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Sun City, Ariz. - White Mountain Health Center opened its doors in January 2015 as the first medical marijuana dispensary in Sun City. About 18 months later, the dispensary has built a strong relationship with the community, and it plans to provide even more for the senior-living enclave...

In November, California voters will be asked to decide if they want to legalize recreational marijuana for adults over 21 years of age. Passage of the "Adult Use of Marijuana Act" (AUMA), designated as Proposition 64, would allow adults to legally possess, purchase, transport, or give to another...

The cannabis plant is one of the most versatile on the face of our planet. While cannabis is best known for its use as a recreational or medical drug, industrial hemp, which contains only trace amounts of THC, has a myriad of other applications. Apart from being one of the easiest crops to grow...

Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall says he supports an effort to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Nashville, calling it a "step in the right direction" to reduce incarceration rates of young people who he says don't benefit from being in jail for the offense. Hall...

Despite the nation-wide majority clearly calling for some type of cannabis law reform, as well as the abolishment of the spectacular failure that is the war on drugs (or success, depending on which side of the elite scale you're on), the DEA showed its true quisling colors by choosing to ignore...

Nicholas Vita is a former Goldman Sachs investment banker who specialized in medical deals back when he worked in the financial services industry. Big money, however, isn't the chief reason he gives for trying to build a multistate network of medical marijuana clinics, including one expected to...

Nicholas Vita is a former Goldman Sachs investment banker who specialized in medical deals back when he worked in the financial services industry. Big money, however, isn't the chief reason he gives for trying to build a multistate network of medical marijuana clinics, including one expected to...

If you've been following drug policy developments in recent months, you will no doubt have heard that Germany is on the brink of legalising medical cannabis. The details of the new law — which was presented to parliament in July, and is expected to come into force by the end of the year —...

If you've been following drug policy developments in recent months, you will no doubt have heard that Germany is on the brink of legalising medical cannabis. The details of the new law — which was presented to parliament in July, and is expected to come into force by the end of the year —...

Albany - The state's first legal hemp crop in more than 70 years is thriving on 30 fertile acres of upstate New York, and demand is building for its seeds and stalks. JD Farms, in the rural Madison County town of Eaton, is growing the hemp as part of a project with Morrisville State College...

Portland, Ore. - There have been news stories lately about investors getting taken to the cleaners. Cannabis dreamers that get an influx of cash for their venture, then whether maliciously or just bad luck, do not follow through, no one makes the promised profit and the debt does not get paid...

Hemp plastic is a lightweight, biodegradable material that has the ability to replace most petrochemical plastics — so why doesn't it? Although the material has been legalized since 1998 in Canada and has begun to be used in the production of cars, musical instruments and water bottles, it is...

Bradenton - A Tallahassee company has closed on two vacant buildings on 14th Street West near downtown Bradenton for a potential medical marijuana dispensary. Trulieve currently has dispensaries in Tallahassee and Clearwater, with two more in the planning phases in Orlando and Miami-Dade...

Rural Trinity County is home to 13,500 people in Northern California and marijuana production is rampant there. Along with Humboldt and Mendocino counties, Trinity comprises California's "Emerald Triangle," a region known for its prolific marijuana farming. Hayfork is Trinity County's second...

It may not have quite the same ring to it as a certain seven-digit phone number made famous by a 1980s pop hit, but 6,630,507 has become internet-famous since the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration opted not to reschedule marijuana, leaving it in the category of drugs with no legitimate...

The recreational marijuana industry is "doing phenomenal" in Eugene, Oregon. That's what Courtney Delaplain, the manager of a local dispensary named Casper's, said of Eugene's newest industry. A recent report published by the Department of Revenue shows that Oregon state-licensed dispensaries...

Grants Pass, Ore. - Josephine County's growing marijuana industry is experiencing growing pains. The number of medical marijuana grow sites in the county has remained steady from a year ago, at about 2,500. But growers who sell to retailers have been sprouting up - 38 new state-issued licenses...

Bemidji, Minn. - On the morning of Aug. 18, Leah Corcoran was cautiously optimistic. "We're on a five-day stretch right now," Corcoran said, knocking on a nearby wooden dresser. "Very excited, I know, it's incredible." That day was the fifth day in a row that Corcoran's 25-year-old...

Bemidji, Minn. - On the morning of Aug. 18, Leah Corcoran was cautiously optimistic. "We're on a five-day stretch right now," Corcoran said, knocking on a nearby wooden dresser. "Very excited, I know, it's incredible." That day was the fifth day in a row that Corcoran's 25-year-old...

Kline Township - A greenhouse business in Schuylkill County wants to put its expertise growing plants to new use growing medical marijuana. The state legalized the medicinal use of the drug in April and soon plans to give permits to growers. Van Hoekelen Greenhouse near McAdoo has been a...