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Some Texas cities are taking direct action to dial back the drug wars and reduce their jail population. As lawmakers have wrestled in recent years with easing restrictions on marijuana use — an issue they likely will confront again when they convene in January — prosecutors in the state's...

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...

The Deschutes County Clerk reported one ballot measure from Bend, two from La Pine and one from a road district. A fifth measure from a road district was still pending a challenge period. - Bend's measure calls for imposing a 3 percent tax on recreational marijuana sold in the city. If...

A proposed county ballot question that would ask if an existing moratorium on the licensing of any new commercial and medical pot businesses should be extended was shot down Wednesday after an anti-pot advocate claimed the measure was an attempt to confuse voters. Charlene Graham, chair of the...

Marin County, CA - By early 2017, the County of Marin expects to issue licenses for up to four medical cannabis dispensaries to operate in unincorporated areas of the county, it was announced Friday. According to a news release, the Marin County Community Development Agency is reviewing...

Marin County, CA - By early 2017, the County of Marin expects to issue licenses for up to four medical cannabis dispensaries to operate in unincorporated areas of the county, it was announced Friday. According to a news release, the Marin County Community Development Agency is reviewing...

Austin - Prosecutors in the most populated areas of Texas have in recent years dismissed a significantly larger number of marijuana offenses involving smaller amounts of the drug, according to a newspaper analysis. In the five most populous counties - Bexar, Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Travis...

A marijuana bill sitting on the governor's desk could be a stepping stone for Nevada County growers. The bill, if signed into law, would create a new cultivation license for smaller grows under the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act. Called a specialty cottage license, the new permit...

Marin County, CA - By early 2017, the County of Marin expects to issue licenses for up to four medical cannabis dispensaries to operate in unincorporated areas of the county, it was announced Friday. According to a news release, the Marin County Community Development Agency is reviewing...

Marin County, CA - By early 2017, the County of Marin expects to issue licenses for up to four medical cannabis dispensaries to operate in unincorporated areas of the county, it was announced Friday. According to a news release, the Marin County Community Development Agency is reviewing...

Around 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, 2012, John Myers was returning home from visiting a friend when a Lakeway officer pulled him over along RM 620 for a broken tail light on his Ford pickup. After questioning, Myers, then 42, confessed to hiding marijuana under his seat and stashing a pipe in the...

After a public hearing involving nearly 20 concerned community members, Columbia County commissioners Wednesday approved a controversial marijuana grow business that will be located near the Rainier High School campus. On July 11, the Columbia County Planning Commission recommended approval...

Bend, OR - The moratorium on growing, processing and selling marijuana in unincorporated parts of Deschutes County is set to expire Thursday. That means those wanting to grow pot can apply for land use approval before requesting a state license. Deschutes County Community Development...

The King County Council will meet tomorrow afternoon to discuss an ordinance for a county-wide program to test recreational marijuana for banned pesticides. Pesticides have become a headache for cannabis growers and conscious consumers over the last year. Although the Washington State Liquor...

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors approved a contract with GeoNorth LLC Tuesday evening to use satellite imagery for cannabis cultivation inspection and enforcement. Peter Maurer, the Calaveras County planning director, said the images will be a "snapshot in time." It will be another...

The polarized debate over marijuana business rules moved up from an appointed planning panel to the Hood River County Board of Commissioners at a hearing Monday. Discussion was rooted in a set of time, place and manner (TPM) restrictions on the cannabis industry outside of the county's two...

Douglas County — Counties across Colorado are getting serious about marijuana growing in homes. Douglas County passed one of the toughest ordinances in the state restricting how much pot can be grown in a home. The sheriff's department says they've taken 40 complaints, this year alone, about...

Astoria - Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4 will see the arrival of The Hemp & Cannabis Fair at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. Locally produced and managed in Southern Oregon, The Hemp & Cannabis Fair - THC Fair - brings together local dispensaries, smoke shops, horticulture and hemp-based...

Frederick, Md. - The Frederick County Council is considering a disputed proposal to allow medical marijuana cultivation on land zoned for agriculture. County land-use regulations currently allow medical marijuana cultivation only in industrial zones. The Frederick County Farm Bureau opposes...

Alachua County Commissioner Robert Hutchinson wants the sheriff's office to begin issuing citations to marijuana suspects instead of arresting them. The full commission voted unanimously in favor this month of giving the Alachua County Sheriff's Office such an option. But sheriff's office...