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Laguna Beach, CA – It's been legalized. Marijuana legalization laws were immediately activated after the passage of Proposition 64. But what does this mean? According to the Laguna Beach Police Department, citizens are still confused as to what is and what is not legal when it comes to the...

Pismo Beach's urgency ban on most marijuana business activity will expire on Friday, following a city council vote Tuesday. Last month, despite stiff opposition from Councilman Erik Howell, the Pismo Beach Council adopted an urgency ordinance prohibiting outdoor cultivation, manufacturing...

If medical marijuana dispensaries are coming, Hollywood wants to make sure it controls when and where they operate. Only two such centers would be allowed in Hollywood under rules that won unanimous approval Wednesday. Such businesses would only be allowed in two zones in north-central...

More cities in Northeast Florida are reacting to the passage of Amendment 2. Hundreds of thousands of Floridians can be eligible for medical marijuana next year, with a possible 2,000 dispensaries in business. But Jacksonville, Neptune and Atlantic Beaches are all considering temporary bans...

Anna Maria Island - Bradenton Beach officials are considering a medical marijuana moratorium, which they will discuss further at a city commission meeting Thursday. "What we're trying to do is to create a moratorium - basically a timeout - so that we can see how to control the distribution...

Cannon Beach - Inquiries yes, but applications have yet to be filed in Cannon Beach for a retail cannabis outlet. Voters knocked down a retail cannabis prohibition at the polls on Election Day. By voting "no" to prohibition, they green-lighted the retail licensing of cannabis dispensaries in...

Medical marijuana supporters convinced voters to let dispensaries back into the city, but Long Beach will be able to tax medical marijuana transactions at higher rates than advocates had wanted, according to election results Tuesday. With all precincts reporting, Measure MM clinched victory...

Proponents of a Long Beach ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana will host a forum at Cal State Long Beach on Tuesday. At the town hall, hosted by members of the Yes on Measure MM campaign committee, experts will answer questions about the measure, including how the industry...

Proponents of a Long Beach ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana will host a forum at Cal State Long Beach on Tuesday. At the town hall, hosted by members of the Yes on Measure MM campaign committee, experts will answer questions about the measure, including how the industry...

Proponents of a Long Beach ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana will host a forum at Cal State Long Beach on Tuesday. At the town hall, hosted by members of the Yes on Measure MM campaign committee, experts will answer questions about the measure, including how the industry...

The debate over legalizing marijuana has for decades pitted defense of personal freedom against public health, social justice against public safety. Those emotional arguments still linger today. A panel of experts gathered Monday night at Cal State Long Beach to debate these principles as...

Long Beach, Wash. - Call it the greening of the Washington coast. Freedom Market, a new retail pot shop just opened in Ilwaco Oct. 1, and the town already hosts one licensed grower - Vancouver Weed Co. Seaview will see its first retail weed business, Mr. Doobies, open in November. Long Beach...

In Cannon Beach the biggest surprise of the November election is the sound of silence. After a City Council meeting this spring opened the doors licensing of retail marijuana dispensaries within city limits, opponents reacted quickly. "We will do an initiative," Cannon Beach resident Marlene...

The future of cannabis in Cannon Beach has a number, and it's not 420. Measure 4-179 prohibiting the sale of recreational marijuana in Cannon Beach is officially on the November ballot, with the question: "Shall recreational marijuana producers, processors, wholesalers, and retailers be...

Laguna Beach — A resident-sponsored initiative that allows for two medical marijuana dispensaries will be the only choice for voters on the November ballot. In a special meeting, the Laguna Beach City Council voted 4-0 against a proposal to put a competing measure on the ballot. Instead...

Laguna Beach — A resident-sponsored initiative that allows for two medical marijuana dispensaries will be the only choice for voters on the November ballot. In a special meeting, the Laguna Beach City Council voted 4-0 against a proposal to put a competing measure on the ballot. Instead...

The battle over whose medical marijuana initiative will make it on the November ballot for Laguna Beach is almost over. As of last Tuesday, the Laguna Beach City Council decided that putting two initiatives repealing the ban of medical marijuana on the ballot is overkill, and it'd be best to...

The battle over whose medical marijuana initiative will make it on the November ballot for Laguna Beach is almost over. As of last Tuesday, the Laguna Beach City Council decided that putting two initiatives repealing the ban of medical marijuana on the ballot is overkill, and it'd be best to...

Long Beach officials announced this morning they have prevailed in a lawsuit filed four years ago challenging the city's ban on medical marijuana dispensaries on the grounds the ban violated the rights of those with disabilities. The decision, handed down July 12 by the Court of Appeal, isn't...

Long Beach officials announced this morning they have prevailed in a lawsuit filed four years ago challenging the city's ban on medical marijuana dispensaries on the grounds the ban violated the rights of those with disabilities. The decision, handed down July 12 by the Court of Appeal, isn't...