Poll: 83% Back Medical Marijuana Nationwide; Most Say Safer Than Opioids
Americans think it's safer to use marijuana than opioids to relieve pain, but they were less comfortable with children and pregnant women using pot to treat medical conditions.
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Americans think it's safer to use marijuana than opioids to relieve pain, but they were less comfortable with children and pregnant women using pot to treat medical conditions.
Medical marijuana delivery is once again available in San Jose after being banned for a time.
A conservative advocacy group waded into a fight over the pending permits for three medical marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco, depicting them as a threat to neighborhood children.
Did the medicine contribute to the patient's death? That was the question facing doctors when a California man died from a relatively rare fungal infection.
State government workers are crafting regulations and rules that will govern the nation's largest legal marijuana economy.
Some Bay Area marijuana dispensaries are taking a cue from traditional retailers the day after Thanksgiving by offering special "Green Friday" discounts, according to reports.
The trend toward legalized marijuana in the U.S. now has more than half the states allowing either recreational or medicinal use of pot. But potential gun owners who use marijuana can't legally buy a gun.
With polls showing that California voters are likely to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, one might think that medical cannabis clubs are nervous about losing customers. Some are quite the opposite.
There's growing evidence a compound derived from a variety of the cannabis plant may be just what ailing pets need.
A number of changes approved by the San Jose City Council allow medical marijuana collectives a bit more freedom in conducting business.
Current and former National Football League players are funding a study on a potential opioid alternative – cannabis oil, made in the Bay Area – to help alleviate the pain brought about by a football career.
The Claremont Custody Center once housed inmates convicted on marijuana charges. It may soon be one of the state's largest medical marijuana farms.
If one retired Bay Area doctor has his way, patients will soon be able to openly use medical marijuana inside a Marin hospital.
A federal government ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the 2nd Amendment, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
A federal appeals court has upheld the government's ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders.
A federal appeals court has banned the Justice Department from prosecuting medical marijuana cases that comply with state laws.
Medical marijuana will remain illegal -- at least in the eyes of the federal government.
The Obama administration will keep marijuana on the list of the most dangerous drugs, despite growing popular support for legalization, but will allow more research into its possible medical benefits, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday.
A recent study revealed that San Francisco residents smoke more pot than anyone else in the country.
Officials in Santa Rosa on Tuesday were looking into ways to welcome more marijuana business to operate legitimately in the North Bay town.
Voters in San Jose backed a sales tax to fund city services, but rejected easing regulations on the city's medical marijuana dispensaries.
The federal court in San Francisco is expected to issue a ruling that could limit future prosecutions of medical marijuana users and dispensaries in eight Western states.
Healdsburg police arrested two men and three juveniles on suspicion of stealing a jar of medical marijuana during a home invasion robbery Wednesday evening.
Oakland city officials said Tuesday that the U.S. Attorney's Office has dropped its case against a medical cannabis dispensary in their city after a legal battle that last lasted nearly four years.
