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The Albany City Council voted unanimously last night to add commercial recreational businesses and general outdoor cultivation – whether commercial or personal – to the city's list of prohibited activities related to marijuana. Medical marijuana dispensaries and commercial cultivation sites...

Wichita voters showed their support for reducing marijuana possession penalties, and now the city is taking action. Tuesday morning, the Wichita City Council voted 6-0 to approve a modified ordinance. The ordinance was originally brought up at City Council on May 2, but it was differed to...

City Council voted Monday to roll back a moratorium on the cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes, a step viewed as necessary to avoid shutting Cleveland out of a potentially lucrative source of taxes. City Council eliminated cultivation from an existing moratorium, but leave in...

York City is set to join West York in contemplating an ordinance to lessen the penalties of possessing and using small amounts of marijuana. After winning nominations for two of the three York City Council seats up for grabs in the May primary, Councilwoman Judy Ritter-Dickson signaled her...

Property to be used in the medical marijuana business is changing hands in unincorporated Warren County, while leaders of municipalities in the county, and across Ohio, weigh how to prepare for the coming new business before the rules have been set by the Ohio Medical Marijuana Program. The...

Fairfield City Council has recently unanimously voted to ban all aspects of Ohio's medical marijuana legislation, except for testing (the legislation does not allow us to ban this aspect). In concert with our Prevention Coalition, we felt it would be an inconsistent message to our youth and the...

Where recreational marijuana can be sold is back up for discussion by the Yakima City Council. On Tuesday, the council is expected to take a look at a request to expand the areas where cannabis can be sold to include light industrial zones. These zones are generally used for businesses that...

Seven months after voters repealed the city's ban on marijuana and replaced it with a regulatory system, city officials will begin accepting the first applications for marijuana business permits Monday. The city had delayed moving forward with marijuana regulation after two lawsuits...

The medical marijuana business is sure to make its way to western Stark County, but don't expect to see any pot shops sprout up anytime soon. Massillon and Canal Fulton each has been queried recently by people interested in opening medical marijuana operations. And neither city has any...

An upstart challenger for the New York City mayor's office is calling out Bill de Blasio's "baffling" claim that the city has ended marijuana arrests – and he's pushing for the city to decriminalize possession of the drug. The mayor made the comments during a talk at a Democratic...

The owner of one Ohio company said she intends to apply for a license to grow medical marijuana in Coshocton, following action by Coshocton City Council this week. Kimberly Farmer said her Dayton-based firm will apply with the Ohio Department of Commerce for a license to operate a Level I...

Raven Sharp was one of nearly 100 people who attended a meeting Tuesday required of people interested in opening a cannabis business in the city. He, like many in attendance, has experience in the industry. Sharp opened Natural Remedies Consulting Holistic Health Services Clinic in...

Regulations for marijuana dispensaries will be on the City Council's agenda Tuesday, a signal that the ban it put on them seven years ago might be lifted. Rules for commercially cultivating the plant within city limits and for laboratories where its purity and potency could be tested also may...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled to give a marijuana activist a second shot at suing a California town that he claims conspired to shut down a 4/20 marijuana celebration at a popular city park. Gregory Allen initially filed his lawsuit against the city of Arcata in 2014...

City Council and the Planning Board began the process of considering whether or not to put a temporary ban on recreational marijuana sales in the city. Beverly is not alone in this effort — locally, Danvers already voted for a temporary pot ban. The ban would last through the end of next...

The City of Woodlake is huddling with several commercial cannabis growing companies who may be interested in relocating operations to this Tulare County foothill community. "We have meetings set for this week with them and we will be asking all the questions on any plans and the size of...

Residents of Weed, California, are used to the snide jokes. And the 2,967 citizens who call Weed home are even used to street signs bearing its name being ripped off by out-of-towners looking for a cheap souvenir. But what the they are not accustomed to is legally buying marijuana within the...

Detroit's crackdown on illegally operating medical marijuana dispensaries has shuttered 167 shops since the city's regulation efforts began last year and dozens more are expected. Detroit corporation counsel Melvin Butch Hollowell told the Free Press that 283 dispensaries were identified last...

"Please do not allow outdoor growing of marijuana in city limits. I had to keep my windows closed frequently last year as the smell was horrendous," wrote one Santa Rosa resident to the city in March. "My neighbor has been growing for years," wrote a resident named George. "And the traffic in...

It's really hard to write about California City's headlong plunge into the marijuana business without being a little snickery. Pot is a weird drug. I don't mean just because it makes people act goofy. I'm talking more about its public relations. Most people have had at least a passing...