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Marijuana remains illegal at a federal level, is classified as a Schedule I drug, and is still seen as a "life-wrecking" substance by the country's attorney general. But cannabis advocates made enormous strides in elections across the country this week. By Wednesday, it became clear that, just...

With the clock ticking down on the city's already year-old moratorium on cannabis cultivation, the Sonoma City Council on Monday extended the ban another year, to again give city officials more time to develop a long-term policy around the newly legal narcotic. It was the city's third...

Oakland's City Council voted unanimously last night to authorize local sales and consumption of marijuana within the city of Oakland. "Oakland now will be one of the few cities in California that will be up and running with permits by January 1st," said Councilmember At-large Rebecca Kaplan...

Anchorage police visited a former location of the Alaska Cannabis Club Wednesday afternoon to confirm that possible illegal marijuana sales had been discontinued. This comes after a complaint made last month that marijuana was being sold without a license from the property. No citations...

The Henderson City Council unanimously voted to put money from marijuana shop sales toward the 39 public schools in the city. A month after recreational marijuana sales kicked off in Henderson, city council officials unanimously voted in a resolution to give a percentage of recreational...

Do you know who Hiro Onoda was? He was an infantryman in the Japanese Imperial Army, who was sent to Lubang Island in the Philippines in 1944 with orders to never surrender. Hiding in the hills with three other men, they found leaflets in October 1945 telling them the war had ended in August...

Palm Springs voters overwhelmingly approved a new tax on recreational marijuana in advance of legal sales starting in January. Early results from voting held Tuesday showed a strong majority supported the expanded pot tax, known as Measure E. The city already taxes medical marijuana...

The Bandon City Council has unanimously adopted an ordinance regarding the siting of recreational marijuana facilities within the light industrial and general commercial zones inside city limits. A public hearing on the issue was held Monday night. The city already has an ordinance on the...

Recently, the Redding City Council directed our city attorney to draft ordinances related to cannabis. I know that some are disappointed that I would approve dispensaries and cultivation within our city, and I think it’s important to explain why. I’ve wrestled with this issue more than any...

The West Hollywood City Council last night gave its initial okay to an ordinance that would permit the city to grant up to eight licenses to recreational marijuana stores, eight to medical marijuana dispensaries, eight to lounges offering edible marijuana products, eight to lounges also allowing...

Voters legalized adult marijuana use last year, but until more Oakland businesses obtain city permits, it's unclear how many cannabis entrepreneurs will able to operate under new laws that take effect on January 1. City Councilmember At-large Rebecca Kaplan is urging the city to move forward...

The City of Bandon is proposing to adopt an ordinance regarding the siting of recreational marijuana facilities within the light industrial and general commercial zones inside city limits. A public hearing on the issue will be held tonight at 7 during the regular City Council meeting in...

On Monday night, City Council - concerned about a potential increase in crime - unanimously passed an ordinance that will ban the growing, processing and selling of medical marijuana in town. Council passed the ordinance 11 days before a medical marijuana moratorium, which temporarily banned...

The City Council is due to take a final vote Monday on proposed zoning and licensing regulations that would make this among the first municipalities in Maine to welcome so-called adult-use marijuana businesses. City officials have been working on the proposed ordinance amendments for nearly a...

On Sept. 11, the owners of Montana Advanced Caregivers received a letter saying their business license renewal had been rejected. The company didn't apply for a renewal, and the license for the Billings medical marijuana business was months from expiring. The letter was intended as a...

The Ridgecrest City Council at its meeting Wednesday waived a reading in full and approved a first reading of an ordinance restricting cannabis cultivation and sales within city limits. If it is approved upon a second reading, the ordinance will amend the city's municipal code to prohibit...

A business venture in Monroe has been awarded a medical marijuana cultivator license. The Ohio Department of Commerce announced today that Hemma LLC will be awarded a Level II cultivation license. According to the application, the site will be located at 100 Edison Drive. The Level II...

In a special meeting on Monday night, the City Council approved the final language for Ordinance 806, which allows, and regulates, cannabis businesses within city limits. The approved language also includes a chapter regulating residential cultivation of marijuana for personal use. The...

For funding to repair Oak Hill Road Bridge, the city is looking to a medical-marijuana cultivation facility. Mayor Stephen DiNatale announced Tuesday that RevolutionaryClinics, II Inc. donated $25,000 to the city as required through a community-host agreement -- money DiNatale hopes to use to...

The city of Morro Bay is just one of 482 cities in the state frantically working on local cannabis regulations before a January 2018 deadline. California voters approved Proposition 64 last November, making the use of recreational marijuana legal for adults 21 and older, and jurisdictions...