Researchers are now pushing the benefits of medical marijuana as the leading cure for fibromyalgia relief. The chronic pain and sleep disturbances can now be soothed by medical marijuana.

Patients suffering from fibromyalgia have been struggling to find a cure or at least a pain relief. To no avail, most pharmaceutical prescriptions would usually leave them with side effects or negative results.

Since 1996, two dozen states have approved medical marijuana laws in the U.S. The most recent was Pennsylvania, which passed medical marijuana legislation just last month. We've also witnessed four states legalize the sale of recreational marijuana.

For medical marijuana patients, approval of the drug at the state level means possible new pathways to treatment. Though each state typically differs on what diseases and disorders qualify, glaucoma, epilepsy, and most terminal cancers are ailments that commonly fit the bill. For the states themselves, legalization is primarily motivated by the additional revenue-generating potential. Since marijuana is taxed, medical marijuana provides a way for states to funnel extra money to schools or law enforcement.

Developing tobacco plants into a source of cannabis for medical purposes is the goal of a biotechnology company with operations in Mocksville.

22nd Century Group Inc. said Thursday it has opened molecular biology laboratories on the Buffalo Niagara Medical campus that are focused in research involving industrial hemp/cannabis and tobacco.

• Victoria's premier posted pictures of the state's medicinal cannabis crop
• Daniel Andrews said the crop will be used to treat sick children next year
• He said the crop was planted in April after being tested and sampled
• Victoria is the first state in Australia to legalise marijuana for medical use

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has shared photographs of the state's first medicinal cannabis crop in a controversial move to help treat sick children next year.

Daniel Andrews said the crop was planted in April after being tested and sampled and would be ready for harvest in just two months.

A poll released Wednesday shows 90 percent of Ohio’s registered voters support the idea of legal marijuana for medical use, coming a day after the state House took a big step in that direction.

The poll also showed that the race for the U.S. Senate seat between Republican incumbent Sen. Rob Portman and Democratic former Gov. Ted Strickland remains a dead heat.

Support in the Quinnipiac Poll dropped off to 52 percent when it comes to recreational use of pot, in line with numbers seen last year before Ohio voters soundly rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have legalized cannabis for recreational, medical, and commercial use.

The debilitating side-effects left him constantly nauseous or vomiting, with fevers, infections and nerve damage to his legs that put him in a wheelchair.

His symptoms were relieved by cannabis oil, supplied by the parent company of Zelda Therapeutics, which now hopes to run clinical trials in Australia.

Aussie co-founder and stem cell scientist Stewart Washer told news.com.au the firm’s work could bring millions into the economy, and it’s just one of many falling over themselves to cash in on what is potentially a multibillion-dollar industry.

The Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana bill and the next morning, a Quinnipiac University poll showed 9 in 10 Ohioans support marijuana as medicine.

Marijuana has momentum, and the House addressed some of the issues legislators have had with legalization, including whether medical marijuana could be smoked (no) and if it could be grown by sick patients (no).

ADAM Benjamin's goal of turning the Sunshine Coast into a world leading supplier of medicinal cannabis is a step closer with a Bill tabled in the Queensland Parliament.

And on Thursday Mr Benjamin has a meeting with Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt to discuss his company Medifarm's business model.

The new Bill, announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, will establish the framework for the prescription, dispensing and administration of the drug.

Mr Benjamin said the timing of the Bill and the meeting with Mr Pitt was "better than perfect".

He was confident medical cannabis would be a "huge industry with many job and export opportunities".

"There is the projection for a big tax revenue," he said.