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Ontwa Township will be taking the pulse of its residents on whether medical marijuana businesses should be allowed to operate in their community. At least one meeting — specifically for township residents to voice opinions on the issue — could be scheduled soon, township board member and...

Retail sales of marijuana may still be a year away, but cannabis-related cash is already flowing at the Maine State House as businesses jockey to influence the policies that will govern the lucrative recreational market. Between Dec. 1 and March 31, clients paid lobbyists more than $140,000...

Several states have legalized recreational use of cannabis but no state has yet created a state-sanctioned place for adults to legally consume cannabis. This leaves many consumers with no place to enjoy legal cannabis as no state permits public consumption. A bill in Nevada could make it the...

Ever since the 2016 election, marijuana legalization supporters have been wondering if President Trump will crack down on state-approved recreational and/or medical marijuana programs. The Heritage Foundation believes it knows the answer. According to the conservative think tank, there are...

DuBois – Differing viewpoints were heard from the Sandy Township Supervisors about supporting two proposed medical marijuana businesses. DuBois Biopharma wants to build a medical marijuana growing and processing facility in Corbet Industrial Park located on Platt Road in the township. The...

DUBOIS — Two potential, new Sandy Township businesses made medical marijuana a topic of discussion at Monday night's regular supervisors' meeting. DuBois Biopharma and DuBois Wellness Center sought input from the Sandy Township Supervisors. Both businesses had the same pair of questions...

Niles – Nearly 200 people flooded into the Niles Fire Station Complex Thursday night for a forum about the potential of having medical marijuana businesses in the city. Three people spoke against allowing such businesses in Niles, and 26 spoke in favor of allowing them. One speaker took a...

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West Warwick – Due to legislative changes that took effect in the state beginning this year on the regulation of medical marijuana, the council passed on a first reading an amended medical marijuana ordinance that will grandfather the town's three existing marijuana cultivation businesses into...

In any business, the owner can trademark the name, logo and even images associated with their business with the United States government. Every business, that is, expect the marijuana business.vThe federal government grants trademarks for businesses but the federal government still classifies...

In 2012, the L.A. cannabis industry needed friends. The Obama administration had not yet signaled a truce with state legal businesses, so federal agents raided dispensaries and dozens more received letters that they were violating federal law. Hundreds of unregulated shops had popped up in the...

Medford, Ore. – As legalized marijuana brings more business to Oregon, some communities are seeing a large amount of cash in the economy thanks to strict regulations keeping banks away from the businesses. Banking officials say that after years of moving away from cash, financial institutions...

San Diego has never legalized commercial cultivation of marijuana, manufacturing of marijuana byproducts or the testing of either, but 27 businesses engaged in such activities are operating in the city. There is significant debate about whether this was an unintended consequence of the city's...

It took over a week for the city to count the votes, but on November 15, Denver officials finally announced that voters had approved Initiative 300, which allows the social consumption of marijuana in the city. Three days later, however, Colorado's Liquor Enforcement Division (LED) adopted a...

Sacramento officials are offering a preview of how much it will cost to regulate a locally permitted marijuana industry and just how big the pot trade may become in the capital city. A staff report prepared for next Tuesday's session of the City Council's Budget and Audit Committee estimates...

The city of Sacramento is inviting would-be commercial marijuana producers to agree to pay 1 percent of revenues into a "neighborhood responsibility" fund intended to support community programs and offset impacts of the businesses. Officials say the plan approved by the City Council this...

Auburn, Maine — Many communities in Maine have adopted, or are considering, moratoriums on marijuana businesses. Some are even looking to ban them completely. In Auburn, when the idea of a moratorium was floated, city leaders took the opposite approach. They took a stance, welcoming in the...

A moratorium on marijuana businesses in Lewis County was lifted at Monday's commissioners meeting, ending an official ban on the businesses that had been in effect since 2013. The commissioners voted 2 to 1 to lift the moratorium, which still requires a federal water license for pot...

It's now legal to use marijuana, medically or recreationally, in 28 U.S. states. But many cannabis businesses still can't access the banking system – and that has repercussions far beyond where dispensaries store their cash. Marijuana remains illegal to buy, sell or possess under federal law...

The sandwich baggie brimming with buds is gradually becoming a thing of the past in California. In its place, an era of name-brand marijuana is emerging. Celebrities – including actress Whoopi Goldberg, rapper Snoop Dogg, rocker Melissa Etheridge and the family of reggae legend Bob Marley –...