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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

Clark Fouraker, WLTX The discussion comes after the General Assembly last session passed a bill legalizing industrial hemp, which also has THC, the substances that makes marijuana illegal. “We see fit, that albeit a little bit different, should ride together,” said Clint Leach with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. “South Carolina is very unique

By Vanita Gupta Editor’s note: CNN’s David Mattingly reports on the case of a Missouri man sentenced to life in prison for purchasing marijuana Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Erin Burnett OutFront. Vanita Gupta is a deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union and director of the organization’s Center for Justice. The opinions

In Georgia, Ravert often sees people caught in a double bind – being too sick to work unless they have access to medical marijuana, and then after accessing the same, being unable to find a job because of the medication that allows them to look in the first place.