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The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to an ordinance banning marijuana sales, distribution and cultivation in unincorporated parts of the county. Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson cast the lone dissenting vote. He argued the board was ignoring the will...

When recreational marijuana sales became legal in Nevada on July 1, customers were lined up around the block of a dispensary near downtown Reno, eager to buy buds. In Las Vegas, cannabis enthusiasts showed up in limos and tour buses, ready to participate in the opening-day pot festivities...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle signaled her support Tuesday for an advisory referendum on whether recreational marijuana use should be made legal. Preckwinkle, a longtime advocate for reducing the focus on the decades long war on drugs to concentrate more on violent crime, backs...

Marijuana use in Larimer County spiked following legalization of recreational use, according to a survey by the Health District of Northern Larimer County. Almost a third of adults used it in the 12 months prior to the survey, which was conducted in fall 2016, including almost half of people...

The roads of rural Lee County form a web running around and between vast fields of oranges and grapefruit, melons and potatoes, steer and cows. Soon the agricultural acres and fodder fields could lie next to what may be Florida's next cash crop – medical marijuana. As the first anniversary...

Larimer County Sheriff's Office deputies have arrested five men over the past year in connection with a drug investigation that began with social media posts about illegal activity. The latest development in the case came Sunday, when Domingo Gonzalez, 54, of Berthoud was arrested after a...

Two men are behind bars after the Troup County Sheriff's Office says they were caught trafficking more than 150 pounds of high-grade marijuana. A press release from Sgt. Stewart Smith says Thursday night around 8:45 p.m., a deputy noticed a white tractor trailer passed a weigh station without...

1. Over the summer, experts said the big unknown in Pennsylvania's bid to launch a medical marijuana industry would be whether doctors would sign on. Poor participation could make it difficult for patients to find a practitioner willing to recommend marijuana. And fewer patients could drive up...

A Southern California company that planted a hemp farm in the Delta for "agricultural and academic research" has filed a federal lawsuit against San Joaquin County, after supervisors banned such farms and authorities seized the plants. Cannabis Science Inc., along with other plaintiffs...

A Nevada-based tribe is suing the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, as well as the county's counsel and the Drug Enforcement Agency, over the removal of 26 acres of what it's calling industrial hemp. Court papers obtained by KCRA show that the tribe is asking for a temporary...

With degenerating discs in his back, Adam Pluguez of Merced County lives with daily pain and lack of mobility, but the medical cannabis he grows outside helps him get by. Originally from Modesto, the 33-year-old said he settled in the unincorporated part of Merced County about four years ago...

As California prepares for legalized recreational marijuana to hit the market next year, San Mateo County officials are asking the public for input on a draft ordinance allowing indoor commercial cultivation. The Board of Supervisors agreed to proceed with rules and a licensing system to...

It's happening in the shadow of Mount Shasta – hundreds of marijuana gardens pockmarking the landscape in neighborhoods that have little in the way of housing. For law enforcement officials in Siskiyou County, it's a state of emergency. "This is a monumental effort but, then again, we've...

The members of the Plumas County Cannabis Working group have decided that if a Plumas County citizen wants to grow cannabis, he or she must apply for a Special Use Permit (SUP). At its regular meeting Oct. 19, the group reiterated that decision for all zones, excluding all residential zones...

A Linthicum medical marijuana dispensary has been approved by the county and the site has been granted a building permit for renovations. In September, GPD LLC received approval of its special exception to run the dispensary, and it received the building permits in October for renovations at...

Authorities recovered about 10,000 marijuana plants worth millions of dollars after a hunter stumbled on a pot farm on Corps of Engineers property a few miles outside of Malone in Hill County. The Hill County Sheriff's Office received a tip call about the operation on Monday. In order to...

It is estimated that illegal, outdoor marijuana sites, on private property alone, are expending up to 3 million gallons of water a day. According to Sheriff Lopey, “I would also like to remind my fellow citizens that we are not seeking enforcement against legitimate medical marijuana users or...

Three Delaware County men were arrested on felony charges after state police investigated an illegal marijuana-growing operation in the town of Meredith, said authorities who seized about 100 pounds of processed marijuana and seven long guns. Richard Lane, 59, of Walton; Edward Lane, 48, of...

A medical marijuana dispensary could be in the works for southern Calvert County, county staff confirmed this week, as they sought guidance Tuesday from the Board of County Commissioners on zoning and planning regulations for prospective cannabis facilities in the county. Commissioner Pat...

Pikesville residents gathered Tuesday in a Towson hearing room, waiting patiently on benches to voice their fears about and opposition to a proposed medical cannabis dispensary in their community. The dispensary might be a magnet for crime, they told a zoning appeals board Tuesday. There...