by adminTorusBrand | Dec 7, 2016 | Politics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Illinois’ medical marijuana program is gradually recovering from its slow start. The number of patients enrolled in Illinois’ medical marijuana program has nearly tripled over the past 10 months, according to data collected by...
by adminTorusBrand | Dec 7, 2016 | Politics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After investigating the therapeutic effects of cannabis, South Africa’s Medicines Control Council and the Department of Health in Committee announced it would legalize marijuana for medical purposes early next year. Legalized...
by adminTorusBrand | Dec 6, 2016 | Politics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Voters narrowly approved Maine’s adult use measure in November, prompting opponents to call for a recount. After being approved by less than a 1 percent margin of votes in this November’s election, Maine’s recreational marijuana...
by adminTorusBrand | Dec 6, 2016 | Politics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lawmakers in the Cayman Islands amended their drugs law to allow for the medicinal use of cannabis oil. Cayman Island Governor Helen Kilpatrick approved a bill that amends the Misuse of Drugs Bill 2016, allowing cannabis oil to be...
by adminTorusBrand | Dec 2, 2016 | Politics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New York’s Department of Health announced that it would soon draft an amendment to include chronic pain as a qualifying condition for the state’s medical marijuana program. Chronic pain sufferers in New York will soon be able to get...
by adminTorusBrand | Nov 30, 2016 | Politics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nearly 190 million Americans now live in states where some level of marijuana is legal. Following this year’s historic election for cannabis, 59.3 percent of the United States population now lives in a state where marijuana...