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By Marti Maguire RALEIGH N.C (Reuters) - North Carolina is on the verge of joining the wave of states to approve a form of medical marijuana as lawmakers voted to allow its limited use for treating seizures. The Hope 4 Haley and Friends bill is named for 6-year-old Haley Ward of Newport, who suffers from multiple daily seizures. The measure passed unanimously in the state Senate on Thursday ... View the full article

By Marti Maguire RALEIGH N.C (Reuters) - North Carolina is on the verge of joining the wave of states to approve a form of medical marijuana as lawmakers voted to allow its limited use for treating seizures. The Hope 4 Haley and Friends bill is named for 6-year-old Haley Ward of Newport, who suffers from multiple daily seizures. The measure passed unanimously in the state Senate on Thursday ... View the full article

If marijuana advocates have their way, the number of states where recreational pot is legal could double this year. On the November ballot in Oregon and Alaska are measures allowing the sale of recreational marijuana to adults. In Oregon Thursday, supporters of marijuana legalization turned in 145,000 signatures – far more than the 87,213 valid signatures of registered voters necessary to ... View the full article

State officials are in contract negotiations with a lobbyist who once worked for U.S. Sen. Tom Carper to run Delaware's first medical marijuana dispensary. View the full article

The Oregon law that protects the customary farming practices of producers of grains, vegetables, fruits and livestock makes it hard to pass nuisance laws against marijuana grows, Jackson County officials ... View the full article

She claimed her doctor had prescribed the marijuana and said she had been using it for two years. A 24-year-old Iranian businesswoman was arrested after she allegedly smuggled cannabis in her cosmetics boxes 10 times from Iran, a court heard on Wednesday. The businesswoman, identified as S.A., admitted in the Court of First Instance to having possessed marijuana but claimed it was medicinal to ... View the full article

Federal member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has thrown his support behind a cross-party group which wants medicinal cannabis use legalised. View the full article

More Americans are consuming marijuana as their perception of the health risks declines but more are seeking help for problems related to the drug, a U.N. report said on Thursday. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said it was still too early to understand the impact of recent cannabis legalization moves in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado and the South American country of ... View the full article

Liberal MP Warren Entsch MP wants medicinal marijuana legalised after seeing its benefits firsthand. View the full article

CHICAGO -- ID Global Corp. (OTC:IDGC) is pleased to announce that it is in the final stages of packaging design and negotiations with manufacturers on its first wave of cannabis/hemp products featuring ... View the full article

As Washington state prepares to issue the first licenses for marijuana retail stores, Gov. Jay Inslee and other state leaders on Tuesday announced a coordinated campaign to make sure pot stays out of the ... View the full article

A group has taken steps to become the first officially recognized marijuana-growing club in Uruguay, where lawmakers have made their country the world's first national marketplace for legal pot. The Association ... View the full article

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- OraSure Technologies , a market leader in point of care diagnostics, announced today continued progress under its agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher) to develop and ... View the full article

Prosecutors in Bali have given a Sydney woman credit for admitting her guilt in a drug trial and recommended a 15-month sentence, not 12 years. View the full article

Sting says attitudes towards drugs need to change, saying he will smoke marijuana when he suffers from writers block. View the full article