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If cannabis growers in Northern California - and beyond - want consistent, high-performance yields with the finest genetic pedigree, there's really only one place to go: Oakland. Dark Heart Nursery has been cultivating cannabis clones, the starter plants and strains with names like Girl Scout...

Hanford — The Hanford City Council directed staff this week to begin crafting an ordinance that would eventually allow large-scale medical marijuana cultivation/manufacturing facilities to apply for a conditional use permit to locate in the city's heavy industrial zones. Oakland-based Purple...

Rancho Mirage reaffirmed its ban on medical marijuana dispensaries Thursday and expanded its prohibition to include recreational pot and all forms of pot manufacturing, processing and testing within city limits. Council also tightened the reins on cultivation. While Proposition 64 allows for...

Pueblo, CO. The majority of voters in Pueblo say they want retail marijuana shops within city limits. Now city leaders have the task of setting guidelines to help get the shops set up appropriately. Ballot issue 2B asked voters to approve retail marijuana shops within city limits. The...

California voters legalized recreational marijuana in the state on Nov. 8. In San Diego County, 55.7 percent of voters approved Proposition 64, while 44.3 percent voted against the proposition. Under the new law, cities and counties are allowed to add their own regulations, taxes or bans on...

Kansas City, Mo. - Kansas City may soon vote on whether to decriminalize the act of possessing small amounts of marijuana. Supporters said they think they have enough signatures to put the issue to a vote. The move wouldn't legalize marijuana in Kansas City, but would reduce the city...

Lansing - A proposed residential medical marijuana ordinance needs further review and could be changed several times, based how City Council's Committee on Public Safety meeting went Thursday afternoon at City Hall. Representatives from the city, Lansing Board of Water & Light, the medical...

The Camarillo City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved an emergency interim ordinance in response to the passage of Proposition 64, which legalizes recreational marijuana in California. Under the city's emergency interim ordinance, a 45-day moratorium is in place on non-medical...

In the wake of California voters legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, the Hemet City Council voted Tuesday, Nov. 15, to establish a 45-day moratorium on non-medical marijuana facilities and private marijuana cultivation in the city, except for the private, indoor cultivation of up to...

Several California cities rushed to adopt last-minute regulations on recreational marijuana before state voters legalized its use and sale on Nov. 8. But the Petaluma City Council, when faced with the same choice in the hours before the election, took a different tact - chill out. One day...

Yakima, Wash. - Local marijuana shops are quietly popping up in Yakima - one is open, another was shut down by the city Wednesday and two more are expected to open within the next year. City officials shut down Sweet Relief Boutique on Wednesday after learning the 11th Street pot shop near...

Reno, Nev. - Nevada prosecutors disagree on whether to continue prosecuting low-level marijuana offenders now that Question 2 has passed and recreational marijuana will be legal in January 2017. Reno City Attorney Karl Hall said he agrees with the Clark County District Attorney's office...

Boston — The city's public health officials said Wednesday they're steeling themselves for the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts and looking for advice from their counterparts in Colorado, where marijuana has been commercially available since 2014. Massachusetts voters signed off on...

With Kenai's first legal marijuana retailer preparing for an announced opening next Monday, Kenai City Attorney Scott Bloom briefed attendees of a Wednesday Kenai Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on the present state of marijuana in the city. Since Alaska legalized recreational marijuana in...

Supporters and critics of Mayor Virg Bernero's new home-based medical marijuana ordinance will get a chance to voice their opinions to city council. The city council's committee on public safety is expected to review the ordinance at 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Bernero's proposal...

Following a similar measure passed by the Hillsborough County Commissioners last month, the Tampa City Council on Thursday approved an ordinance that would placed a moratorium on accepting and/or processing for zoning and permitting for the establishment of a medical marijuana dispensary for 180...

Lansing - Supporters and critics of Mayor Virg Bernero's proposed ordinance for home-based medical marijuana grow facilities will get their chance to sound off about it Thursday afternoon at City Hall. City Council's three-member Committee on Public Safety is expected to review the matter at...

A group that seeks to decriminalize marijuana possession in Kansas City has submitted more than 4,000 petition signatures to the clerk's office, asking the City Council to adopt its proposal or put a measure on the April ballot. The measure says possession of 35 grams or less of marijuana...

East Lansing - City officials are considering ordinance changes that would allow commercial medical marijuana facilities. East Lansing City Council could consider a draft ordinance in December and set the subject for a public hearing sometime in January, Mayor Mark Meadows said. The possible...

Marijuana advocates got a mixed bag of results on election night. Well, actually, they were mostly good except for one that could spoil the rest: Donald Trump's victory and the possibility his administration would move to put an end to the country's now well-established cannabis industry...