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Despite impassioned, sometimes angry pleas from medical marijuana advocates to allow personal cultivation of the plant, a divided Simi Valley City Council this week took the first step to ban it. The council introduced an ordinance after about 25 speakers implored it in a sometimes raucous...

A Georgia House committee has gutted a bill that would have allowed in-state cultivation of medical marijuana. The cultivation provision of the bill was removed from the bill Monday in the face of stubborn opposition from Gov. Nathan Deal and state law enforcement. Last year, the General...

Marijuana cultivation faces another city choice of banishment or regulation. Martinez will also need to choose whether or not to ban or regulate medical cannabis delivery services. From a legal standpoint, if the city were to ban cultivation, the state law that allows it does not trump the...

Legislation to allow the cultivation of cannabis in Australia for medical or scientific purposes will be introduced by the Federal Government today. Key points: Proposed amendments would allow for medical cannabis cultivation through a national scheme. Labor and the Greens showing...

Monday's Public Safety Subcommittee meeting hosted those urging Martinez officials not to follow in the footsteps of other Contra Costa County cities by banning medical marijuana cultivation in the city. Discussion came following Governor Brown's signing in October 2015 of the Medical Marijuana...

Last week, two days after Sacramento City Council voted to allow cultivation of medical marijuana, Brad Wasson's phone wouldn't stop ringing. The revenue manager for the city laid out the potential benefits of regulating cannabis cultivation before council on February 2. And while it's going to...

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...

Facing a quickly approaching state deadline to exert local control on medical marijuana regulations, the City Council this week explicitly outlawed cultivation and other uses. The city already has a ban on dispensaries, but on Tuesday added cultivation, processing, delivery and mobile...

The Sacramento City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday night that allows medical marijuana to be cultivated inside buildings. According to the new ordinance, the buildings can be up to 22,000 square feet, which is roughly the size of four and a half NBA basketball courts. The buildings...

Chula Vista City Council members have decided that the city will maintain its current laws that ban the cultivation of medical marijuana by individuals and businesses. The City Council voted unanimously Jan. 26 to clarify existing zoning rules as they apply to growing marijuana. "The...

City Council passes temporary ordinance allowing indoor cultivation of marijuana for medical use only On Jan. 12, the Davis City Council unanimously passed a local ordinance allowing patients who rely on medical marijuana as treatment to cultivate up to 50 square feet in their homes...

The Simi Valley City Council has reversed course and now will join most other cities in Ventura County in banning personal cultivation of medical marijuana. The council introduced an ordinance Jan. 11 that called for allowing personal cultivation by qualified patients. Under California...

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...

Although commercial cultivation of medical marijuana is prohibited in Newark under an ordinance unanimously approved Jan. 14 by the City Council, qualified patients and their primary caregivers will still be allowed to grow their own plants. The city specifically banned medical marijuana...

The Sacramento City Council has postponed a vote on a medical marijuana cultivation ordinance. City officials worry that Sacramento may lose control over medical marijuana cultivation rules by delaying the vote. California Governor Jerry Brown signed three medical marijuana-related laws in...

Hello everyone... I am a medical grower in central New England with a legal cultivation license, hoping to connect with other growers/breeders for information sharing etc. Thanks for the forums and the ability to share with all of you fine people...

Atascadero has become the final city in the county to officially ban medical marijuana cultivation facilities in the city – including at-home growth. The Atascadero City Council unanimously approved a ban Tuesday night that prohibits marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana dispensaries...

Surna Inc. (OTCQB: SRNA), a technology company that engineers state-of-the-art equipment for controlled environment agriculture ("CEA") with expertise in cannabis cultivation, announced today it has secured a contract for approximately $725,000 with Las Vegas cultivator Cloud 9 Wholesale...

Following the lead of other area cities, the Danville Town Council this week voted to prohibit the cultivation, processing or delivery of medical marijuana, though some council members said they would like to revisit the delivery question later on. Tuesday's unanimous council vote in Danville...

The availability of medical marijuana in New Hampshire is a big step closer to reality after the state gave approval to the first of three locations to cultivate the drug. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Friday that it has started mailing out identification cards to 176...