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The medical use of marijuana is a hot topic across the country. Tired of waiting around on representatives in Nashville and Washington, one local man believes both the federal and state level no longer hear the people, and it's time for a different approach. That's why he's putting forward two...

Revised marijuana ordinances were set to go into effect in Butte County on Thursday, but thousands of petitions against the new rules forced the county to put the ordinances on hold. The Inland Cannabis Farmer's Association brought in petitions, signed by 14,000 people, which suspended the...

Frederick County Council members on Wednesday indicated that they supported the idea of letting farmers grow medical marijuana. Some members, though, didn't think proposed rules made that a practical option. At a workshop, the council discussed a bill presented by Council Vice President M.C...

A proposed urgency ordinance that would significantly tighten restrictions on growing medical marijuana in Sutter County failed to pass a Board of Supervisors vote amid concerns that it lacked any methods of enforcement. Before a standing-room-only audience Tuesday night, the board heard 31...

Does anybody know we're an individual can find Marjiuana seeds in Orange County CA or on the web? If it's an online place is it legit? Have you or someone you know used it? Getting pretty desperate here, all the dispensaries I have looked up as well as gone to have zero seeds. Assuming because...

The Middletown Area Town Hall is set to get an update on new medical marijuana legislation and its potential impacts on the community. MATH will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Middletown Community Center, 21256 Washington St. Meetings are open to the community. At the January...

Growing medical marijuana sounded a little like agriculture and a little like the pharmaceutical industry Wednesday when the Frederick County Planning Commission decided not to make a recommendation to the County Council about allowing pot growing in farming districts. Growing cannabis for...

San Luis Obispo County has begun the process of developing an ordinance that will govern the cultivation of medical marijuana in the county. County supervisors on Tuesday directed staff to begin drafting the law that would regulate the number and size of the plants that could be grown as well...

El Paso County commissioners say medical marijuana businesses that use green crosses in their signage will have to find a new way to advertise. The commissioners voted to ban green crosses from the front of medical marijuana businesses. The county said there was some concern that out-of-town...

Last July, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted to put a stop to any new businesses related to medical marijuana so they could assign various county officials time to hash out an ordinance. A group came together representing multiple arenas: legal (county attorneys), criminal...

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a resolution allowing county staff to begin their process for creating rules and regulations for governing medical marijuana in Sonoma County, as allowed under the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA), which was passed...

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich on Tuesday directed Los Angeles County departments to enact a 45-day moratorium on the manufacturing, testing or cultivation of medical marijuana in the county's unincorporated areas while the effects of a ban are studied. The county already forbids dispensing...

A burst of applause filled the supervisors chambers shortly after 3 p.m. as Tuolumne County instituted local rules for growing medical pot. The action followed well over an hour's worth of public comments, many from medical cannabis patients and growers speaking in favor of the...

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors approved a ban on commercial medical marijuana delivery services at Tuesday's board meeting and adopted a permit system for private cultivation in code approved structures. According to county officials, the board considered the amendments to its ordinance...

Shasta County Supervisors will consider on Tuesday a zoning amendment to prohibit medical marijuana delivery services. Along with the amendment to ban delivery services from operating in unincorporated areas of the county, supervisors will also consider adopting a zoning permit system for...

As a journalist, I've been closely following the effort to legalize marijuana in California for at least the past five years. In the wake of Colorado, Washington and Oregon legalizing the recreational use of cannabis, there's an assumption that California voters will follow suit in the November...

Yolo County supervisors on Tuesday expressed support for a local ordinance on medical marijuana cultivation that largely would mirror regulations enacted by the state last year. California's Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act addressed all aspects of medical marijuana, from cultivation...

Today the Calaveras supervisors will attempt passing a comprehensive set of local measures to regulate medical marijuana cultivation and related activities. If passed as drafted, the ordinances include statements that, as the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, by a four-fifths vote, finds...

The fate of Calaveras County's longest-operating medical marijuana dispensary remains in limbo after a judge Friday delayed his decision on whether to close the business, and Calaveras County supervisors are poised Tuesday to consider zoning rule changes that could resolve the dispensary's legal...

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich wants to suspend the cultivation, testing and sale of medical marijuana in L.A. County's unincorporated territory long enough for the county to evaluate the impacts of those activities on the public. Antonovich is asking his fellow supervisors Tuesday to...