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Mounting legal challenges are threatening to bog down the rollout of the state's medical marijuana program, leading to significant delays in treatment for patients as previously experienced in states such as Maryland and Florida, advocates fear. At least 140 unsuccessful medical marijuana...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health must reveal who sat on the secret panel that reviewed and scored applicants for medical marijuana permits, the Office of Open Records ruled Thursday. PennLive reporter Wallace McKelvey made a request under the state's Right-to-Know law in May for the...

A multi-agency law enforcement effort eradicated illegally grown marijuana plants with an estimated street value of about $23 million over the last two months, according to Commander Saul Lopez of the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force. Four suspects were arrested on suspicion of crimes...

A bipartisan group of congressmen have asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to explain why the Justice Department is dragging its feet more than a year after promising to eliminate barriers preventing researchers from studying marijuana’s potential medical benefits. The congressmen voiced their...

The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration says it's received its first application for a medical marijuana dispensary license. Department spokesman Scott Hardin told The Associated Press on Friday that the application was submitted this week. Hardin has said officials anticipate...

Carson City District Judge James Todd Russell on Thursday denied a preliminary injunction sought by liquor distributors to stop the Nevada Tax Department from letting marijuana licensees get into the business of transporting pot from growers to retailers. Russell said liquor wholesalers have...

State Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher, testifying Tuesday in a lawsuit against her and her agency, rejected the idea that limits placed on state-licensed marijuana growers ensure that New Mexico will never have an adequate supply for its increasing number of medical cannabis patients. The...

An expanded version of Iowa's medical cannabis law received the signature of then-Gov. Terry Branstad three months ago, but legal questions and implementation issues could delay its enactment. At least 50 potential cannabis business operators have contacted the Iowa Department of Public...

Nearly 100 groups and businesses in North Dakota have shown interest in producing or dispensing medical marijuana, pleasing state officials who are establishing a network for making the drug available to qualified patients. The Health Department in June asked those interested in being a part...

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to a budget bill on Thursday to protect medical marijuana programs from federal interference in states that have legalized the drug for medical use. The amendment to the 2018 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill passed by...

The Department of Labor is calling for clarity in state laws governing marijuana use as it affects the workplace. Maine's citizen-initiated law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana raises more questions it answers. That was the message from Julie Rabinowitz of the Department of Labor...

The elaborately rigged electrical systems present at many of the 29 homes in Pueblo West and other areas of the county that the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office raided for illegal marijuana grows last year have, with the exception of one, been removed and the homes brought back to standards...

Since medical marijuana has been legalized in Pennsylvania, several businesses have received permits for dispensaries. But that doesn't mean the drug will be dispensed any time soon. The state is still hammering out regulations governing which doctors will dispense marijuana and which...

In April, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1148 into law. The bill established a cannabidiol (CBD oil) registry for people with treatment-resistant epilepsy. The Indiana Department of Health was charged with building the registry that was set to launch July 1. The registry requires families...

Less than two weeks after sales of recreational marijuana kicked off in Nevada, stores are running out of pot to sell, according to the state Department of Taxation. On July 7, Governor Brian Sandoval endorsed the department's call for a "statement of emergency," which would allow more...

Governor Sandoval has endorsed the Nevada Department of Taxation's Statement of Emergency for an emergency marijuana regulation that will be considered for adoption by the Nevada Tax Commission on July 13, according to a press release released Friday by the Department of Taxation. This...

The North Dakota Department of Health wants a better idea of how many applications it will receive from medical marijuana growers and dispensaries in the coming months. The department asked for letters of intent from entities interested in applying to become a registered "compassion center"...

With recreational marijuana quickly leaving the shelves of Nevada dispensaries, Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday signed emergency regulations that could keep sales going strong beyond the first week. Some dispensaries have told the state that a legal fight over distribution rights could put them...

Several U.S. senators, including Rand Paul (R-KY), want Attorney General Jeff Session to reassure industrial hemp farmers that the Justice Department will abide by legislation restricting federal interference in the fledgling industry. In a letter to Sessions released Friday, Sens. Paul, Jeff...

The state health department issued "temporary emergency rules" for the state medical marijuana program just days before an implementation deadline. On Friday, parts of Montana's new medical marijuana program will take effect as state regulators move toward full implementation, which is slated...