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With the federal government still possibly years away from legalizing the drug, the city has taken action, introducing a number of regulations to govern the growing industry. "So these are the really popular golden honey mist. They come in sativa and indigo flavored and non. They work as a...

Marijuana cultivation faces another city choice of banishment or regulation. Martinez will also need to choose whether or not to ban or regulate medical cannabis delivery services. From a legal standpoint, if the city were to ban cultivation, the state law that allows it does not trump the...

Monday's Public Safety Subcommittee meeting hosted those urging Martinez officials not to follow in the footsteps of other Contra Costa County cities by banning medical marijuana cultivation in the city. Discussion came following Governor Brown's signing in October 2015 of the Medical Marijuana...

Last week, two days after Sacramento City Council voted to allow cultivation of medical marijuana, Brad Wasson's phone wouldn't stop ringing. The revenue manager for the city laid out the potential benefits of regulating cannabis cultivation before council on February 2. And while it's going to...

The City of Victoria is asking for public input on proposed regulations targeting medical marijuana dispensaries. The new rules would cover such issues as preventing storefront medical marijuana retailers from being any closer than 200m from any school or from each other. They call for no...

Ottawa is being told to clarify the legality of medical marijuana. If there isn't a clear plan laid out in the upcoming federal budget, the City of Vernon will write a letter to the government insisting that certainty be provided to municipalities, the police, medical marijuana dispensaries and...

Mark Hauk, founder of the Saskatoon Compassion Club, closed the dispensary's doors after he was charged last year with trafficking marijuana and possessing the proceeds of crime. He told council's planning committee on Monday that the closure means many people who relied on medical marijuana...

A City of Saskatoon committee has made it much more difficult for marijuana dispensaries to open in the city. Today, the Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services voted against issuing business licences to marijuana dispensaries. Administration argued that...

Like any good entrepreneur, a medical marijuana delivery service called Eaze sees a green opportunity in Super Bowl 50's Bay Area stop. Dubbed the "Uber of pot," Eaze has prepared for an anticipated higher demand of its service this weekend by adding drivers and verifying that pot...

"Just trying to as cultivators come out of the darkness and into the light," said Watsonville resident Nick Bryan. Bryan is one of many applying to cultivate medical marijuana in Watsonville. The city recently passed an ordinance allowing grows in industrial areas of town. "It's been a long...

Facing a quickly approaching state deadline to exert local control on medical marijuana regulations, the City Council this week explicitly outlawed cultivation and other uses. The city already has a ban on dispensaries, but on Tuesday added cultivation, processing, delivery and mobile...

The Sacramento City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday night that allows medical marijuana to be cultivated inside buildings. According to the new ordinance, the buildings can be up to 22,000 square feet, which is roughly the size of four and a half NBA basketball courts. The buildings...

More than two years after shelving an ordinance that would have allowed a medical marijuana dispensary in their city, Napa leaders will see what parts of the old law could be revived in a new road map to legal, local cannabis sales. Tuesday night, the City Council agreed to have Napa staff...

Chula Vista City Council members have decided that the city will maintain its current laws that ban the cultivation of medical marijuana by individuals and businesses. The City Council voted unanimously Jan. 26 to clarify existing zoning rules as they apply to growing marijuana. "The...

Tuesday night the Sacramento City Council voted to allow cultivation permits for medical clinics to grow indoors within the city limits. That vote has paved the way for the city to be able to tax and license commercial marijuana growing, which could bring in millions of dollars to the city's...

The 30-day window for existing medical marijuana centers to put in a bid to legally operate in in the city launches online March 1, the city's top lawyer said Tuesday. Detroit Corporation Counsel Melvin Butch Hollowell said there are 211 shops operating within the city that have to meet the...

Even if the Cannon Beach City Council decides to allow retail marijuana outlets in town, there would be few locations available for them. The council will discuss the issue at the council meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. If the council decides not to allow retail outlets, the issue must be...

In a liberal city that gave rise to Jerry Garcia and that embraces all things green, medical marijuana remains a glaring exception to the rule. Even as cities such Portland, Seattle and Denver have legalized marijuana for medical uses -- and in some cases, recreational uses -- Palo Alto...

City Council passes temporary ordinance allowing indoor cultivation of marijuana for medical use only On Jan. 12, the Davis City Council unanimously passed a local ordinance allowing patients who rely on medical marijuana as treatment to cultivate up to 50 square feet in their homes...

When aging Grateful Dead members and their fans broke into song at Verizon Center late last year, a cloud of marijuana smoke rose from the audience. Under D.C. law, the collective exhale constituted more than enough for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser to swoop in and shut down the city's marquee sports...