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The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission has finalized the process for accepting applications for medical marijuana sellers and growers. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Arkansas medical marijuana panel sets process for scoring applications ) reports the five-member commission developed a more...

To those trying to make sense of the dizzying mess that is Maryland's medical marijuana program, the upshot of Friday's legal action is that the state's highest court stopped a lower court from stopping the state from issuing licenses to grow the drug. For the moment, anyway. Lawyers for the...

Maryland's highest court on Friday agreed to hear arguments from attorneys who represent finalists for licenses to grow medical marijuana. The attorneys say their clients should be allowed to intervene in a legal case that seeks to block a state commission from awarding any more licenses until a...

Maryland's highest court on Friday intervened to halt a case that could upend the state's fledgling medical marijuana industry. The Court of Appeals issued a stay minutes before a Baltimore Circuit Court hearing on whether to put the entire cannabis program on hold while sorting out...

Marijuana legalization in Rhode Island appears to be headed to a study commission, severely minimizing the chances that lawmakers will take any other action on the issue this year. The House is expected to vote some time after 4 p.m. Wednesday on a bill creating a 17-member panel to "conduct...

A Baltimore judge put Maryland's medical marijuana industry temporarily on hold Thursday, granting the request of a company that alleged state regulators illegally ignored racial diversity when picking firms to grow the drug. Circuit Judge Barry Williams said the Maryland Medical Cannabis...

The CARICOM Cannabis Commission is scheduled to hold meetings St Lucia shortly, to hear the views of St Lucians on the subject of marijuana. The commission is preparing to hold a consultation in St Lucia next month with a view to understanding the position of citizens on current marijuana...

Regulators have issued the first license to grow medical marijuana in Maryland, allowing a sprawling 2-acre warehouse in Anne Arundel County to immediately start cultivating the drug. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously granted final approval to a company called ForwardGro...

Moratorium on dispensaries expires Thursday. The County Commission on Tuesday finalized its ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries. The highlights: + Marion County will allow up to five dispensaries — a number chosen based on the county’s population. Permits will be issued on a...

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on a bill Tuesday that would create a commission to study the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island. The 15-member commission would look at the financial impacts of legalization in states like Colorado. Supporters of...

The vote was 6 to 1. A major hurdle for marijuana has been crossed. On Monday, the Nevada Tax Commission approved the temporary regulations allowing the sale of retail pot. The move clears the way for legal marijuana sales to begin as early as July 1. "If we wanted to have an early start...

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission has paid $150,000 of the $2.6 million tab it rung up while scrambling to review a crush of applications to grow, process and dispense the drug. A state audit released this week found the commission also circumvented state procurement safeguards...

Our hemp program is off and running in NC. Farmer need recommendation for bulk industrial hemp seed. As weird as it is, our commission is only approving seed sourced internationally. They are worried about domestic seed because of crossing state lines and upsetting the DEA. I know it is stupid...

A UK political party whose central tenet is the legalisation of cannabis has been fined £23,000 ($28,580) by the election watchdog for late and inadequate financial reporting. Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol (CISTA) have been punished by the Electoral Commission for a string of delayed...

Montpelier — The Vermont Department of Public Safety illegally discriminated against a man who sought to use medical marijuana to ease symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, according to a recent Vermont Human Rights Commission investigation. The investigation...

Little Rock, Ark. - Another medical marijuana commission meeting, another full room. Cultivation and dispensaries was the topic last week and this week. A final decision has now been made, according to marijuana commission member Travis Story. "We decided that starting off with the...

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission on Wednesday continued trying to create different rules for different types of dispensaries. The voter-approved Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment allows dispensaries -- which would sell marijuana -- to also grow up to 50 mature plants. David...

State lawmakers are pushing to revamp the Maryland's medical cannabis commission and award additional licenses to prospective growers, processors and dispensaries in hopes of getting more minority-owned businesses involved in the fledgling industry. Two bills backed by the Legislative Black...

The need to regulate Massachusetts' newly legal marijuana industry is leading to attempts to revamp state alcohol regulations. State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said in an interview with The Republican/MassLive.com this week that she was prompted to form a new Alcohol Task Force while looking...

Lawmakers will watch the actions of the newly created state Medical Marijuana Commission over the next several weeks to see whether further changes are needed to the voter-approved constitutional amendment on the drug. If lawmakers believe that significant changes are needed, expect to see...