Marijuana

Youth vaping epidemic

Here's what you need to know about the youth vaping epidemic

Marijuana-laced treats get students sick at West Oak Lane Charter School

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Gov. Tom Wolf supports legalizing recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania

Tom Wolf marijuana legalization

Alternative Medicine

More people use marijuana to treat illness than to get high, study says

Marijuana use study illnesses

Pennsylvania has at least 17 vaping-related lung disease cases

vaping death lungs

A sixth person has died of a vaping-related lung illness

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What is vitamin E acetate, the compound linked to vaping-related illnesses?

Vitamin E acetate and marijuana vape products

CDC: Third death from vaping lung illness reported in Indiana

Children's Health

Federal health officials to pregnant women, teens: Don't use marijuana

Pregnancy adolescent marijuana use

N.J. police bust five-county 'drugs on wheels' business, seizes $1.1 million in narcotics, guns

Essex County sheriff's department

Pitt researchers develop breathalyzer prototype for marijuana

Marijuana Breathalyzer

Amish farmers in Chester County: Please stop stealing our hemp, thinking it's marijuana

Hemp farmers Chester County

USciences creates first MBA program centered on cannabis industry

USciences cannabis

Marijuana-alcohol combo linked to riskier behavior in Penn State study

Marijuana Alcohol

Atlantic City councilman posts, deletes Facebook status about eating marijuana edibles

Jeffree Fauntleroy II Atlantic City

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy happy lawmakers trying 'one more run' at legalizing marijuana in 2019

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Lehigh County judge: Police can't search vehicle based solely on marijuana odor

Medical marijuana vehicle search

Former Phillies star Shane Victorino announces hemp, CBD joint venture in Hawaii

Shane Victorino hemp CBD

If you smoke pot, your anesthesiologist needs to know

Legalizing recreational marijuana could impact alcohol and tobacco industries dramatically, research shows

Alternative Medicine

Pennsylvania adds anxiety disorders, Tourette syndrome to medical marijuana program

Medical marijuana anxiety Pennsylvania

Keep your canine out of your cannabis

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Doctor, is it OK if I use marijuana?

Scientists identify gene that increases risk of cannabis addiction

Marijuana addiction

Did Louisiana woman die of marijuana overdose? Coroner thinks so

marijuana overdose louisiana

Former Eagle Chris Long, now retired, says he regularly used marijuana during NFL career

Alternative Medicine

NFL inching toward approving marijuana as pain treatment for players

nfl marijuana pain treatment

New Jersey won’t legalize marijuana in 2019, will reportedly let voters decide in 2020

Archbishop Carroll High School teacher charged with sexually assaulting student

Archbishop Carroll teacher assault

Children's Health

Do e-cigarettes contain nicotine? Teens don't always know

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Pennsylvania state reps call John Fetterman’s marijuana listening tour a 'sham'

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Alternative Medicine

Does CBD work? Science isn't sure, but Philly-area residents say it's helping them

Carroll - Judy Beck, CBD User

Alternative Medicine

Amid shifting attitudes on medical marijuana, baby boomers are big buyers

Carroll - Seniors using Medical Marijuana

New Jersey's recreational marijuana vote canceled at last minute due to lack of support among legislators

Another marijuana legalization bill to be introduced in Pennsylvania Senate

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has received 21,000 messages about marijuana legalization since late January

Marijuana activists protest DNC

New Jersey lawmakers reach legal marijuana deal

Stock_Carroll - Marijuana packed for street sale

Former Eagles, NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham gets jail time

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Martha Stewart is getting into the cannabis and CBD business

Sen. Cory Booker reintroduces marijuana legalization bill; other presidential hopefuls sign on as co-sponsors

Cops: Truck stopped traveling too slowly on Pa. Turnpike had 500 pounds of marijuana inside

Mark Doyle

N.J. leaders, Gov. Phil Murphy reportedly reach marijuana deal

Carroll - NJ Marijuana Dispensary

Haverford teen charged in classmate's shooting over marijuana deal

James MaCauley

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