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Adelanto - Making its first formal pitch to voters Tuesday evening, the city unleashed a panel of medical marijuana industry insiders to vouch for the plant's health care benefits as a November ballot measure looms that would tax commercial pot activities here. Measure R would enact an up-to 5...

Adelanto - Making its first formal pitch to voters Tuesday evening, the city unleashed a panel of medical marijuana industry insiders to vouch for the plant's health care benefits as a November ballot measure looms that would tax commercial pot activities here. Measure R would enact an up-to 5...

San Diego - San Diego voters will be told this fall that passage of a ballot measure to tax businesses selling recreational marijuana could generate an estimated $22 million for city coffers in the first year, according to documents made available Tuesday. The estimate is part of a fiscal...

Pico Rivera - A ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city will remain in place after City Council members Tuesday refused to move forward a proposal legalizing them. When it came down to a motion, no council member would make it, in effect killing the proposed ordinance...

Pico Rivera - A ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city will remain in place after City Council members Tuesday refused to move forward a proposal legalizing them. When it came down to a motion, no council member would make it, in effect killing the proposed ordinance...

This week Norfolk City Councilman Paul Riddick broke open the conversation about marijuana decriminalization in Virginia. The City of Norfolk will study the issue, possibly leading to adding marijuana decriminalization to the legislative package it sends to the General Assembly this year...

Lancaster - The City Council took its first steps in banning medical marijuana-related businesses from opening in the city limits during a meeting Monday night. An ordinance that would make dispensing, cultivating, or processing medical marijuana in the city limits an illegal act had its...

The largest city in Colorado to ban marijuana sales just voted to lift the ban and allow lucrative pot shops. The city council of Thornton, the sixth largest city in Colorado, just voted five to four to allow marijuana dispensaries, The Denver Post reported Tuesday. The move was partially...

The Boston City Council voted unanimously today to write a letter of "non-opposition" for a medical-marijuana dispensary proposed for 220 McClellan Highway in East Boston. Happy Valley Ventures needs the letter to win state approval for its proposed dispensary. City Councilor Sal LaMattina...

The Boston City Council voted unanimously today to write a letter of "non-opposition" for a medical-marijuana dispensary proposed for 220 McClellan Highway in East Boston. Happy Valley Ventures needs the letter to win state approval for its proposed dispensary. City Councilor Sal LaMattina...

Thornton - The state's largest city with an all-out ban on marijuana sales decided Tuesday to allow the nascent industry, but not before hearing an earful from members of the community. The Thornton City Council voted 5-4 to allow retail marijuana shops - capped at a total of four citywide -...

Chris Schaaf says he has no choice: If he wants to sell cannabis, he has to defy Portland City Hall. That's because the city's marijuana licensing office has told Schaaf that his business - GreenBuds, a recreational weed shop in a white-painted house on Northeast Sandy Boulevard - must close...

San Diego voters will be told this fall that passage of a ballot measure to tax businesses selling recreational marijuana could generate an estimated $22 million for city coffers in the first year, according to documents made available Tuesday. The estimate is part of a fiscal analysis of...

Memphis, Tenn. - The Memphis City Council has voted to pass an ordinance that will reduce the severity of carrying a small amount of marijuana. Fifty bucks. That's how much people could end up paying if caught or distributing less than an ounce of weed. There would also be the possibility...

Larry Schaeffer has grown marijuana in Sonoma County for more than a decade. His Cherry Kola Farms outside Penngrove supplies award-winning strains of pungent pot to one of Sonoma County's largest medical cannabis collectives, as well as discerning dispensaries around the state. But after...

Organizers are closing in on their goal of collecting 2,300 signatures to get marijuana decriminalization on the November ballot in Kansas City. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' Kansas City branch (NORML KC) has been gathering signatures since June. Under the...

Organizers are closing in on their goal of collecting 2,300 signatures to get marijuana decriminalization on the November ballot in Kansas City. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' Kansas City branch (NORML KC) has been gathering signatures since June. Under the...

Silver City - The Grant County Chamber of Commerce recently published a post about the use of marijuana that pertains to Silver City and New Mexico. According to the post, the chamber stated it placed the article because marijuana legalization will more than likely, once again, be heard...

North Canton City Council could become the first city in Stark County to halt medical marijuana. Council will introduce legislation tonight that would impose a six-month moratorium on granting permits or certificates of occupancy for any structure used for the "cultivation, processing or retail...

North Canton City Council could become the first city in Stark County to halt medical marijuana. Council will introduce legislation tonight that would impose a six-month moratorium on granting permits or certificates of occupancy for any structure used for the "cultivation, processing or retail...