dispensaries

A proposal to close all medical marijuana dispensaries operating in Michigan until the state starts officially licensing them drew outrage today from people who depend on the drug to treat a variety of ailments. Donald Bailey, a retired Michigan State Police trooper and member of the Michigan...

Two city commissioners want to follow Indian River County's lead in banning medical marijuana dispensaries. Commissioners Rufus Alexander and Reggie Sessions in July said they support banning the dispensaries because they fear owners of the facilities would place them in lower-income...

Narcotics unit detectives served search warrants at two more cannabis dispensaries – seizing 30 pounds of marijuana and $37,000 cash at one location – in the city's continued crackdown on illegally operated dispensaries, authorities said on Thursday. The dispensaries targeted Wednesday were...

Several local dispensaries were raided, and at least 11 people were arrested for operating illegally under the county laws. "For some people, it's the only type of medication they can actually take," said Linda Blanco who is extremely upset the dispensaries were shut down. Blanco is a...

Deerfield Beach is willing to welcome medical marijuana dispensaries in its borders, the City Commission decided in a split vote Tuesday night. In a 3-2 vote, a proposed ban on the dispensaries failed after a passionate discussion that included one commissioner admitting to baking illegal...

The first medical marijuana dispensary between St. Petersburg and Miami is expected to open in Bradenton next month, another sign that the industry is starting to take root in Southwest Florida, nine months after voters legalized marijuana as a treatment for various ailments. Trulieve...

Even by the standards of San Francisco's famously fractious land use fights, last month's Planning Commission hearing on a plan to open a cannabis dispensary in the Sunset District was extreme. The hearing lasted nearly seven hours. It included testimony from more than 150 members of the...

Some parts of Grover Beach may become a lot more green as the city gets closer to opening two cannabis dispensaries. Just getting the ball rolling in the application process took some organizations out of the running however, as each application was $8,100. "We felt it was an appropriate...

A marijuana dispensary owner who is among multiple people facing criminal charges following raids of dispensaries in Northern Michigan is speaking out. Chad Morrow, owner of Cloud 45 dispensary, said he was arrested following police raids at his business and four others in Gaylord on Monday...

The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy has released a new proposal that could potentially lead to 18 medical marijuana dispensaries placed in Northeast Ohio, with five of them being located in Cuyahoga County. The Board of Pharmacy is responsible for determining the dispensary locations, which...

Royal Palm Beach residents looking for medical marijuana will have to buy it elsewhere. The Royal Palm Beach Council recently voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the village by a unanimous 5-0 margin. This comes after nearly 75 percent of state voters wanted to legalize medicinal pot...

I thought dispensaries were places to obtain MMJ and basically the same as an LP, but apparently not. I'm in Canada, and if a fellow Canadian could enlighten me on the legalities and stuff I'd appreciate it. So I'm in the process of getting my MMJ prescription - I think I'll have it next month...

Patients seeking medical marijuana will soon have more places to get it in South Florida. The Palm Beach County Commission and the Dania Beach Commission agreed this week to allow medical marijuana dispensaries wherever pharmacies are allowed. "I wish it was around, legalized with a...

Typically, putting the name of a state and the phrase "state of emergency" in the same sentence means residents there are facing some serious trouble. Like "natural disaster" type of trouble. Leave it to Nevada to put a new twist on things. State officials there declared an emergency this...

West Volusia will likely get its first medical marijuana dispensary before the end of the year. Surterra Wellness, which has stores in Tallahassee and Tampa, is planning to open in Deltona Plaza, 1200 Deltona Blvd., in a suite right next to the Good Eats Diner. It will become Volusia County's...

John Seifert was having trouble renting out his shuttered flower shop in Baltimore County. Finally, a real estate agent found a potential tenant: a medical marijuana dispensary. Seifert signed a five-year lease with the firm, which wants to sell cannabis tinctures, oils and other products to...

Cannabis may be California's largest cash crop, but dispensaries who sell the profitable plants haven't always reaped their rewards. "A while ago, when it was sort of the wild wild west of medical cannabis," said Matt Z-Berg of River City Phoenix Dispensary in Sacramento. Matt Z-Berg...

Cannabis dispensaries won't receive their local approvals until the end of the year, after the Davis City Council agreed to extend the timeline for cannabis businesses at their meeting Tuesday night. Originally working under a rapid schedule to set a local framework for retail cannabis sales...

San Francisco may ban new medical marijuana dispensaries in one working-class neighborhood or adopt a citywide moratorium on all new ones, just months before legal sales of recreational marijuana will begin. Supervisor Ahsha Safai introduced on May 2 legislation effectively banning medical...

Nevada dispensaries and their customers can exhale this week as worries of a pot shortage go up in smoke. The state's tax commission voted unanimously to approve a measure that could allow the Department of Taxation to expand recipients of marijuana distributor licenses beyond alcohol...