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San Andreas, CA -— The clamoring continues to rise as Calaveras activists on both sides of the county's proposed Measure B commercial cannabis ban argue for and against a local industry of reputed economic promise fraught with enforcement and neighbor issues. With only seven weeks before the...

After a report was released estimating the impact of commercial Cannabis in Calaveras county a MyMotherLode poll asked: Do You Support the Commercial Cannabis in Calaveras with a production value of approx. $252 million in 2016? The three and a half day poll received over one-thousand votes with...

Sacramento officials are offering a preview of how much it will cost to regulate a locally permitted marijuana industry and just how big the pot trade may become in the capital city. A staff report prepared for next Tuesday's session of the City Council's Budget and Audit Committee estimates...

In Colorado it's now common to see several cannabis medical or recreational retailers within a relatively small radius. What most people don't see, however, are fields of cannabis plants growing in rows like the commercial production of other crops like corn or wheat. Some Coloradans choose...

Even before voters passed Proposition 64, Yolo County officials braced for the changes that would come with it, crafting an ordinance to retain local control as statewide marijuana rules shift. Their work continued this week as Yolo supervisors passed a ban on all forms of non-medical – or...

Brett Helfrich receives call after call from cannabis businesses that want to grow their plants inside empty warehouses at his former furniture company on South Riverside Drive. "It's hard to find anybody to rent them other than for cannabis use," said Helfrich, who shut down Eads Furniture...

A petition to ban commercial marijuana cultivation is set to go before the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors by the end of the month. Rebecca Turner, registrar of voters, said if county supervisors call for a vote by Feb. 3, an all-mail election will take place May 2 to determine the fate...

The Ventura City Council on Monday temporarily banned all commercial activity related to marijuana to have more time to decide how, or if, to regulate it. The moratorium lasts up to 45 days, so in January the council is likely to extend it another 10 months. In the interim, the city could...

Benton County planners looking for public input on whether to allow commercial marijuana cultivation in the rural residential zone got what they wanted Wednesday night - and then some. In a meeting on the topic at the Sunset Building, Community Development Director Greg Verret assured an...

The Borough Marijuana Task Force met Tuesday night and decided to permit commercial marijuana growth in certain residential districts. The motion was to allow residential cultivation permits with a conditional use permit in RR, RR1 and RR2, which are rural areas, and prohibit it in R1, R2, and...

Fairbanks - The Fairbanks North Star Borough is the latest Alaska municipality to accept a citizen initiative that would allow voters to consider a ban on commercial marijuana enterprises. The borough clerk confirmed Wednesday that an initiative has been accepted for the October 2017 election...

Unalaska voters overturned a commercial marijuana ban this week in what the city clerk called the largest election turnout for at least two decades. With exactly 600 votes counted, voters rejected a commercial marijuana ban put in place in February. A total of 326 people voted in favor of...

Palmer - Voters in the Alaska's unofficial cannabis capital will decide this week whether Mat-Su's unincorporated areas should opt out of legal commercial marijuana sales altogether. That's an option offered to local governments by the 2014 ballot measure that legalized recreational use in...

Anchorage, Alaska - Today, the Alaska Senate and House convened a joint Judiciary Committee hearing on the state of Alaska's fledgling marijuana industry. The focus was on the status of implementation and regulations of Alaska's commercial marijuana industry, which was legalized when Ballot...

Monterey County has been up in smoke about placing limitations and regulations on outdoor cultivation of medical marijuana. Currently, licensed growers can cultivate outside for personal use while commercial growers are limited to indoor operations. The Monterey County Board of Supervisors...

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Moving towards facilitation of industrial hemp cultivation in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has already directed officials to draft regulations for commercial utilisation of hemp (Bhang). The horticulture department has also been directed to establish two hemp seed farms as pilot...

The chair of the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Board is gathering signatures to have Kenai Peninsula Borough vote on outlawing commercial cannabis operations in areas of the borough outside cities. That isn't sitting well with members of cannabis industry on the peninsula. Soldotna...

Salinas, California Monterey County Supervisors moved forward Tuesday with plans to place a tax on commercial cannabis operations in unincorporated areas of the county on the November 8 ballot. Supervisors also adopted changes to county code that would require an annual permit for commercial...

A last-day change in the application process that allowed people registering cannabis farms to turn in their paperwork and have it stamped by county workers for review at a later time relieved the anticipated crush of people trying to beat the deadline at 4 p.m. on Thursday. Calaveras County...