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The Utah Department of Health announced changes to the Utah Medical Cannabis Program Wednesday morning. The new plan will allow more patients access to medical cannabis. These changes come after House Bill 425 was passed during the recent legislative session. HB 425 w ...

The state's only operating medical cannabis dispensary is complaining about a lack of patients and blaming the state for the issue. Dragonfly Wellness opened Monday and had 16 qualified patients to serve. Tuesday, that dropped to just one qualified person...

An anti-marijuana activist in Utah says a prop he used to during a committee hearing at the State Capitol shows how strongly he opposes having legal medical cannabis in Utah. Walter Plumb created a stir when he pulled a plastic bag from his pocket at a House Health and Human Services Committee hearing yesterday...

One of the first facilities licensed to grow medical cannabis in Utah is open in Tooele. General Manager Randall Gleave of the Tryke Companies gave a tour of the facility to state and local leaders yesterday. State officials are telling lawmakers that they should have enough cannabis available to begin distribution to medical patients on March 1st, when licensed pharmacies are scheduled to be up a

A bill that will be introduced in the state legislature will seek to clear up some of the rules regarding medical cannabis before the state starts distributing the drug. State Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers says his proposal would remove a requirement to use blister packs to hold medical cannabis, making it okay to use childproof jars and containers...

Medical marijuana patients in Utah will soon have access to a new recreational cannabis dispensary just across the Nevada state line. Chief Operating Officer Jon Marshall says Deep Roots Harvest in West Wendover, Nevada is preparing to open its doors, possibly by the end of this week...

As Utah prepares to launch its medical marijuana program next year, residents who want to use the drug in the meantime are encountering skeptical doctors and the quandary of where to get the plant. A law passed by the Utah Legislature in December 2018 allows residents to use medical marijuana before patient cards are officially doled out, which is expected to happen in March 2020 at the earliest,

The Utah Attorney General's Office wants the lawsuit challenging the replacement to Proposition Two to go back down to a state court. Two groups filed the lawsuit challenging the Utah Legislature's replacement for the voter-approved initiative, creating a state-controlled medical cannabis regulatory and distribution system...

ST. GEORGE - An attorney representing groups upset over changes to a voter-approved medical cannabis initiative says Utah has created a full-service drug cartel. Lawyer Rocky Anderson made the accusation in a letter yesterday to city and county governments asking them to join a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Proposition Two replacement bill. ...