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PHOENIX, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A petition launched on Change.org by an Arizona veteran has gathered over 100,000 signatures in support of Dr. Sue Sisley's efforts to initiate medical marijuana research in Arizona. The public outcry against Dr. Sisley's dismissal from the University of Arizona has reached a national audience. On June 27, the University of Arizona notified Dr ... View the full article

A new national survey has found that more than two-thirds of Canadians want the country's marijuana laws to be softened, and the federal government could probably just ignore the poll results except they were the ones who commissioned it. The … Continue reading → View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- GrowBLOX Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB:GBLX) a medical marijuana research and development company, announced that CEO Craig Ellins is in high demand by top tier publications, reporters, and journalists ... View the full article

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- via PRWEB - Oxis International, Inc. (OXIS) announced today company management has changed the business and plans to enter the cannabis biotech space. To support the change of ... View the full article

The use of medicinal cannabis is widespread among children with incurable diseases. View the full article

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher was completely correct in drawing to the attention of her department and police information she had been given that a two-year-old child was being given cannabis oil as "treatment" for a developmental disorder. View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Global retailers are seeing what is trending in worldwide news headlines: cannabidiol (CBD), a natural constituent of the hemp plant. Countering claims that "CBD-only" laws are required ... View the full article

A desperate mother, a dying child, the rigid law and one man's experimental drug. View the full article

The main problem with medicinal cannabis is that this is a medical issue being decided by politicians. It’s time to take the politics out of the issue, writes Dr Alex Wodak . View the full article

An unemployed dental technician who grew to ingest a large backyard crop of marijuana to treat his painful and debilitating disease has avoided a conviction from a magistrate who took a "compassionate" approach to his case. View the full article

EXCLUSIVE Magistrate 'compassionately' deals with man who grew drug to treat disease. View the full article

Couple were discovered by police naked in hotel room A visitor will serve five years in prison for providing his girlfriend with hashish. The Dubai Court of First Instance found the 34-year-old Iranian visitor, S.H., guilty of possessing and consuming hashish and providing it to his 28-year-old countrywoman teacher, M.J. He was also fined Dh30,000. "We obtained prosecutors' permission to search ... View the full article

By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle Police Department has reassigned an officer who single-handedly issued about 80 percent of the marijuana tickets handed out in the city during the first half of this year, authorities said on Wednesday. Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole said staff reviewing data to prepare the department's first biannual report on marijuana enforcement found ... View the full article

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has dismissed dozens of internet threats levelled at her by medical marijuana campaigners, a day after revelations she reported a man to authorities for providing a 2½½-year-old Sydney girl with cannabis oil. View the full article

A drone carrying cellphones, marijuana and other contraband into a U.S. maximum-security prison never made it inside the razor wire fence, and authorities said Wednesday they are looking for one of two people accused of trying to sneak it in. The search has been ongoing since April 21, when officials found a small, crashed drone in bushes outside the walls of Lee Correctional Institution in ... View the full article