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Oklahoma City - Advocates for medical marijuana are convinced limited use of the drug will be allowed by Oklahoma voters this November. That is, if voters actually see a question on the ballot. Doubt is growing that petitioners have enough time to navigate a sometimes lengthy process -...

Oklahoma City - Advocates for medical marijuana are convinced limited use of the drug will be allowed by Oklahoma voters this November. That is, if voters actually see a question on the ballot. Doubt is growing that petitioners have enough time to navigate a sometimes lengthy process -...

The first group to qualify a medical marijuana measure for the November ballot issued a statement Friday expressing equanimity with a competing measure that submitted sufficient signatures Friday to qualify for the ballot. The statement came from Melissa Fults, who leads the campaign for the...

The first group to qualify a medical marijuana measure for the November ballot issued a statement Friday expressing equanimity with a competing measure that submitted sufficient signatures Friday to qualify for the ballot. The statement came from Melissa Fults, who leads the campaign for the...

Little Rock, Ark. - Supporters of a plan to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas have turned in additional signatures in hopes of qualifying for the November ballot. Arkansans United for Medical Marijuana need 84,859 valid signatures to make it onto the ballot this year. Secretary of State...

Little Rock, Ark. - Supporters of a plan to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas have turned in additional signatures in hopes of qualifying for the November ballot. Arkansans United for Medical Marijuana need 84,859 valid signatures to make it onto the ballot this year. Secretary of State...

The Evans City Council this week opted to hold off on decisions about allowing retail marijuana outlets in the city. In a work session Tuesday night, the council decided not to make any formal decisions on the idea of lifting an existing ban to allow retail outlets in city limits, after...

Officials with Growing Pueblo's Future said Tuesday that they are planning several campaign events to educate the public before they vote on an amendment that would end the sale and cultivation of commercial marijuana in Pueblo County. The pro-marijuana industry group will take its message to...

Marijuana Initiative qualifies for the ballot. Phoenix – Secretary of State Michele Reagan has notified Governor Doug Ducey that initiative measure I-08-2016, the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, has met the signature requirements for placement on the November 8, 2016 General Election...

Lake County supervisors Tuesday voted 3-1 to place a cannabis tax on the November ballot, joining a growing number of California cities and counties seeking financial compensation for overseeing pot production. If approved by voters, Lake County's ballot measure would impose an annual license...

Lake County supervisors Tuesday voted 3-1 to place a cannabis tax on the November ballot, joining a growing number of California cities and counties seeking financial compensation for overseeing pot production. If approved by voters, Lake County's ballot measure would impose an annual license...

Pierre - A measure involving marijuana will not be on the November 2016 general election ballot, according to Attorney General Marty Jackley. Jackley said in a news release Tuesday that Circuit Court Judge Mark Barnett denied the measure because of the insufficient number of valid signatures...

Pueblo, Colo. - Two marijuana questions will officially be on the ballot in Pueblo in November. City Council heard from people on both sides of the marijuana issue on Monday night to decide if the two questions were being put on the ballot. One of them will ask about taxing the sale of retail...

A 2nd Arkansas medical marijuana initiative is still alive (one has already qualified for the ballot), Boston gets its 1st dispensary, Minnesota chronic pain patients now qualify for medical cannabis, and more. ArkansasLast Friday, a medical marijuana got more time to gather signatures...

The Board of State Canvassers said too many signatures were more than 180 days old when the petitions were turned in. The campaign to legalize marijuana in Michigan says there's still time to get the question on the November ballot. That was a core issue in the most recent briefs filed...

The Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act is already on the November ballot. Now, it appears a Medical Marijuana Amendment will join the ballot next week. Having two competing marijuana measures on the ballot may mean that neither one passes, despite the fact that poll numbers reveal the majority of...

The Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act is already on the November ballot. Now, it appears a Medical Marijuana Amendment will join the ballot next week. Having two competing marijuana measures on the ballot may mean that neither one passes, despite the fact that poll numbers reveal the majority of...

A citizen initiative seeking to ask voters whether commercial marijuana is legal in the Kenai Peninsula Borough outside the cities is a no-go. The borough clerk's office finished verifying the signatures Friday and found the petition came up short. The petitioners were 62 signatures shy of...

Four in 10 Americans now hold mixed views on illegal substances, believing hard drugs should stay illegal, but recreational drugs, like marijuana, should be allowed, according to a newly released Barna Group study. Despite changes in public perception, an additional 32 percent still believe...

The Marijuana Party will not be listed near the Republican, Democrat or Libertarian Parties on the Nebraska ballot this November. Organizers failed to collect the necessary 5,395 valid signatures - at least 1 percent of the total votes cast for governor in the 2014 general election - to put...