The Missouri Senate committee is considering legislation to legalize marijuana use by patients diagnosed by a physician with a debilitating medical condition.  Zayden, 4, has a condition that causes severe epilepsy and that he frequently stops breathing during seizures.

“Charlotte’s Web” is a strain of marijuana grown in Colorado that is named for Charlotte Figi. Charlotte and others with severe epilepsy have found relief from seizures by ingesting the plant’s oil. It is marijuana that is low in THC but rich in cannabidiol, or CBD.

Colorado expected to see a decline in patients seeking medical marijuana with the advent of the state’s newly-legalized recreational pot industry, but recent statistics indicate there was no decrease in the program during the first month of retail sales.

In a new set of rules, the Oregon Health Authority seeks only to ban marijuana-laced products that are made or packaged in ways that might appeal to children such as brightly colored or formed in the shape of animals, toys or candies.

The bill for marijuana oil trials to help children who suffer uncontrollable seizures received its final legislative approval on Monday and was sent to Gov. Steve Beshear for his signature. It is believed to be the first medical use of a marijuana derivative approved in Kentucky since the plant became illegal decades ago.

The small South American country will soon become the first in the world to legalize, regulate and participate in the production, sale and taxation of marijuana. Uruguay’s “weed revolution” will be scrutinized across the globe, as international leaders wrestle with drug policy amid deepening critiques of the long-standing principles of the “war on drugs.”

Colorado plans to crack down on medical marijuana patients, state health department authorities announced Friday, saying it would challenge patients and medical pot growers with permission for more than six plants.

In the Caribbean, marijuana is illegal, yet it is widely used, freely sold and openly puffed. Now, for the first time, Caribbean leaders — much like a growing number of American lawmakers — are considering loosening restrictions to control and capitalize on the popular crop.

It’s a sobering thing to hear the Congressional Research Service accurately talk about the penalties of violating federal marijuana laws. Usually, they try to sugar coat things and act like ‘no one really goes to jail for marijuana these days’, and leave it at that.

One of the parents of severely epileptic children who lobbied for the bill, testified to just how transformative medical marijuana treatment can be for kids like her son, Chase, who lost his ability to speak due to his seizures and functions at the level of a 1½-year-old.

House bill 5104 passed 100 to 9 in favor of legalizing medical marijuana edibles “Medibles”.  State representative Eileen Kowall sponsored the legislation. The republican lawmaker from White Lake said it was sparked by a Michigan Supreme Court ruling.

High Times reports the American Lung Association is in cahoots with Big Pharma in an attempt to ban vape pens & drive up sales of cessation drugs. Minnesota Vapers Advocacy claims the ALA has been pressing the flesh for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in America.

“New Hampshire is a long way from being ready to legalize marijuana,” said Rep. Mary Cooney, D-Plymouth. “New Hampshire does not want to be known as the East Coast pot state.”

Since recreational marijuana sales began in Colorado, dispensaries have been forced to operate as a cash-only business. This has created a risky situation, a veritable crapshoot that ultimately threatens the security of those operating inside the state’s newfound billion-dollar cannabis commerce.

At Ladybud, Dianna Donnelly reports her experience battling the mythology about “Mr. T.H. Cannabinol” She says, “THC has absolutely nothing to do with laziness – quite the opposite! In fact, the first time I procured a strain that was high in THC, I couldn’t sit still!!”

Parents of Utah children with severe epilepsy are cheering a new state law that allows them to obtain a marijuana extract they say helps with seizures, but getting it involves navigating a thorny set of state and federal laws.

A compromise proposal by Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton to fund research at the Mayo Clinic on medical marijuana lacks support from activists who want to see wider legalization of the drug for treatment purposes; Dayton said it’s not likely to happen this year.

People hoping to legalize marijuana aren’t giving up after a crushing defeat in the legislature. The Peachtree NORML Conference brought together people hoping to legalize medical marijuana and decriminalize cannabis in Georgia.

Posting photos of marijuana to various social media sites is considered reasonable suspicion, in the eyes of the law, and cops are now using these images to lure stoners into rattraps and put them behind bars.

A New Jersey lawmaker announced a bill Monday that would legalize marijuana, tax it and use the revenue to pay to fix the state’s roads and bridges. The proposed legislation even allows people to grow limited amounts of pot.