Gov. James Douglas repeated his concerns about medical marijuana on Thursday, one day after a House committee approved a bill that would exempt patients with certain illnesses from arrest for using the drug.

The Republican leader of the State Senate said yesterday he was warming to legalizing the use of medical marijuana, opening the door for movement on an issue that has been stalled here for years.

A House committee has passed a revised version of a medical marijuana bill that would exempt patients with certain illnesses from arrest and prosecution for possession of limited amounts of the drug.

The House of Representatives voted on a medical marijuana bill that would allow residents to grow marijuana in their homes for personal use, provided they receive a doctor's prescription for the drug.

Organizers say they have gathered enough signatures to put a medical marijuana question before Ann Arbor voters on the November ballot.

A disabled man in southeastern B.C. who wants to grow his own medical marijuana has been granted a hearing by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.

Montel Williams threw his support behind legalizing medical marijuana in New York, saying pot helps him cope with multiple sclerosis.

Like many young women's, my indulgence in recreational drugs, including alcohol and caffeine, came to an abrupt halt when my husband and I discovered we were pregnant with our first child. To say we were ecstatic is an understatement. Doctors had told me we might never conceive, yet here we were, expecting our first miracle. I closely followed my doctor's recommendations.

The City Council voted to table a bill that would have upped Berkeley’s limit from 10 marijuana plants to 72—the number of plants permitted in Oakland. Medical cannabis advocates said they planned to push forward with a November ballot initiative that would erase any limit on plant cultivation and place the city in charge of marijuana distribution in the event of a federal crackdown.

Nearly a third of the patients who got marijuana through Health Canada's medical access program have returned the product, says an activist who sees that as proof that federal pot isn't worth smoking.

On a historic vote, the Connecticut House of Representatives voted 75 to 71 to allow sick patients to use marijuana for medical purposes without fear of being arrested.

A bill that would allow seriously ill people to grow and smoke marijuana cleared one major legislative hurdle Wednesday, but now faces another.

HARTFORD - A measure to allow some severely ill patients to legally grow and use marijuana for medical reasons gained a victory Wednesday in the House of Representatives, though it hit a procedural snag and the measure's chances of success remain very much in doubt.

Denizens of the tight-knit inner Sunset District expressed little concern about the Sunset Medicinal Resource Center's recent opening at 445 Judah St. In fact, the medical marijuana distribution center has escaped the notice of some residents altogether.

Daran Monghadam wants his pot back. But it doesn't look like that is going to happen anytime soon.

California physicians as well as at least one in Oregon who recommend medical marijuana say they are being persecuted by medical boards because of the practice.

Whenever folks over at the U.S. Justice Department were feeling blue about anti-American terrorists, uppity librarians or naked statues standing behind the attorney general, they could always take a deep drag on the anti-drug drug by busting a few terminal cancer patients in California.

ANOTHER court victory by patients seeking relief from pain by smoking marijuana has brought them closer to gaining legal access to the cannabis.

Within hours of a decision by U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel allowing the Santa Cruz, Ca.-based Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana to resume growing marijuana and distributing it to its patients, Attorney General John Ashcroft took time away from fighting the war on terrorism to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the federal appellate ruling underlying the judge's decision.

Berkeley’s medical cannabis advocates issued a clear threat to the Berkeley City Council at last Tuesday night’s (April 20) regular meeting: If the council doesn’t pass Councilmember Kriss Worthington’s medical marijuana plant increase measure next week, the activists will go to the voters next November with a ballot initiative that would potentially make Berkeley the most pot-friendly city in California.