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A Vancouver pot shop entrepreneur says he's in a real dilemma, as one of his locations is in the final stages of approval, while the other is facing closure. Chuck Varabioff, owner of the BC Pain Society, says his Commercial Drive location was rejected because it's within 300m of a school...

Some Plant City leaders want to be prepared for medical marijuana before voters decide whether to make the drug legal at the polls in November. "The purpose of this ordinance is for the city commission to address where medical marijuana businesses should be located," said Plant City attorney...

In Cannabis Culture, April 20th, or 4/20, is traditionally a day to smoke and celebrate marijuana. Today, one Valley City group used the date to draw attention and support for a hotly contested ballot initiative. A few dozen marijuana proponents rallied in Valley City to garner support for...

Desert Hot Springs residents, medical marijuana industry representatives, and City Council members gathered Wednesday night for a public forum about the medical marijuana industry. A panel of six, which included Mayor Scott Matas, medical marijuana advocates and industry representatives spoke...

City leaders say they're not joking about loosening the restriction on medical cannabis in Merced, and to show they're open to it, they've scheduled a meeting on the unofficial marijuana holiday. The special meeting is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 678 W. 18th St. The April 20 date's...

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The federal Food and Drug Administration is tightening its oversight of the hemp oil industry and that prompted City Council to approve a four-month "timeout" in its agreement with CBD Biosciences, the new hemp oil venture that is occupying the old Boeing building at Pueblo Memorial Airport...

As spring planting season gets underway in earnest one local jurisdiction has new local rules for medical pot grows and three others are continuing attempts to get some in place. Over the past two weeks, Clarke Broadcasting has received a number of phone calls into the newsroom from...

Los Angeles law allows for 135 or fewer pot shops in town. In fact, "allows" might be an exaggeration. Proposition D, approved by voters in 2013, provides only "limited immunity" from prosecution for the operators of those businesses if they follow certain rules. The city does not issue...

Critics and activists decried the invasion of dispensaries into neighborhoods like Eagle Rock and South Carthay, and the city cracked down. In 2007 a moratorium was declared in L.A., and about 135 dispensaries that had registered with the city at the time were ultimately grandfathered in as...

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With several winners of a lottery to open medical marijuana dispensaries yet to submit their applications and concerns over safety, the city has made some changes to regulations on the new industry. City Council members on Tuesday directed staff to modify deadlines for submitting regulatory...

The Biddeford City Council has enacted a six-month moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries and marijuana growing facilities in the city. During the next six months, city staff and the planning board will examine land use regulations and develop a recommendation for the City Council...

A pro-cannabis law firm based in Southern California has filed a lawsuit against the city over its recently enacted ban on all marijuana cultivation within city limits, and is asking a judge to overturn a part of the law that prohibits a medical marijuana patient from growing pot for personal...

In 2007, the City of Upland banned both fixed and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries from any zone within the City's limits. Presumably this ban applied to mobile dispensaries delivering marijuana into the City from locations outside the City. However, in 2013, the City adopted an additional...

A Denver-based cannabis company got the green light from the city Thursday to expand a pot shop in north Fort Collins. The Green Solution LLC plans to add 2,380 square feet to 810 N. College Ave., city planner Ryan Mounce said Monday. The company owns a dozen marijuana centers throughout...

The Coalinga City Council votes to allow medical marijuana to be grown in city limits. The vote paves the way for a commercial medical marijuana company to begin operation in an empty prison in Coalinga It came after three and a half hours of presentations, public comments and discussions. The...

Zoned Properties, a medical-marijuana real-estate company, is developing what it bills as the state's first "medical-marijuana business park." The Scottsdale-based company announced on March 17 that it had signed a deal to lease 25,000 square feet of space in a building near 52nd Street and...

With just 16 sanctioned medical marijuana dispensaries left in San Jose, one councilman wants to explore allowing pot deliveries to patients' homes as a way to "undercut illicit operations." "We do know, at least anecdotally, that deliveries are happening," said Councilman Ash Kalra, who...

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