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Like many people, Ben Fudge starts his day with a coffee and a smoke.  But, it’s not a nicotine hit he’s after when he lights up first thing in the morning. The Oshawa man has been using medical marijuana for years to help manage chronic pain, after being hit by a truck when he was [...]

Michigan — In a small second-story office on Main Street in Ann Arbor, Liberty Clinic is doing brisk business, selling medical marijuana for $360 to $400 an ounce. In just 3 1/2 months, 750 patients have come through its doors. In Lansing, Danny Trevino has expanded beyond his HydroWorld hydroponics store, [...]

A Charlevoix storefront sign placed in jest in 2009 proclaiming a marijuana shop was coming to town may have been the first sign of a coming debate over medicinal pot statewide. While that sign was a joke, communities creating zoning enclaves throughout Michigan to deal with a growing marijuana patient and producer [...]

GEORGETOWN, Colo., March 10 (UPI) — A Colorado man was found guilty of possessing marijuana as he tried to make his case that his religious beliefs necessitate cannabis use, records showed. Trevor Douglas, 25, Tuesday told a Georgetown court a conviction would violate his First Amendment rights to freedom of religion, the Denver Post reported. [...]

We question whether state lawmakers have the authority to create a dispensary system.  Why not put it before the voters? Medical marijuana legislation pending in the state legislature could legitimize hundreds of dispensaries, and we don’t think that honors the intent of voters who approved narrowly drawn access for sick people.  While state lawmakers may [...]

MONTPELIER – A legislative effort to provide eligible patients with safe and legal access to medical marijuana could inch forward this week when a Senate committee decides whether to create state-sanctioned dispensaries for the drug. The Senate Committee on Government Operations is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill that would establish [...]

Anchorage, Alaska — Every competitor now running the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will be tested for alcohol and illegal drugs on the trail for the first time in the history of the 1,100-mile race — a change defending champion Lance Mackey believes is directed at him. “I know for a fact,” said the three-time [...]

Why decriminalize marijuana when drugs are central to many of the problems relating to gangs, teenage suicide, teenage violence and low academic achievement? Anyone close to the issue — teachers, police officers, counselors, and parents — can speak to this with certainty: Kids have been reaching out for guidance and direction for [...]