The bills approved today will speed up access to medical marijuana if a patient’s health condition is progressive and degenerative, or if delaying the use of the drug would pose a serious risk to a patient’s life or health.

The agency will waive the strict regulations that apply to the state’s existing medical marijuana program, which is scheduled to begin distributing the drug in January.

People with AIDS, terminal cancers and the parents of children with severe epilepsy have long pushed for early access, arguing that critically ill individuals shouldn’t have to wait any longer for the drug.

Amendment Would Allow VA Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Their Patients in States Where It’s Legal.

The Veterans Equal Access Amendment was sponsored by Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana and Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon. It passed the Committee 18-12 in a bipartisan vote. The funding bill will now be negotiated with the House’s version as part of an omnibus spending bill.

Police to have option of issuing $150 citation to those caught with 20 grams or less of marijuana

Veterans from the Air Force, Army and Navy used the day that honors their service to rally in Austin, urging state officials to take a step toward creating a medical marijuana program that will allow treatment with cannabis for "service-related conditions," like PTSD.

Calling the action 'Operation Trapped,' which is backed by the Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy coalition, is the kick-off for a year-long awareness campaign about veterans who want to ditch the prescription pills in favor of medical marijuana.

Advocates say cannabis can be used to treat "post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic pain, and other service-related conditions."

A cannabis grinder mistaken for a revolver hidden above a door sparked a massive security lockdown at Ireland's largest prison.

A North County city council took steps once again to keep medical marijuana dispensaries out of their community.

On Tuesday evening, San Marcos city council members unanimously approved the introduction to an ordinance that would prohibit the cultivation, delivery and sale of medical marijuana.

The decision comes in anticipation of the bills signed by Governor Jerry Brown regulating cannabis in the state.

Recently, Governor Brown signed a trio of bills that would regulate medical marijuana in California.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio voters last week soundly rejected a proposal to legalize marijuana, but the nearly 2-to-1 vote left unanswered questions about why voters rebuffed the plan.

Was Issue 3's monopoly on growing to blame? Or did Ohioans just say no to recreational marijuana?

Costly exit polls weren't conducted, but Issue 3 supporters are now seeking answers through a survey on its website.

PIERRE - An effort to legalize medical marijuana makes one step closer to getting on the 2016 ballot.

This happens just days after the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, fearing a federal raid, burned its marijuana crop as it's plan to sell pot temporarily goes up in smoke. 

Meanwhile, supporters of legalizing medical marijuana are not giving up.

The group New Approach South Dakota collected enough signatures to bring its petition to legalize medical marijuana to the state capitol and to voters.

It was a special delivery to the Secretary of State's office, more than 16,000 names of South Dakotans who support legalizing the drug.

“Thank you for your service.” It’s a common expression of gratitude that our country offers veterans. But is a quick “thank you” all we owe returning soldiers? In a society with an professional military, where fewer families have a connection to service, is there a growing disconnect between those who serve in the military and everyone else? 

David Bass, who served 21 years in the U.S. Army, says he tried medical marijuana in a moment of desperation. He suffered from chronic pain and PTSD as a result of multiple active duty tours in Iraq, and his doctor at the VA gave him intense narcotic and psychotropic drugs. 

“I was getting really addicted to Hydrocodone,” he told ThinkProgress. “And my other drugs gave me side effects like suicidal ideation, sexual impotence, and just left me feeling really drugged out like a zombie. When I talked to the doctor at the VA hospital, he said I had to keep taking them for at least two years. But I just couldn’t see going through that for two more years before even discussing getting off them.”