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Former Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and the chairman of Arkansas' medical board are overseeing a new industry group representing people and corporations doing business under the new amendment legalizing medical marijuana. McDaniel and Medical Board Chairman Dr. Steven Cathey are among the...

"There are people in this room that have been waiting 20, 30 years for this." Mike Lewis with the Inland Cannabis Farmers' Association presented his case for commercial cannabis to the Butte County Board of Supervisors, but his pleas, along with those of more than a dozen other marijuana...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday morning announced his picks for the Cannabis Advisory Board, the 25-member panel that will examine marijuana regulation, finalizing the first piece of pot bureaucracy. The governor's five picks are: Walpole Chief of Police John Carmichael, Jr.; co-founder of the...

Governor Charlie Baker on Friday appointed five people the state's Cannabis Advisory Board, a group of experts who will help regulators draw up detailed rules and policies for the forthcoming recreational marijuana industry. Under revisions to last year's marijuana ballot initiative that...

The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy has released a new proposal that could potentially lead to 18 medical marijuana dispensaries placed in Northeast Ohio, with five of them being located in Cuyahoga County. The Board of Pharmacy is responsible for determining the dispensary locations, which...

Cuyahoga and Franklin counties would get five medical marijuana stores each, while many rural and some suburban counties would have none under a proposal to distribute Ohio's limited number of available licenses. The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy expects more than 200 applications for up to 60...

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors is expected to appoint a new member to its citizens' marijuana board this Tuesday, a panelist who would then attend his first cannabis meeting that afternoon. Supervisors are scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. at the Eric Rood Administrative Center, 950 Maidu...

Retail marijuana shops may be scarce or nonexistent on the Upper Cape next year, based on the latest marijuana legislation and the reaction from a number of elected officials in the local towns. On Monday, July 17, the Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representatives agreed on a...

Jesse Forbes, a Charleston attorney appointed to the newly created Medical Cannabis Advisory Board, said he’s looking forward to getting started. Forbes has represented people and businesses statewide and has experience in criminal and administrative law. He served for years as a mental hygiene...

Alaska marijuana regulators plan to revive debate over onsite use of marijuana in retail cannabis shops. In February, the Marijuana Control Board scuttled proposed rules that would have allowed onsite use of marijuana in authorized stores, citing skittishness over how President Donald Trump's...

Marijuana advocates and enthusiasts will celebrate Cannabis Day in Thornton Park, next to Pacific Central Station, on Saturday despite objections from the Vancouver park board. The event features a large marijuana farmers market where vendors sell marijuana products and pot-infused edibles...

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Thursday the members of the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board. The board was created after Senate Bill 386, the Medical Cannabis Act, was signed into law in April. The law becomes effective July 5. Dr...

The first meeting of Michigan's Medical Marijuana Licensing Board drew a huge crowd as attorneys, entrepreneurs, patients and caregivers try to position themselves to obtain licenses that start to become available in December. But there were far more questions than answers in an auditorium...

Board members and employees of Michigan's new medical marijuana licensing board – responsible for issuing potentially lucrative licenses in an industry expected to gross more than $700 million a year — must submit detailed financial disclosure forms under legislation passed late last year...

The board overseeing new state's new medical marijuana program meets for the first time today. The new program was adopted by the Legislature to fix problems and confusion after Michigan voters approved medical marijuana in 2008. Andrew Brisbo heads the agency that oversees the new...

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will discuss three different options for on-site marijuana consumption proposed by board members at its next meeting. The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports the board will meet July 11-14 in Fairbanks, to discuss proposals by board member Loren Jones...

The first medical marijuana production deal struck in Louisiana is expected to bring the state's flagship university at least $3.4 million over five years, under terms discussed Thursday. In its bid offer, the contractor agreed to pay that amount or 10 percent of gross receipts, whichever is...

LSU took another step closer Thursday to cutting a $3.4 million contract with a private vendor to grow marijuana for medical purposes. A committee of the LSU Board of Supervisors approved allowing President F. King Alexander to open negotiations on the details of a general pact with GB...

A proposed "urban gardening" business in Quincy Point was shut down this week after neighbors, city councilors and zoning board members expressed concern that the business would end up selling marijuana and associated paraphernalia. "It's going to be pipes and bongs," said Mike McKenna, one...

As Florida increases access to medical marijuana, Broward County commissioners plan to create their own advisory board on the subject. The board approved Commissioner Mark Bogen's request Tuesday to start the process of creating an 11-member committee that would follow the impact of medical...