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Murray State University hosted a Hemp Education and Field Day earlier this month, giving area residents insight on the hemp plots being grown at the university.

The look inside the state's secretive program comes as the struggling medical marijuana industry in Illinois is poised to grow.

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday that it is ending the federal government’s decades-long monopoly on cultivation of marijuana for research purposes, a move that is expected to usher in more scientific analysis of the plant’s medical benefits.

The Obama administration is planning to remove a major roadblock to marijuana research, officials said Wednesday, potentially spurring broad scientific study of a drug that is being used to treat dozens of diseases in states across the nation despite little rigorous evidence of its effectiveness.

Severe pain drove this average Minnesotan to seek the comforts of medical cannabis. Here's how things worked out for her.

CINCINNATI — The state of Ohio is hiring a pot expert, specifically someone to assist with the cultivation of marijuana.

Glaucoma is the name for a group of eye diseases that affect the eyes and vision.

A report released in May showed that nationwide, retail sales for hemp products in 2015 reached $575 million, which was a more than 10 percent increase from the prior year.

For the first time in Central Florida, a medical marijuana product has been delivered to a patient.

With nearly 3,000 caregivers, competition has ramped up as operations get larger and businesses look for a niche.

Kentucky is experimenting with industrial hemp – as dozens of farmers grow test plots covering 45-hundred acres.

Where does Delaware’s program stand one year after opening its first dispensary and five years since legalization?

After months of delay, state officials granted Maryland's first preliminary medical marijuana licenses.

Physicians like Francis D’Ambrosio have substantial reason to believe that cannabinoids may indeed be effective medical treatment.

Boston's first medical marijuana shop is open for business. Customers can start filling prescriptions at Patriot Care Wednesday afternoon.

After Bernie stepped aside in the race for president of the United States, the closest ally the industry has is Hillary Clinton.

Researchers in Maryland and Arizona are looking for veteran volunteers to smoke up to two joints' worth of marijuana a day in a new study designed to find out if pot helps relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Environmental cleanup could be as simple as using natural resources, such as Indian mustard seed, sunflowers and hemp.