Sharon Ravert

by Phillip Smith, September 10, 2014 The Florida initiative is in a close fight, hearings are coming in Hawaii, draft regulations are coming in Maryland, Illinois begins taking medical marijuana business applications, and more. Let’s get to it: California Last Thursday, a federal judge denied a request from Lake County patients for a temporary restraining […]

Georgia lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday in Macon to gather information about medical marijuana and help determine whether to legalize it in the state.(Photo: 11Alive) 11Alive Staff, WXIA7:51 p.m. EDT September 10, 2014 MACON, Ga. – Georgia lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday in Macon to gather information about medical marijuana and help determine whether to

By TJ Baker | The Daily Chronic ATLANTA, GA – As hearings continue in Macon on the limited medicinal use of the cannabis plant, advocates for medical marijuana question current the push for cannabidiol (CBD) oil – only legislation. The advocacy group Georgia C.A.R.E. said whole plant therapeutics is the key to a success program

By NATE JACKSON SEPT. 8, 2014 LOS ANGELES — VIRTUALLY every single player in the N.F.L. has a certifiable need for medical marijuana. The game we celebrate creates a life of daily pain for those who play it. Some players choose marijuana to manage this pain, which allows them to perform at a high level

BY JOE KOVAC JR. jkovac@macon.com September 6, 2014 Katie Crosby, 26, has been living with chronic pain of one form or another since her teen years. Today, the pain is so severe that she is mostly restricted to a pair of rooms in her childhood home. Crosby wants people like her who live in the

Kate Pickert Matt Figi hugs his 7-year-old daughter Charlotte inside a Colorado greenhouse. The plants are a special strain of medical marijuana known as Charlotte’s Web, which was named for Charlotte after she used the plant to treat epileptic seizuresBrennan Linsley—AP For years, some parents have turned to medical marijuana to treat their children’s debilitating