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When Harrison Township votes on its medical marijuana ordinance next month, there is expected to be little opposition to the plan to allow a couple of dozen cannabis businesses into the Macomb County community. "At last check, we had 18 legitimate grow operations in the community. At a...

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has signed on to the Marijuana Justice Act, first proposed by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in August of this year. "I'm proud to join forces with Senator Booker to fight this administration's attempts to shift our country into reverse when it comes to federal marijuana...

As it works to build a new industry from the ground up, state marijuana regulators on Tuesday wrestled with how Massachusetts' newly legal marijuana industry could be more accessible to racially and economically diverse communities and how the industry could benefit groups that were...

Individual communities in the Northwest Territories will be given the right to uphold or repeal marijuana prohibition, according to the region's proposed cannabis regulations. In preparation for the federal government's plan to legalize recreational marijuana by July 1, 2018, the territory has...

Alaska marijuana grower Mike Emers has been losing sleep with a vote fast approaching that he says could shutter his family's business and financially ruin them. The statewide initiative that legalized recreational marijuana in 2014 allows local governments to ban pot businesses within their...

Miamisburg has approved a ban on medical marijuana. The city council voted Tuesday night to join other area communities like Oakwood, Huber Heights and Butler Twp. in rejecting the issue. The state last year legalized the drug for medical use. However, Miamisburg's legislation to "prohibit...

To weed or not to weed? That is the question for Michigan's communities. As the state board that will regulate Michigan's new medical marijuana law begins to craft the rules that will govern the multimillion dollar industry, the state's cities, townships and villages must decide whether they...

Users of banned substances notably Indian hemp, have taken over the Republic Road Basic School at Community Four, residents of Republic Road and Horticulture Electoral Areas in Tema Central, have disclosed. This came to light on Friday during an interaction between constituents of the Tema...

New Jersey is gearing up for an intense campaign for marijuana legalization. Senate Bill 3195 and Assembly Bill 4872, which would legalize marijuana in New Jersey, have been introduced by state Sen. Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, and Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-Mercer. The Drug Policy...

New Jersey is gearing up for an intense campaign for marijuana legalization. Senate Bill 3195 and Assembly Bill 4872, which would legalize marijuana in New Jersey, were recently introduced by Senator Nicholas P. Scutari (D-Middlesex, Somerset, Union) and Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Hunterdon...

Yellow Springs - The council has decided against a pot ban and instead would like to explore medical marijuana economic development opportunities for the village. Ohio became the 26th state to decriminalize marijuana on Thursday, however several communities in the Dayton region have opted to...

Yellow Springs - The council has decided against a pot ban and instead would like to explore medical marijuana economic development opportunities for the village. Ohio became the 26th state to decriminalize marijuana on Thursday, however several communities in the Dayton region have opted to...

Liberty Township, Ohio - As Ohio's new medical marijuana program rolls out, communities across the state are staking steps to temporarily block or ban altogether pot-related businesses from opening. A new law legalizing medical marijuana goes into effect Thursday, a move that some industry...

Liberty Township, Ohio - As Ohio's new medical marijuana program rolls out, communities across the state are staking steps to temporarily block or ban altogether pot-related businesses from opening. A new law legalizing medical marijuana goes into effect Thursday, a move that some industry...

B.C. communities struggling to deal with unregulated marijuana sales are looking for help, or a piece of the action as growers and sellers compete for a share of the expanding legal market. Pot problems are high on the agenda for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in September...

As California moves toward completely decriminalizing our multibillion-dollar marijuana economy, one cannot help but notice that many of the regulations are being written of wealthy white people, by wealthy white people, and for wealthy white people. This is sadly not surprising, but it is...