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Toronto’s Board of Health is calling on the federal government to decriminalize pot possession immediately as part has of a package of recommendations it adopted unanimously on the looming legalization of marijuana. The “fact it is still criminal is criminal,” board member and Councilor Paula...

The Board of Health has adopted local regulations governing the operation of registered medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. The regulations, which take effect Aug. 1, are intended to provide the board with the ability to evaluate the operation of those facilities and intervene when...

A medical marijuana festival at the Del Mar Fairgrounds may not go on as planned, it was reported Wednesday. The Del Mar Fairgrounds' governing agency, the 22nd District Agricultural Association Board of Directors, voted Tuesday to table a decision that would have allowed the Goodlife...

Voters in Saturday's town election overwhelmingly approved a ban on retail sales of marijuana. The ban passed, 1,007 to 563. Norwell opposed legalization of recreational marijuana in November, 51 to 49 percent. At town meeting on May 8, voters approved three measures aimed at controlling...

No recreational pot shops will be allowed in Ipswich until the planning board has figured out how they will be regulated and zoned. The moratorium lasts for a year, and a zoning proposal is likely at 2018's annual town meeting. The moratorium was recommended until state rules are in place and...

The Bangor Township Board of Trustees have thrown their support behind bringing a medical marijuana grow and distribution facility to Bay County. Trustees unanimously agreed at their meeting Tuesday, May 9, to support an investment of a grow and distribution facility. Before any type of...

The Boothbay Planning Board tabled a change of use request March 15 for a Wiscasset Road property over a disagreement about the application's intent. Medical marijuana caregivers Darrell Gudroe and Jan Martin, both of Boothbay, submitted an application for a marijuana-growing and retail space...

Following a lengthy discussion at the end of Tuesday's regular meeting, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors voted to appoint District 4 Supervisor Dennis Mills and District 2 Supervisor Jack Garamendi to an ad hoc committee that will advise the board on a pending and possible cannabis...

Easthampton - The Planning Board heard from diverse sectors of the public during a Tuesday night discussion on local zoning and recreational marijuana. Youth advocates asked the board to limit the visibility of retail pot shops so as to avoid "normalizing" the drug. Businessman David Boyle...

The board of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division met Monday morning to discuss rules for the regulation of dispensaries and cultivation centers under Arkansas's new constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana. After a review of the lengthy draft rules, the board suggested a...

Methuen – One of the three medical marijuana dispensaries vying to open up shop in Methuen has changed its plans, with a spokesman for the company saying it has found a new location in the city. But that location is being kept under wraps for now by those involved with BeWell Organic Medicine...

It took two attempts, but the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, by a 4-1 vote, passed a final extension on Tuesday of the county's much-maligned cannabis urgency ordinance, keeping regulation and enforcement in place at least until May 3. That is the day after voters will have cast their...

Adrian Twp. – The Adrian Township Board didn't make any decisions on medical marijuana facilities Monday, but it does appear to be leaning against them. Township Supervisor Jim Koehn introduced the idea at Monday's board meeting. He asked the board to take a stand on the issue, either for or...

The legal boundaries of Mendocino County's budding cannabis industry came into sharper focus Tuesday as the Board of Supervisors finalized the details of the Medical Cannabis Cultivation Regulation. Groups of individuals holding collective title to a single parcel, so-called "tenants in...

Ludlow - The Ludlow Board of Selectmen has joined the growing list of Massachusetts municipalities that support a moratorium on the retail sale of marijuana in the commonwealth, which legalized recreational use of the drug in December. Selectmen on Tuesday voted to send a letter in support of...

Human rights board orders insurer to pay medical marijuana costs in precedent-setting case A Nova Scotia human rights board has ruled that a patient’s medical marijuana should be covered by his employee insurance plan in a potentially precedent-setting case. The decision, issued Jan. 30, ruled...

In a surprise move, Alaska's marijuana control board has abandoned plans for cafe-style regulations that would have allowed marijuana to be consumed in some retail stores. Had the regulations been approved, they would have been the first of their kind in the United States. The 3-2 vote to...

Q: Can smoking of tobacco and cannabis be prohibited in units? This is becoming complicated with cannabis being legalized in some states and the District of Columbia, decriminalized in others and gaining medical status. I have attended meetings for condo associations where this has been...

Marijuana issues are returning before Solano County planning commissioners, who are seeking the public's input on the matter. At Thursday's meeting, commissioners anticipate hearing any and all concerns or observations from the public regarding how the county should regulate medical and...

Sacramento — Today, Senators Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), in collaboration with Board of Equalization Chair Fiona Ma (who is sponsoring the bill), will introduce legislation — the Cannabis Safe Payment Act — to make it safer and simpler for cannabis business...