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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Secretary of Health Dr. Karen Murphy announced that temporary guidelines for the Safe Harbor provision of the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program are complete and can be viewed online today or when published in tomorrow's edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The...

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Secretary of Health Dr. Karen Murphy announced that temporary guidelines for the Safe Harbor provision of the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program are complete and can be viewed online today or when published in tomorrow's edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The...

Sales and tax figures collected by state agencies may finally solve one of Oregon's long-running farm crop questions: whether marijuana is indeed the state's most valuable crop, as cannabis advocates have always maintained. Tight controls and reporting requirements by the Oregon Department of...

State Auditor Tim Keller's office is urging the state Department of Health to speed up its processing of medical cannabis patient applications so that the agency does not violate state law. State law gives the department 30 days to approve or deny an application, but Keller's office said today...

State Auditor Tim Keller's office is urging the state Department of Health to speed up its processing of medical cannabis patient applications so that the agency does not violate state law. State law gives the department 30 days to approve or deny an application, but Keller's office said...

The Humboldt County Planning and Building Department temporarily pulled its funding request to the Board of Supervisors on June 14 that would have created a supervisor for its upcoming Cannabis Services Division. County Administrative Officer Amy Nielsen said the department plans to bring...

California blazed a trail to legalize medical marijuana 20 years ago. But the Golden State is only now confronting the full complexity of regulating consumer safety and business practices in an industry that's ballooned to an estimated $2.7 billion annually. It's no simple task, requiring...

The state Department of Health (DOH) announced Friday the selection of applicants for eight medical marijuana dispensary licenses. The Department will award three licenses for the City and County of Honolulu, two licenses each for the Counties of Hawaii and Maui, and one dispensary license...

Despite a last-minute legal demand to delay the announcement, Hawaii's Department of Health plans to announce the eight companies Friday who will receive licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana. Piko Farms & Nursery filed a motion Thursday to block the department from announcing the names...

A new report raises concerns that a medical marijuana program in Wyoming may not be able to pay for itself, though it also states that hurdle can be overcome. It also says state lawmakers should work to create "placeholder bills" in case voters legalize some form of marijuana. Those...

"Come out of the woods and into the future," was the theme of the Elevated Cannabis Compliance Conference held at the DoubleTree Resort in Rohnert Park. The Elevated Conference is about bringing great minds together and creating a network of support for the fast growing cannabis industry and...

Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill into law Sunday afternoon surrounded by a jubilant crowd of supporters at the Capitol. Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, the bill's co-sponsor, said...

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture estimates it will cost the state between $500,000 and $700,000 annually to oversee the production of medical marijuana, and the costs don't stop there. To fund that program, the department plans to charge the growers of marijuana $100,000 annually and...

Despite a statutory deadline of April 15, the state Department of Health will wait until April 28 to announce the eight companies that will receive licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana. The agency sent an email to 59 applicants last Thursday asking for fingerprinting information that...

The Hawaii State Department of Health may not announce first licensees for the Medical Marijuana Dispensary Program as soon as previously stated. The names of the selected licensees are expected to be announced by April 15. However, the state said Friday recent developments could delay that...

Four months ago, West Virginia farmers and entrepreneurs were gearing up to grow industrial hemp – legally – for the first time since World War II. But a bill passed with minutes remaining in this year's legislative session that effectively thwarts the chances of a revived hemp industry has...

On Thursday, the Hamptons Police Department announced plans to start its own medical marijuana cultivation program and dispensary. Police spokesman Larry Hirsch briefed reporters on the new program: "The East End has a need for a reliable and consistent source of cannabis for medicinal uses...

The names of licensed nonprofit medical marijuana producers and those seeking licenses from the state will become public under new rules taking effect next week, the New Mexico Department of Health announced Monday. The confidentiality surrounding producers was challenged last year in a...

Governor David Ige signed Act 214 in July 2015 that laid down the framework for the first medical marijuana dispensary program in Hawai'i. A permitting application process followed the signature and was opened in mid-January for prospective applicants interested in obtaining a permit to...

New York's Department of Health is sponsoring research on the use of a pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis drug to treat children with severe epilepsy. The department announced the studies Wednesday. They'll be open to 100 children and young adults whose epilepsy has resisted other...