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Douglas County is on a path to not allow recreational marijuana. Planning commissioners on March 14 ruled that retail dispensaries, cultivation, testing, product manufacturing and distribution facilities will not be allowed. This does not affect the use of marijuana. Nevada voters last...

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...

I operate Peace in Medicine and SPARC cannabis dispensaries located in Sonoma County and San Francisco, respectively. Our organization also farms cannabis indoors, outdoors, and in greenhouses. For nearly 20 years now, our team has included approximately 150 employees, many of whom call Sonoma...

Setting fair and stable tax rates and assisting about 2,000 displaced marijuana growers were among the issues facing Sonoma County a day after voters approved a cannabis business tax that will initially raise more than $6 million to cover the costs of regulating the newly legal pot industry...

Sonoma County voters overwhelmingly approved a proposed cannabis business tax Tuesday by nearly 3-to-1 on a measure that had no push by supporters and opposition from local marijuana growers. With ballots from all 358 precincts counted, Measure A – placed on the special election ballot by the...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider a plan Wednesday to shut down all marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas of L.A. That would put about 70 medical collectives in the sheriff's crosshairs, which has alarmed Los Angeles pot advocates. "We're concerned for...

Sonoma County — Voters in unincorporated Sonoma County on Tuesday will consider approving a business tax on cultivation and sales of medical and non-medical cannabis to fund essential services including roads, public safety, fire services and housing. Measure A was placed on the special...

The Deschutes County Commission heard arguments for and against a proposed marijuana production facility to the east of Bend's urban growth boundary Monday. After 21/2 hours of discussion about the 11,000-square-foot facility off Alfalfa Market Road – including vociferous opposition from...

A medical cannabis dispensary in Calaveras County is suing the County Board of Supervisors to try to block a ballot initiative giving voters a chance to ban commercial cannabis cultivation. The lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of Calaveras Naturals asks a judge to take Measure B off the...

Caregivers and cardholders in Livingston County could find a sheriff's deputy at the door doing spot checks to make sure they are in compliance with Michigan's medical marijuana laws. Local law enforcement is preparing to beef up enforcement. The county's sheriff department plans to establish...

Santa Cruz - Revenues from Santa Cruz County's cannabis business tax, forecast to be $3.2 million this fiscal year, are falling short of expectations, according to a report to be discussed by county supervisors at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the county Governmental Center, 701 Ocean St. In a...

The County of Nevada is pleased to announce the selection of MIG, Inc. of Berkeley, CA to provide consulting and facilitation services to Nevada County and the Cannabis Regulation Community Advisory Group. MIG have distinguished themselves as experts and innovators in the areas of community...

The fate of several thousand Sonoma County marijuana growers hangs in the balance this year, their businesses caught between an emergent industry sanctioned by state voters at the ballot box in 2016 and a new local law that bans commercial cultivation in large swaths outside city limits. The...

Regulations are underway for cultivating marijuana for commercial recreational use in Santa Barbara County, following a few actions by the county Board of Supervisors at its Feb. 14 meeting. The supervisors voted to create an ad hoc subcommittee to help develop cultivation regulations, direct...

St. Lucie County – The county's proposed medical marijuana rules would help entice dispensaries to locate here and help erase the stigma of using marijuana for medical purposes, said a Melbourne man who wants to open a dispensary here. County planners Tuesday gave the County Commission a...

Brevard County officials have proposed rules for locating medical marijuana dispensaries within unincorporated areas of the county – rules that are designed to keep them far away from schools, parks and churches. County commissioners on Tuesday voted 4-1 to start the process that could lead...

Commercial medical marijuana farming in Calaveras County was worth about $340 million last year, likely making pot the struggling county's No. 1 industry, a new study finds. The analysis by University of the Pacific's Center for Business and Policy Research was commissioned by supporters of...

Just about every week, Cranberry's planning and development office gets a call from someone interested in locating a business related to medical marijuana in the township, Ron Henshaw, director of the office, said. "It's mostly about dispensaries, but we have had a few people interested in...

The Sonoma County Growers Alliance, which represents some 260 cannabis cultivators and related business interests, is opposing the Measure A commercial cannabis tax scheduled for a Sonoma County vote on March 7. The top tax rate of 10 percent would jeopardize profitability of some cannabis...

It took two attempts, but the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, by a 4-1 vote, passed a final extension on Tuesday of the county's much-maligned cannabis urgency ordinance, keeping regulation and enforcement in place at least until May 3. That is the day after voters will have cast their...