dispensaries

Given the rush of inquiries about where people can locate cannabis companies, Tallahassee planning officials are recommending the city commission pump the brakes on issuing new permits for marijuana dispensaries and medical centers until the Legislature passes new rules on Amendment 2. Passed...

After a three-month long hiatus, Montana's medical marijuana dispensaries will be reopened immediately, a judge ruled Wednesday. The dispensaries were closed due to an error in drafting a voter-approved ballot measure. The error resulted in pushing back the date on which a key portion of the...

Helena - A judge has ruled that a voter initiative that will re-open Montana's medical marijuana dispensaries should take effect immediately. District Judge James Reynolds of Helena ruled Wednesday that an error in drafting the ballot measure should not delay patients' access to the drug...

Many patients seek treatment at medical marijuana dispensaries because of the superb customer service and sense of control over illness they offer, not because they consider marijuana a wonder drug, said David Casarett, MD, chief of palliative care at the Duke University School of Medicine in...

The Medford City Council has approved changes to zoning laws allowing the sale of recreational marijuana within city limits. The council voted unanimously Thursday night with six members in favor to allow permits for Oregon Liquor Control Commission-licensed marijuana dispensaries in...

Manatee County - Speaking from her wheelchair in a voice that struggled to make itself clear, Cathy Jordan on Thursday tried to impress upon the Manatee County Commission why medical marijuana is needed by people with chronic conditions such as herself. "I offer my services to you for...

City officials may ask the state to relax restrictions on how close medical marijuana dispensaries can be to schools and day-care facilities, saying current rules would limit access in Philadelphia. "Our density of schools and day cares is already so high, it would be making locations very...

Earlier this month, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved the sale of medical marijuana. But that doesn't mean those who qualify for the medication under Amendment 2 will be getting it anytime soon. That's because the Florida Department of Health needs to develop regulations and the...

Plainfield Township, Mich. - Authorities say the three Kent County medical marijuana dispensaries they raided Monday repeatedly failed to follow state law. The Kent Area Narcotics Enforcement Team says it executed search warrants at three Plainfield Township dispensaries, including the Relief...

Plainfield Township, MICH. - Some West Michigan medical marijuana patients say they now must travel all the way to Ann Arbor or Detroit to get their medicine. That's because this week, members of the Kent Area Narcotics Enforcement Team raided and closed three dispensaries in Plainfield...

Vancouver dispensary owners are anxious about the federal government's plan to legalize recreational marijuana but confident the process will eventually be to their benefit. "We've sat with the federal task force and apparently made some really good impressions there," Jeremy Jacob, president...

Ellicott City, Md. - Maryland's medical marijuana panel is scheduled to choose finalists on the pathway for licenses to open marijuana dispensaries. The commission is meeting Monday in Ellicott City. There can be up to 109 dispensaries in Maryland. The law allows for up to two in each of the...

Hilo - Hawaii's soon-to-open medical marijuana dispensaries could have at least one place to send cannabis for testing. The state Department of Health is reviewing an application from PharmLabs Hawaii LLC, an expansion of a San Diego-based marijuana laboratory testing company called PharmLabs...

When Irvin Rosenfeld runs low on his monthly allotment of federal government marijuana, the Lauderhill stock broker drives south for about an hour to Miami's health district, the only location where he can legally pick up a circular tin packed with 300 joints. It's inconvenient: The pot he...

Black Friday is green Friday at marijuana dispensaries this Thanksgiving weekend. Marijuana shoppers are just like everyone else, they are looking for deals and the dispensaries are rolling them out. "On Black Friday, dispensaries can expect to move more products — and see many more...

Penticton - Marijuana dispensaries appear to be the latest 'growth' business in Penticton. Planning Manager Blake Laven says the city has received applications for temporary use permits for seven dispensaries in the city, but has not issued any licenses to date. Three dispensaries are...

Destin — The city needs to place into law certain regulations on possible marijuana medical dispensaries and can always look at amending such rules later, City Councilwoman Prebble Ramswell said at Monday's council meeting. Most of her fellow council members agreed, and then approved adopting...

At least seven organizations are applying for permission to set up marijuana dispensaries in Penticton. Planning manager Blake Laven is preparing a report, expected to go before council on Dec. 6, laying out the seven applications the city has received for permission to operate marijuana...

Medical marijuana is coming to Arkansas, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be coming to a town near you. The state amendment that provides for medical marijuana, which was approved by Arkansas voters on Nov. 8, also allows citizens to ban marijuana cultivation facilities and...

Rancho Mirage reaffirmed its ban on medical marijuana dispensaries Thursday and expanded its prohibition to include recreational pot and all forms of pot manufacturing, processing and testing within city limits. Council also tightened the reins on cultivation. While Proposition 64 allows for...