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Expanding the list of qualifying conditions to include intractable pain marks a critical juncture in the year-old program, which is among the most restrictive in the country.

Cannabis advocates and opponents are waging campaign battles across the country, Hawaii allows nurses to recommend MMJ, and Maine tables cannabis as a treatment for opioid addiction.

Illinois expands its MMJ program, New York patients’ slim options get even slimmer, and how exactly will Alaska get cannabis to consumers?

A conservative Delaware state senator calls for full legalization, Montana dispensaries dealt a major setback, and former FARC guerrillas get behind Colombia’s first legal grow.

It’s the first decision among eight lawsuits filed by patients disappointed with across-the-board rejections by Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration of recommendations from a medical cannabis advisory board.

What does the science really say about cannabis and its effect on short-term and long-term memory? Can cannabis actually protect memory or help fight bad memories?

NIDA concludes that long-term cannabis use is associated with altered activity in the brain’s reward processing pathways, plus studies on alcoholism and PTSD, liver cancer, and more.

A major breakthrough earlier today could change the way doctors treat military veterans when it comes to medical cannabis.

Toronto dispensaries vow to fight the mayor’s crackdown, Vermont entrepreneurs are feeling bullish, and the DEA is a stick in the mud.

The DEA’s approval means the research, which has been stalled for five years, can move forward. But it’s easier said than done.