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BOCA RATON, Fla., June 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute of Medical Cannabis, a first of its kind in Palm Beach County, is now in session! IMC has enrolled over 25 individuals for their first course in June, Introduction to Medical Cannabis. This is a 12 hour course that is designed to provide individuals with the initial information & skills needed to understand all facets of ... View the full article

A Brisbane mother, who used medical cannabis to treat her sick child, is calling for greater understanding of the controversial treatment. View the full article

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is set to become the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana under an agreement announced by legislative leaders Thursday afternoon. View the full article

A veto-proof majority of Philadelphia City Council is supporting a bill to effectively decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. View the full article

DENVER - Hundreds of pounds of industrial hemp seeds bound from Canada to Colorado have been seized by federal authorities in North Dakota, marking the latest bump along the road to legalization of marijuana's ... View the full article

New York will likely become the next state to allow medicinal marijuana, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo reached a deal with pro-marijuana legislators on Thursday. According to The New York Times, the deal produced a bill that allows patients with certain severe chronic illnesses to be prescribed the drug from certified doctors. View the full article

While governments and authorities do everything they can to turn their noses up at the medicinal use of marijuana, the announcement that a Quebec hospital will allow patients to smoke pot is a sign that some in the country's medical … Continue reading → View the full article

By Benet Koleka LAZARAT Albania (Reuters) - The smoke from burning marijuana plants billowed from a dozen houses on Day Five of Albania's most serious move yet against a southern village, armed to the teeth, that has churned out weed on an industrial scale for more than 15 years. Lazarat has long blighted Albania’s efforts to shed the image of a Balkan badlands since it threw off communism in ... View the full article

Police fighting gangsters in a village dubbed Europe's 'cannabis capital' have seized and destroyed more than 10 tons of the drug. Around 800 police wearing bulletproof vests and backed by armoured vehicles, were deployed around the Albanian village of Lazarat as clashes continued for a third day. The traffickers have barricaded themselves in several houses in the centre and were using ... View the full article

Supporters of New York's proposed medical marijuana law have their work cut out for them. They have until the end of the legislative session — tomorrow — to convince Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the Compassionate Care Act into law without gutting it. View the full article

Uruguay, which recently passed a law making it the first country to legalize the production and sale of cannabis, will also allow doctors to prescribe the drug to treat certain medical conditions, the country's health minister said on Wednesday. "It will mainly be used to alleviate pain, as in the case of cancer, as well as convulsions or epilepsy," Susana Muniz told Reuters, adding that it ... View the full article

Alzheimer's might partly develop because of the suppression of "natural cannabis" molecules in the brain, scientists believe. View the full article

Plumes of pungent pot smoke rose above the small but prosperous Albanian village of Lazarat on Wednesday as police sought to drive out the gangs that have turned it into Europe's largest illegal marijuana ... View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Wellness Managed Services' MPS International (MPSI), is a sponsor of the inaugural International Cannabis ... View the full article

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Advocates of legal marijuana in Oregon have gathered more than the required number of signatures to get a measure on the November ballot that would permit recreational use of the drug by adults, organizers said on Tuesday. New Approach Oregon said the group had collected over 100,000 signatures - more than the 87,213 needed by July 3 - for the proposed ... View the full article