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The American Legion salutes medical marijuana, asks feds to allow VA doctors to openly discuss the plant’s curative effects. On Thursday, the nation’s largest veterans group adopted a resolution urging the Trump Administration to allow physicians at the Department of …

America’s opioid epidemic is a national emergency. Even president Trump, who knows absolutely nothing about drug addiction, conceded earlier this month that declaring a state of emergency was a necessary tool in combating the prescription-pushed addiction crisis. But no matter …

Earlier this month, Ohio regulators finished drafting the rules for the state’s medical marijuana program, slowly setting the wheels in motion for implementation next year. Although the state’s freshly baked legislation has yet to take effect, there are already issues placing …

You may not have heard of Nevada-based cannabusiness GG Strains, but you’ve probably smoked their proprietary products. Jackie Don Peabody, one of GG Strains’ two co-founders is the grower responsible for the notoriously sticky Gorilla Glue #4. Coming in as California’s most …

Published: Aug 11, 2017, 9:43 am • Updated: Aug 11, 2017, 9:43 am By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Officials in Ohio say they don’t expect to issue the state’s first medical marijuana cultivator licenses until around November, at …

Ohio Lawmaker Urges Rescheduling of Cannabis When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its controlled substances scheduling or drug classifications in 1970, they intended to classify drugs based on their potential for abuse, their medical use, and how addictive …

Published: Aug 9, 2017, 1:08 pm • Updated: Aug 9, 2017, 1:08 pm By Robin Feldman, The Conversation “A crippling problem.” “A total epidemic.” “A problem like nobody understands.” These are the words President Trump used to describe the opioid …

Published: Aug 7, 2017, 8:28 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 8:30 am By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Testing lab applications for Ohio’s medical marijuana program are due next month yet to this point no Ohio college or …

Published: Aug 2, 2017, 12:24 pm • Updated: Aug 2, 2017, 12:32 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff As Scotts Miracle-Gro settles in on its play in hydroponics, it’s ratcheting down a buying spree and turning attention to integration …

Back in April of this year, Fairfield became the second city in Ohio to ban businesses aiming to either sell, grow, or produce medical marijuana products of any kind within its borders. Fairfield city council members came to a unanimous …