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Detroit has been one of the most lax cities in Michigan regarding the enforcement of medical marijuana dispensaries, which are still illegal under state and federal laws. With names like The Green Mile, House of Dank, Action Medz and Detroit Grass Station. at latest count there were an...

Detroit has made significant steps to regulate medical marijuana and its business practices in recent months. Last year, City Council approved measures that will set up stricter licensing and zoning practices for dispensaries that provide the drug. The city says there may be as many as 211...

The city of Merced appears to be a step closer to allowing medical marijuana dispensaries, though the fate of cannabis cultivation remains less clear, after a study session this week. The City Council did not take any official vote on dispensaries Tuesday but asked city staff members to do...

The lead proponent of a Long Beach medical marijuana initiative has switched his support to a competing measure whose backers are seeking to place the question of legalizing dispensaries on the November ballot. Medical marijuana advocate Larry King, who until Tuesday was aligned with the Long...

Saskatoon's city council is standing by a committee decision not to allow medical marijuana dispensaries, despite receiving a cautionary letter from the owner of the Saskatchewan Compassion Club. On Feb. 8, the Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services voted...

New medical marijuana dispensaries could be coming to Arizona with the health department set to approve new applications for only the second time. Right now there are 99 dispensaries in Arizona, but there could be about two dozen more approved this summer. Tom Salow is with the Arizona...

With less than five months to go before medical marijuana dispensaries can open in Hawaii, business owners could be facing unique obstacles in a state of islands separated by federal waters. Dispensaries can open as soon as July 15, but industry experts say they could be confronted with...

As Canada creeps closer to legal weed, those accessing marijuana for medical purposes are still lost in a maze of rules, regulations and misinformation. Health Canada's 27 licensed producers are easy enough to access but many legal users are dissatisfied with mail-order bud which is good news...

Plans are on track in Maryland to open nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries next year. The latest move in Annapolis is that the House of Delegates has voted to broaden the type of health care providers who would be allowed to prescribe the drug. Under the state law legalizing medical...

An Arizona lawmaker's proposal to stop dispensaries from moving out of their state-designated areas highlights the need for updated medical-marijuana program rules. The Arizona Medical Marijuana Act that voters approved in 2010 requires the state to adopt rules that govern what was then a...

Feel left out of the Arizona medical-marijuana business? The Arizona Department of Health Services just announced that it will begin taking applications for new dispensaries this summer. This is the first time the state will be reviewing new applications for dispensary operating...

Countless medical marijuana dispensaries have popped up all over Detroit, some located just a few feet away from several churches and schools. In a town that only has 2 Meijer locations, some ask if their are just too many. Others contend the centers hurt the quality of life, while opponents...

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With the federal government still possibly years away from legalizing the drug, the city has taken action, introducing a number of regulations to govern the growing industry. "So these are the really popular golden honey mist. They come in sativa and indigo flavored and non. They work as a...

As medical marijuana centers trawl for places to set up shop, interest in North Attleboro is budding. Over the past month, three marijuana operations have told Town Planner Nancy Runkle they're eyeing dispensaries in North Attleboro. The town appeals to the marijuana outfits because its...

The City of Victoria is asking for public input on proposed regulations targeting medical marijuana dispensaries. The new rules would cover such issues as preventing storefront medical marijuana retailers from being any closer than 200m from any school or from each other. They call for no...

A City of Saskatoon committee has made it much more difficult for marijuana dispensaries to open in the city. Today, the Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services voted against issuing business licences to marijuana dispensaries. Administration argued that...

Woody Harrelson has applied to be at the helm of one of Hawaii's first medical marijuana dispensaries. The True Detective actor's name and company Single Organic Living is listed on a page of 66 applications for a license posted on the state's Department of Health website. Eight licenses...

With less than five months until medical marijuana dispensaries are up and running, Hawaii lawmakers are considering a bill to create an oversight committee for the future industry. Sixteen years after Hawaii became the first state to legalize medical marijuana, the state is months away from...

Today, there are well over 5,000 marijuana dispensaries across the United States. These dispensaries, which are legal under their respective state laws but not yet condoned by the federal government, come in all shapes and sizes: medicinal or recreational, boutique or chain, brick and mortar or...