Connor Sheffield has, in the several months since he began using cannabis oil to treat his gastrointestinal dysmotility disorder, stopped having to use his feeding tube, gained 10 to 20 pounds and been able to go to school on a regular basis. “I’m just way stronger than I used to be,” the 14-year-old...
For nearly eight years, three men, dubbed the ‘Laurel History Boys,’ have been meeting for breakfast every Saturday or Sunday at the Tastee Diner in Laurel. Richard Friend, Kevin Leonard and Pete Lewnes look to share “the good, the bad and the ugly in Laurel’s history,” Friend said. Now, however,...
Two Frederick-based companies are seeking permission to market a cannabis-infused non-alcoholic beer in Maryland for patients approved to use medical marijuana. Called Hop Chronic, the Indian pale ale would be a joint venture of Flying Dog Brewery and Green Leaf Medical Cannabis. The beer would...
As opioid overdose deaths continued to mount in Maryland last year, state lawmakers asked medical marijuana regulators to determine whether cannabis could be effective at treating addiction to heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone. The answer — not really — was submitted to the General Assembly this week...
For the first time in five years, Joppa resident Brandon Bevins feels good. There’s still some pain, but after being diagnosed with bladder cancer at 31, he feels like he’s turning a promising corner. And he owes it all to the medicinal cannabis community, he said. “When you get sick, man, it really...
Loud applause broke out at a city of Laurel planning commission meeting last week when a plan to replace Tastee Diner, an iconic city landmark, with a medical marijuana dispensary was rejected by the commissioners. In a unanimous vote on Dec. 11, the five-member city of Laurel planning commission...