. District Judge dismisses case on grounds that state laws allowing medical marijuana cannot be infringed by federal laws barring it.

The Arkansas Dept. of Health warns would-be applicants for medical marijuana cards they can have the card or gun buying ability, not both.

Friday on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell weighed in on marijuana use for players in the league, saying the drug will not be cleared any time soon because it has an “addictive nature” and could be

An Israeli government committee gave an initial nod on Sunday for the export of medical marijuana in what could be a windfall for companies in Israel, widely regarded as a leader in research in the field.

A first-ever academic course in the use of medical cannabis, recognized by the Council for Higher Education, has been launched by Ariel University.

As California prepares for the era of legal marijuana, Israel is emerging as a potential overseas partner in new cannabis-related enterprises.

With marijuana ballot initiatives leading the polls in nine states, the biggest winners in the November 8 election could be Silicon Valley venture capitalists funding “ganjapreneurs.” U.S. legal marijuana sales hit $5.4 billion in 2015.  Legalizing medical marijuana is on the

Israel’s largest pharmacy chain is working with the government to implement reform that would make medical marijuana more widely available.

Pet owners have turned to pot in order to treat many of their pets’ illnesses, reporting success after using the drug on their pets for a wide variety of ailments.

TEL AVIV – Israel will begin exporting medical marijuana abroad, Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel said Sunday.

The federal government is expected formally to announce a decision in July about whether to remove marijuana from its Schedule I drug status, where it has been grouped together with heroin and LSD for more than 40 years.

With 39 million people, and a booming 20-year-old medical marijuana trade, California politicians will soon have $1 billion a year in extra cash to spend — if the new recreational marijuana initiative passes on the November ballot.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has revealed that he uses topical medical marijuana wax to ease his arthritis pain.

TEL AVIV – The ever first study on licensed medical marijuana users in Israel revealed that 99.6% of patients applied for the drug after conventional medications had no effect, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Actor Woody Harrelson has been denied a license to sell medical marijuana in Hawaii.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ban medical marijuana cultivation in the county’s unincorporated areas temporarily.