dispensaries

To make payroll each month, Dori Dempster used to have to carry cash to the bank in $10,000 chunks. And that, she said, was before the credit union where her medical marijuana dispensary banked abruptly closed its account. Since it opened in Vancouver in 2008, The Medicinal Cannabis...

A recent spike in the number of storefront marijuana dispensaries in parts of the country is prompting calls for the government to regulate an area not covered by current legislation. The Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries estimates there are at least 350 such storefronts...

Visitors to downtown Vancouver would be forgiven for assuming marijuana is legal in the city. In the building where Jodie Emery works, the smell of marijuana permeates every room. Colourful, pro-weed posters are plastered all over the walls in the stairwell, and people casually walk in and...

Law says they can open as soon as July 15. But will the state's medical marijuana patients actually see dispensaries by then? Some in the industry don't think so. Earlier this week, the state Department of Health said selections for Hawaii's first medical cannabis dispensary licenses will...

Arizona could see an increase in medical marijuana dispensaries after the Arizona Department of Health Services opens up applications this summer. It's the first time the department will allow new dispensaries since it issued the first licenses in 2012. And consumers may see more crop up in...

Los Angeles law allows for 135 or fewer pot shops in town. In fact, "allows" might be an exaggeration. Proposition D, approved by voters in 2013, provides only "limited immunity" from prosecution for the operators of those businesses if they follow certain rules. The city does not issue...

The 5th District Court of Appealin Fresno may have dealt a lethal blow against Kern County in its attempt to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries. "This is a game-changer of an opinion," said Deputy Kern County Counsel Charles Collins. "If this decision becomes effective, it would...

The city of Phoenix is proposing new distance regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries as Arizona looks to vote on recreational use of the drug in November. Alan Stephenson, planning and development director for the city of Phoenix, said Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and the city council...

A ruling by the 5th District Court of Appeal has gone against Kern County's efforts to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. The court ruled the county erred in its interpretation of Measure G, a ballot initiative that limited where medical marijuana dispensaries could operate. When Measure...

Dispensary, compassion club, pot shop; they are all terms to describe a facility in which medical marijuana is sold to patients in Michigan under the 2008 Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, and they are illegal... kind of. In 2013, the Michigan Supreme Court, in a case against a Mt. Pleasant...

A Toronto mother of three has opened up a medical marijuana shop on Parkdale's main strip on Queen Street West and a passer-by wouldn't even know it. Nestled between a flower shop and a bar, The Caylx Wellness Centre has no enlarged marijuana leaf emblazoned on the store front, its name isn't a...

A regulatory framework for medical marijuana dispensaries that have proliferated in Detroit makes sense. But that framework shouldn't needlessly shut down businesses that aren't a threat, and it shouldn't insert more confusion into the state's already vague medical marijuana law. The medical...

Do medical marijuana dispensaries track how many other dispensaries you go to? (California)? I live in Sacramento. I got my card a few days ago and I've been to 4 different dispensaries in less than 24 hours after I got my mmj card. Everytime I go to a new dispensary they check my card and...

Dorothy Hillbrant, 72, knows a lot about pain. She's battling ovarian cancer and hates taking pain killers. "They just make you constipated and you're miserable and you're addicted. And I don't want to be addicted," Hillbrant said. So she's turned to medical marijuana to help her get out...

Host agreements signed between cities and marijuana dispensaries are supposed to smooth out any issues with the new business opening. But more towns are asking for cash up front and a sales cut in exchange for an essential part of the license application. Before Worcester's first medical...

Oregon collected $3.48 million in taxes from recreational marijuana sales in January, far outpacing estimates and offering the first look at how much pot is moving through the state's newly regulated retail market. The answer: a lot. Oregon dispensaries sold at least $14 million worth of...

A 45-day ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas of San Diego County was approved Wednesday by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors. The 45-day window will give staff time to return to the board with recommendations for stricter regulations or consideration of a...

Police say four medical marijuana dispensaries sold marijuana to cardholders who were not their registered patients. The West Michigan Enforcement Team, or WEMET, raided the dispensaries — two in the Saugatuck area, one outside of Allegan City and another in Pullman — last week after...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors vowed Tuesday— in a 4-0 vote – to crack down on illegal marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas. Supervisor Michael Antonovich recommended setting up an enforcement team of representatives from the Department of Regional Planning, Sheriff's...

Medical marijuana dispensaries following city regulations to obtain permits in San Diego are finding it difficult to compete economically with over 30 unregulated dispensaries, one group says. The Association of Cannabis Professionals, which represents licensed medical marijuana dispensaries...