Israel’s leading producer of medical marijuana is joining a local group vying for a coveted license to distribute the drug in New York State.

Tikun Olam, which serves about a third of Israeli medical marijuana patients, has joined forces with the Compassionate Care Center of New York (CCCNY) in hopes of winning one of five licenses. If the state grants CCCNY the license, Tikun Olam will ship their products and conduct research through the group starting in January.

Forty-two other companies applied for the licenses, including a handful of health groups with Jewish ties.

“We’re looking for occasions to be involved,” said Tikun Olam’s CEO, Aharon Lutzky. “We found [in] CCC in New York a wonderful team and very serious people.”

By Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post

AURORA — The city of Aurora is considering a change in the number of pot plants allowed for home growers.

Under the proposal, the city would set a limit of 12 plants total per household. Previously, Aurora allowed six plants per adult resident in a household. Those numbers were set when medical marijuana was first approved.

The city would allow half of those plants to be flowering at any given time. The city’s pot ordinance already specifies where marijuana can be grown inside a house or apartment.

Police and fire officials have reported problems caused by people growing too many plants in their homes.

Endoca.com is increasing production of their essential oil to meet the needs of patients around the world.

Turning to nature to help humans relieve their pain and cure their illnesses is nothing new. What is new is how seriously the medical community is looking at the potential of many underestimated herbs and plants in the battle against serious diseases like cancer. With cancer rates rising around the world, solutions are needed. Endoca is leading the way by making alternative medicinal solutions mainstream. They are encouraging awareness of the many health benefits of cannabis and the hope it may bring to many who feel helpless.

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The Guild, a subscription-based marijuana delivery service, launched in San Francisco, California, this year — on April 20, or "420," no less.

Founded by two New Yorkers who transplanted west in pursuit of like-minded cannabis users, The Guild is being dubbed the "Birchbox of marijuana" for its familiar business model.

Rapper Snoop Dogg, a Long Beach, Calif. native, is an avid marijuana supporter and performs Saturday at the Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing. The appearance will mark his second at the event since 2008.(Photo: LSJ files)

LANSING – When Snoop Dogg performs Saturday at the Common Ground Music Festival in Adado Riverfront Park, it could inspire his fans and supporters of Michigan's marijuana legalization movement to take some tokes ... and chances.

The 43-year-old rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, is an avid marijuana supporter who has been known to light up on stage. He could inspire others to test the legal system in a Capital City run by Virg Bernero, who has become an advocate for legalizing marijuana in the state.

Are Grateful Dead fans unmellowing in their old age? The veteran jam band’s three farewell shows at Soldier Field in Chicago this weekend attracted 210,000 fans, yet only three of them were charged with possession of marijuana, despite what the Chicago Sun-Times described as “a pungent fog of marijuana smoke” in the stadium.

It turns out, though, that’s not the result of Dead fans eschewing rolling papers and weed, but the result of a hands-off approach by Chicago police. Their stance was at least partly dictated by a bout of gun violence in the city over the weekend, in which seven people were killed and 40 shot.

Illinois cannabis cultivation centers and dispensary owners have organized the only industry group whose board is limited to permit holders. The Medical Cannabis Alliance of Illinois’ (MCAI) board and its members have a shared vision on how to move the industry forward and are committed to making sure patients have access to cannabis as a viable medical treatment option.

As many as 8,200 people died from heroin overdoses in 2013 alone, according to a new CDC report.

Heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013, fueled by lower costs as well as increased abuse of prescription opiate painkillers,U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

The report found that heroin use increased by 63 percent from 2002 to 2013. In 2013, roughly 517,000 people reported that they had used heroin in the last year, a 150 percent increase from 2007.  As many as 8,200 people died from heroin overdoses in 2013 alone.

Last year, whenever women asked Jazmin Hupp about starting a medical-marijuana business in New York, she responded with a question: “Do you have a million dollars?” Hupp is the founder of Women Grow, a professional network for women with marijuana businesses, and she's used to helping others get their start in a male-dominated industry. New York, however, was especially daunting. The state was licensing only five companies to participate in its medical-marijuana program, and each would be required to grow its own marijuana, process the flowers into a pill or oil at a manufacturing plant, and then sell the final product at four dispensaries around the state. The costs of vertical integration are enormous, and it is historically more difficult for women to raise capital than men.

Belvidere, July 07, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terra Tech's wholly owned subsidiary Edible Garden Corp. applied for and was approved for New Jersey's Clean Energy Pay for Performance Program.  Edible Garden Corp. will be receiving a total of approximately $300,000 over the next nine months.  The first check has been received in the amount of $21,368.40.  New Jersey's Clean Energy Program is a statewide program that offers financial incentives, programs and services for New Jersey residents, business owners and local governments to help reduce the State's energy usage, peak demand, as well as to transform the marketplace for the next generation of energy efficiency technologies.