dispensaries

Kudos to the Lansing City Council, which after two years of debate, finally passed an ordinance addressing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. This is a meaningful step toward providing this burgeoning industry with reasonable parameters — including a cap of 25 dispensaries within the...

Marijuana may be legal in Nevada, but don't expect dispensaries to join casinos among Jackpot's illegal-in-Idaho tourist draws. A majority of voters in Elko County, as in most of the state's more Republican counties, voted against the legalization initiative that passed with 54 percent of the...

Maritime medical cannabis dispensary owners and other workers in the illicit side of the industry met in Halifax to discuss creating a not-for-profit group to present their concerns to provincial and federal governments, according to one store owner. "A collective voice with respect to any...

Two initiatives that would amend Detroit's medical marijuana ordinance to allow dispensaries to open near liquor stores, and grow facilities to operate legally, will appear on the November ballot, after a Wayne County circuit judge's ruling earlier this week. If approved by voters in...

About one of every seven people in Franklin County has a condition that could qualify them for medical marijuana. Medical marijuana can be used in Pennsylvania to treat any one of 17 serious medical conditions, including two relatively common disorders — severe chronic pain and post-traumatic...

I just received my card and I am confused about the dispensaries in Mass. I would like to post a few questions and hope for the kind sharing of expertise and experience: Pricing - Are all ozs $350.00? What are the prices for mmj? Dispensaries won't tell you pricing? How do you...

Hawaii said Tuesday that it will be the first state to require marijuana sales to be handled without cash, saying it wanted to avoid robberies and other crimes targeting dispensaries. Medical marijuana dispensaries in Hawaii won't be allowed to accept cash beginning Oct. 1 and will require...

Existing medical marijuana dispensaries will get a reprieve from getting immediately shuttered, but they could harm their chance for a license from the state if they continue to operate past Dec. 15, the state Department of Licensing and Regulation said today. At a meeting, Andrew Brisbo...

Despite a long agricultural history, Apopka became the latest Central Florida government to ban medical marijuana shops within their borders. Eustis in Lake County also may soon join the growing roster of communities who are just saying no to dispensaries. Leaders of both cities cited...

An update to Pittsburgh's zoning code could establish by October where medical marijuana dispensaries, growers and processors may do business in the city. Legislation introduced by city council last week would direct growers and processors largely toward industrial zones. For dispensaries...

Lake, Geauga and Portage counties will have two medical marijuana dispensaries among them, according to updated maps released Friday by the Ohio Pharmacy Board. That's one more than the counties were originally supposed to get under the Pharmacy Board's initial proposal in July. Northeastern...

Hampden and Wyman Park residents took their concerns about a proposed medical cannabis dispensary to City Hall on Wednesday, as Baltimore City Council members weigh whether to put zoning restrictions on the businesses. In Baltimore – as well as other jurisdictions – some residents have been...

After a tempestuous two-hour hearing in June, the Fresno City Council narrowly voted to take the first step to ban recreational marijuana businesses in the city. More fireworks could be in store Thursday morning, when the city's planning department presents its draft of the proposed law to the...

With Manatee County expecting to finalize a land use amendment to categorize medical marijuana dispensaries as pharmacies in an effort to move forward, Palmetto will let the county have them and will ban the dispensaries from the city. On August 22, Manatee County voted 6-0, with Commissioner...

The future for cannabis dispensaries in Davis is quickly taking shape. The Davis City Council will pore over a new ordinance for dispensary zoning at their upcoming meeting this Tuesday. Dispensaries looking to open in downtown Davis could benefit from the latest version of the ordinance...

Businesses selling and processing medical marijuana were given the green light to do business in Tampa on Thursday. Tampa City Council members voted in favor of new rules explaining where dispensaries and processing facilities would be allowed to open. Earlier this year, the city council...

A medical marijuana dispensary could be coming to Norwalk after the city's Zoning Commission this month gave the green light to the idea, albeit with restrictions. Such dispensaries will be permitted in Business No. 1 zones with the issuance of a special permit by the commission. "No...

We are proud San Franciscans and community activists in the South of Market. We have had the privilege of watching San Francisco grow and change over time. And one area that has changed tremendously is cannabis policy, both medical and soon adult use. In 1996, more than three quarters of San...

City Council members grudgingly told staff Tuesday night to come back with an ordinance regulating how medical and recreational marijuana will be sold in town. If they didn't, the state would be calling the shots on where marijuana would be cultivated and sold in Vacaville as of Jan. 1, 2018...

A proposal to shut down every marijuana dispensary in the state of Michigan is tabled for now. But the proposal sent panicked patients to a marijuana licensing board meeting Monday afternoon. The state board which oversees medical marijuana proposed a resolution at the meeting that would shut...