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Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it.The plan authorizes a pilot program for physicians to prescribe marijuana only to patients with whom they have an existing relationship. Background checks are required, and patients must have at least one of more than three dozen terminal illnesses or other debilitating medical conditions specifically listed in the bill.Gov. Pat Quinn has declined to say whether he supports the legislation, saying only that he was "open-minded" on the issue. Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon, a former prosecutor, has said she is in favor of the plan after meeting with patients, including military veterans.The proposed legislation creates a framework for a four-year pilot program that includes requiring patients and caregivers to undergo background...
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There's an unexpected link between marijuana use and factors related to Type 2 diabetes that has medical researchers intrigued.Several studies have found that mariju...
The Cato Institute’s Jeffrey Miron on the revenue being generated by legal weed.
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Betty Aldworth of the National Cannabis Industry Association on “My 420 Tours”.
A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the drug war discusses possible decrimina...
The pot doctor has a backache. As Mahmoud ElSohly, shakes my hand, he's wincing. Two days ago, ElSohly—the director of the University of Mississippi's Marijuana Proj...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — As Bob Marley music wailed in the next room, the makeshift clinic hummed along like an assembly line: Patients went in to see a doctor, paid $15...
Moshe Rute survived the Holocaust by hiding in a barn full of chickens. He nearly lost the use of his hands after a stroke two years ago. He became debilitated by re...
With more states opting to legalize the sale of medical marijuana , researchers are taking a closer look at how cannabis may protect the brain. Dr. Manny sits down with the Medicine Hunter, Chris Kilham, to find out more
A Montana advocacy group is shutting down its traveling medical marijuana clinics amid criticism that the so-called cannabis caravans have added thousands of people ...
The most recent revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has arrived, and the latest changes have caused divisions among those in ...
Arizona's attorney general on Monday asked a judge to shut down four so-called cannabis clubs that he said have been illegally providing medical marijuana to patient...
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to...
The homeless man whose face was nearly chewed off by another man in a gruesome attack in Miami last year is recovering well from his severe facial injuries and has e...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued to duck questions Tuesday about a video that purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine despite calls by allies and rivals for furt...
Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to...
Bon Jovi awoke at 2 a.m. to a phone call that his daughter, Stephanie, had overdosed on heroin.The rocker recently opened up about the November incident, which he ca...
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