New Jersey’s medical marijuana program has a very restrictive list of qualifying conditions, but AB 457 would help change that by adding PTSD. The bill was just released from committee, which voted 3-0 in support. Please contact your Assembly members and ask them to support compassionate access for these patients.

Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo (D-Atlantic), who sponsored the bill, noted that veterans are the people who most often suffer fromPTSD, and that for many veterans, medical marijuana is “the only [drug] to provide veterans with significant relief from the anxiety associated with PTSD.”

Colorado may make headlines when it comes to revenues from the sale of marijuana, but California is making the news when it comes to marijuana-related taxes. A test case challenging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) interpretation of expenses related to the sale of medical marijuana is headed to court: on Monday, June 6, Harborside Health Center, the country’s largest medical marijuana dispensary, will be in Tax Court to argue the application of section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code.

For months, Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe has been advocating for the NFL to change its marijuana policy, to open the door to research the drug’s possibilities for pain relief.

Finally, it appears the NFL is willing to listen.

The hilarious actor joined Ellen for the first time and told her all about newlywed life… with an unexpected roommate. Thanks to the reader who submitted this to us! Happy Friday everyone and enjoy your weekend!

Thomas Jefferson University in Center City has created a medical marijuana education and research center, which the school called the “first center of its kind.”

The Center for Medical Cannabis Education & Research, part of the Institute for Emerging Health Professions, will provide guidance to clinicians and patients about cannabinoid focused-therapies.

Prince died of an opioid overdose, specifically fentanyl, according to test results released Thursday.

The iconic musician was found dead in his Minnesota home on the morning of April 21.

As saddened fans and proponents of natural, life-saving medicine, we have to take a look at the causes of their untimely passing and wonder if there was something more that could have been done, and look at the link between the growing number of patients claiming that marijuana treatment for addiction helped them drop their dependency to prescribed pharmaceuticals and illegal narcotics.

A group of medicinal cannabis users and supporters say the Ministry of Health was biased in its review of Government guidelines for accessing cannabis products.

Former Council of Trade Unions boss Helen Kelly, Nelson teenager Alex Renton's mother, Rose, and Wairarapa teenager Grace Yeats' mother, Tracy, are part of the group demanding an urgent independent inquiry.

After the guidelines for the application process were reviewed, Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne last month announced only minor changes, based on the advice of medical experts.

It comes as no shock to anyone who knows cannabis that it’s something of a miracle herb.

But as we bring this plant out of the dark and into the light, it continues to blow our minds—just how great the benefits of marijuana actually are.

We are talking about benefits to public health, to the economy, and to each and every person who develops a positive relationship with this therapeutic plant.

The health benefits of cannabis

However, sales of recreational cannabis in pharmacies is no consensus in the trade sector, such as the Association of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Uruguay (AQFU), which has communicated to its various partners "it is not the place to sell  this drug" in contrast to the provisions of the current law.

Today official sources reported that the Uruguayan government finalized the details to begin the sale of marijuana for recreational use in some 50 pharmacies across the country starting July, following the adoption in 2013 of a law that regulates the production and sale of the grass.

Marijuana has long been touted for being virtually side-effect free. Now, according to one new study, long-term marijuana use may have one negative caveat: gum disease.

After analyzing about 1,000 cannabis users in New Zealand, researchers found that those who smoked pot for 20 or more years had few health problems — with the exception of gum disease.

Lead researcher Madeline Meier, an assistant professor of psychology at Arizona State University, said of the findings,