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Oak Harbor - Village officials recently approved a 12-month ban on medical marijuana in Oak Harbor. The ban prohibits the cultivation or sale of the substance in the village. The state passed a law Sept. 8 allowing pre-approved patients to inhale marijuana in non-smoking form, such as vapor...

Oak Harbor - Village officials recently approved a 12-month ban on medical marijuana in Oak Harbor. The ban prohibits the cultivation or sale of the substance in the village. The state passed a law Sept. 8 allowing pre-approved patients to inhale marijuana in non-smoking form, such as vapor...

Medical marijuana will soon be legal in Florida, but don't expect to see dispensaries in some parts of Southwest Florida. Several cities and even a whole county are moving to keep them out. Bonita Springs and Estero leaders will talk next week about banning marijuana dispensaries. With 71...

As voters go to the polls today deciding whether to legalize the cultivation, possession and use of marijuana, a few cities have imposed bans on its use. The La Mirada City Council will decide at its 6 p.m. meeting today whether to impose a 45-day ban on the use of marijuana in the city. The...

Moreno Valley has put in place an urgency ordinance banning non-medical marijuana sales in the city in case state voters approve Prop. 64 which legalizes recreational use. The ordinance, approved by the City Council 4-0 Tuesday, Nov. 1, puts a ban in place for six months. Without it...

If the latest crop of polls is correct, medical marijuana will be legally available to sick people in Florida in just four days. As of last week, close to 80 percent of Floridians support Amendment 2, which would legalize weed statewide for medical purposes, such as helping cancer or Alzheimer's...

If the latest crop of polls is correct, medical marijuana will be legally available to sick people in Florida in just four days. As of last week, close to 80 percent of Floridians support Amendment 2, which would legalize weed statewide for medical purposes, such as helping cancer or Alzheimer's...

Findlay City Council made sure to give its two-year moratorium on medical marijuana a final vote Tuesday, but tabled legislation that would continue funding for the Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County through the city's hotel/motel bed tax. Council voted 9-1 to enact a ban on dispensing...

Findlay City Council made sure to give its two-year moratorium on medical marijuana a final vote Tuesday, but tabled legislation that would continue funding for the Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County through the city's hotel/motel bed tax. Council voted 9-1 to enact a ban on dispensing...

The Dolores Town Board has continued the ban on retail marijuana shops by a vote of 4-2. The pot-sales moratorium ordinance, enacted in 2014, was extended two years, until Dec. 31, 2018, to allow for more time to consider the matter. Before the motion to continue the ban, town trustee...

Beavercreek - The Beavercreek City Council on Monday night discussed extending the city's six-month ban on medical marijuana. Mayor Bob Stone suggested extending the ban until the state finalizes its medical marijuana program. "We have to take action every six months, every nine months,"...

Beavercreek - The Beavercreek City Council on Monday night discussed extending the city's six-month ban on medical marijuana. Mayor Bob Stone suggested extending the ban until the state finalizes its medical marijuana program. "We have to take action every six months, every nine months,"...

City councils across Orange County are debating what regulations should be put in place should voters approve Proposition 64 and legalize recreational marijuana use. The Laguna Niguel City Council unanimously voted Oct. 4 to readopt its ban on marijuana, including dispensaries, for this...

Unalaska voters overturned a commercial marijuana ban this week in what the city clerk called the largest election turnout for at least two decades. With exactly 600 votes counted, voters rejected a commercial marijuana ban put in place in February. A total of 326 people voted in favor of...

Wasilla, Alaska - A vote to ban the marijuana industry from unincorporated parts of the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys is losing by 1,433 votes. Despite the apparent win, supporters of the industry with the campaign "Say No to Prohibition in the Valley" say their work isn't over. The leader of...

In a split vote Tuesday, Findlay City Council tabled legislation which would ban dispensing, cultivating or processing medical marijuana within city limits. Questions about whether to set a time limit on the ban, and zoning law changes needed to enforce it, stalled the new rule. Fourth Ward...

In a split vote Tuesday, Findlay City Council tabled legislation which would ban dispensing, cultivating or processing medical marijuana within city limits. Questions about whether to set a time limit on the ban, and zoning law changes needed to enforce it, stalled the new rule. Fourth Ward...

Pigs get fat, hogs got slaughtered, and employers who unreasonably try to run the private lives of their employees eventually pay for it. Amid efforts to understand why the NFL's TV audience is shrinking, there's one reason that unnecessarily is keeping some of the best young players off the...

Given the unevenness of Oregonians' vote to make recreational marijuana legal in the state - Measure 91 was defeated in every county east of the Cascades save Deschutes - lawmakers gave local officials a chance to opt out. As a result, the November ballots in the cities of La Pine and Madras and...

As Yakima County officials plan to enforce a ban on all pot businesses in unincorporated areas of the county, marijuana processors and producers are unifying in an effort to stay in operation. Last weekend, 23 processor and producers gathered to discuss forming a growers association and begin...