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Appointments to the five-member Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission today were announced this afternoon by Governor Hutchinson and the leaders of both legislative chambers. Hutchinson, a former administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, fiercely campaigned against passage...

Baltimore - Maryland's Medical Cannabis Commission announced on Monday that it is hiring a diversity consultant. Critics point to the lack of minority-owned businesses among those named as finalists to grow and process pot. The diversity consultant will determine if, and how, the...

Two of Sitka's political leaders are putting down new roots. Doing business as Green Leaf Inc., Assembly member Aaron Bean wants to grow and sell pot across from Halibut Point Marine Services. Last Wednesday (11-16-16), the Planning & Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit for...

Maryland medical cannabis regulators are set to award preliminary licenses to open medical marijuana dispensaries on Nov. 28, to the ire of a Maryland lawmaker challenging the state over a lack of racial diversity in the burgeoning industry. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission will meet...

The leader of the General Assembly's black caucus was outraged Friday that medical marijuana regulators plan to choose companies to dispense the drug while the state's selection process is mired in controversy. Black lawmakers felt they already had grounds for a civil rights fight because firms...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh led the unsuccessful fight against a marijuana legalization law but city voters were on board with it and now Walsh administration officials are getting ready to implement the law. The Boston Board of Health on Wednesday will convene a meeting to hear from officials...

Did a powerful Republican in the Virginia General Assembly open the door - just a crack - to decriminalization of marijuana in the Old Dominion? Let's go to the tape - or, in this case, the Virginian-Pilot, which quoted state Sen. Thomas K. Norment Jr. appearing at a meeting on Tuesday with...

A third losing applicant for a coveted medical marijuana license has sued the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, this one arguing the regulators illegally ignored racial diversity when selecting applicants. A lawsuit filed Monday by Alternative Medicine Maryland in Baltimore Circuit Court...

A third losing applicant for a coveted medical marijuana license has sued the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, this one arguing the regulators illegally ignored racial diversity when selecting applicants. A lawsuit filed Monday by Alternative Medicine Maryland in Baltimore Circuit Court...

Raleigh — The N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission will hold its first meeting Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. in the Martin Building at the State Fairgrounds. The meeting is open to the public. The state General Assembly passed legislation in 2015 to create a pilot program to research hemp production...

Raleigh — The N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission will hold its first meeting Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. in the Martin Building at the State Fairgrounds. The meeting is open to the public. The state General Assembly passed legislation in 2015 to create a pilot program to research hemp production...

Indian River County - The County Commission has approved restrictions medical marijuana treatment centers, limiting them to only a few locations in the unincorporated county. The areas are zoned general industrial, and are adjacent to the railroad right-of-way north of 12th Street and to two...

Indian River County - The County Commission has approved restrictions medical marijuana treatment centers, limiting them to only a few locations in the unincorporated county. The areas are zoned general industrial, and are adjacent to the railroad right-of-way north of 12th Street and to two...

Del. Cheryl D. Glenn is co-author of the Maryland state law that permits the use of marijuana for medical purposes. She says that measure needs an overhaul. Michael Bronfein is chief executive of a company that was awarded one of the state's 15 licenses to grow medical marijuana. He says the...

Del. Cheryl D. Glenn is co-author of the Maryland state law that permits the use of marijuana for medical purposes. She says that measure needs an overhaul. Michael Bronfein is chief executive of a company that was awarded one of the state's 15 licenses to grow medical marijuana. He says the...

When lawmakers first envisioned a medical marijuana commission, they created a panel of volunteers to look after what was supposed to be limited program of academic centers dispensing the drug. Three years later, those same untrained volunteers have become closely watched regulators who have...

When lawmakers first envisioned a medical marijuana commission, they created a panel of volunteers to look after what was supposed to be limited program of academic centers dispensing the drug. Three years later, those same untrained volunteers have become closely watched regulators who have...

When the General Assembly legalized medical marijuana in Maryland, it required the commission running the program to "actively seek to achieve racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity when licensing medical marijuana growers." But the Attorney General's office advised the commission that, absent...

When the General Assembly legalized medical marijuana in Maryland, it required the commission running the program to "actively seek to achieve racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity when licensing medical marijuana growers." But the Attorney General's office advised the commission that, absent...

Shelby County, Tenn. - It's only been about 24 hours since the marijuana ordinance passed in Memphis, and another one's already being talked about. But this time, it's at the county level. Commissioner Van Turner says he likes the idea of not everyone going to jail for having a small...