dispensaries

On Nov. 8, voters across the state overwhelming passed a constitutional amendment to allow medical marijuana. In Leon County, 113,919 — or 76 percent — of the 150,426 voters who bothered to weigh in on Amendment 2 said they wanted to make medical marijuana legal in the Sunshine State. In...

Recreational marijuana users in Oregon will have fewer places to legally buy cannabis starting in January. Oregon voters approved recreational marijuana use for adults in 2014, but there was no place to legally buy it until October of the following year. That's when a law kicked in that...

The end space inside the strip-style retail building at U.S. Highway 20 and Dean Swift Road in Bend was blank Wednesday, empty except for contractors putting the finishing touches on walls and floors. But the owners of Plantae Health, a cannabis business with a Deschutes County farm and...

Parkland is readying for medical marijuana dispensaries by adding a slew of regulations. Voters approved medical marijuana at the ballot in November. And Parkland's new rules prepare "the city to implement the will of the people," City Attorney Andrew Maurodis told the commission Wednesday...

The DEA has clarified that it still considers CBD to be illegal, Arkansas moves forward on implementation of its new program, Michigan gets legal dispensaries and a favorable court ruling, and more. National Last Wednesday, DEA clarified that, yes, it still considers CBD to be illegal. The...

Norton Shores, MI - Medical marijuana dispensaries are banned from operating in Norton Shores and will face a fine if they attempt to open. Norton Shores City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday, Dec. 20, to approve an ordinance preventing medical marijuana dispensaries, transporters, processors...

Bay County Commissioners passed their medical marijuana ordinance after getting no community input in their public hearing. The ordinance imposes an eight month moratorium, or temporary ban, on dispensaries, not medical marijuana itself. This will give the county time to work with the...

Harrisburg - Pennsylvania officials said Wednesday that they will begin accepting applications early next year for medical marijuana growers and dispensaries, with a target date of mid-2018 for legal sales to begin in the state. Philadelphia and six other southeastern counties could be home...

After Oregon voters approved recreational marijuana use for adults in 2014, there was no place to legally buy it until October of the following year. That's when a law kicked in that allowed dispensaries to sell to people without medical marijuana cards. The system gave the state time to set up...

Hollister council members Monday approved a medical marijuana ordinance that will lift the city's ban on dispensaries. The ordinance lifts the city's current ban on medical marijuana facilities within city limits that went into effect six years ago. After months of deliberations, the new...

Well it has been two years since the medical marijuana (Med Mar) program here in New York state has been active and I thought it would be a good time to review a couple items especially in light of recent changes promulgated by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) which is the agency...

Amherst, Mass. — The Amherst Planning Department told 22News on Friday that locations at 55 University Drive and 169 Meadow Street in Amherst have been approved by the zoning board to become marijuana dispensaries. The application for the University Drive dispensary was submitted by...

Norton Shores, MI - An ordinance that would prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries from operating in Norton Shores will be up for vote by City Council. The ordinance, which was officially introduced at the Dec. 6 council meeting, would also establish violation fines for dispensaries that...

Tallahassee, Fla. - The future of cannabis distribution in the Capital City is set to be under discussion at a city commission meeting. Wednesday night, city commissioners will introduce a moratorium on the medical marijuana treatment centers and dispensaries, as well as set dates for two...

Marathon City Council members on Tuesday approved an ordinance to pass a three-month moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city while the state Department of Health writes rules to regulate them. Councilman Mark Senmartin brought it up in response to state constitutional...

If medical marijuana dispensaries are coming, Hollywood wants to make sure it controls when and where they operate. Only two such centers would be allowed in Hollywood under rules that won unanimous approval Wednesday. Such businesses would only be allowed in two zones in north-central...

Last week a core group of quasi-legal marijuana dispensaries in L.A. threw its weight behind Proposition M, the City Council—sponsored measure that would fully legalize the city's current medical pot collectives and likely would provide permitting for future recreational ones. The measure also...

Come this Thursday recreational marijuana users in Montreal will be able to walk into a store, browse for their favourite strains and walk away with a few grams of cannabis – all in defiance of federal drug laws. That's because a Canadian chain of recreational marijuana dispensaries is...

Washington - Medical marijuana has been legal in Maryland since June 2014, but there is still no place in the state where patients can legally buy it. However, that may soon change. Medical marijuana dispensary businesses in Maryland were given a preliminary thumbs-up on Friday, according to...

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has a suggestion for how a newly formed commission should decide who grows and sells marijuana for medical purposes. At a news conference this week, the governor said he prefers a lottery system to distribute state licenses. It would discourage out-of-state interests from...