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The right of Massachusetts adults to possess and grow marijuana would be sharply curbed, and the ability of retail shops to begin selling it for recreational use next year would be deeply undercut if legislation filed Friday by a key state senator becomes law. Senator Jason M. Lewis is...

Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed the first two medical marijuana bills into law Monday. House Bill 1026 by Rep. Doug House, R-North Little Rock, extends the deadline for rule making from 120 days after the election to 180. It passed the Senate Jan. 19 after earlier passing the House. House Bill...

Colorado Springs, Colo. - A four-year dispute over medical marijuana seized by police in Colorado Springs has come to an end. The Colorado Supreme Court says police don't have to return marijuana plants to a man acquitted of marijuana-related drug crimes. Colorado police can resume destroying...

Benicia – The City Council, grappling with California's new legalized marijuana law, voted Tuesday to request a 10-month, 15-day period to evaluate how the law affects the city. Proposition 64, or the "Adult Use of Marijuana Act," was passed in November by voters. Under the law, adults over...

It turns out a law degree is just as helpful in launching a medical marijuana business as it is dealing with mortgages. Charlie Bachtell was general counsel at Chicago-based mortgage company Guaranteed Rate when the lawyer in him became captivated by Illinois' medical marijuana law. He left...

Marijuana legalization advocates fear the Massachusetts Legislature, which has already delayed the opening of pot shops, will now gut several key parts of the law approved by 1.8 million voters in November. Public comments from Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg about potential changes are...

Last month, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a new rule for marijuana extracts forcing any business using hemp or CBD products to register with the federal government using a new code – even if those products have under 0.3 percent THC. At the time, the Hoban Law Group said it would...

Guam - As promised and just in the second week into the new year, Governor Eddie Calvo has introduced legislation for the recreational use of marijuana. The governor is dubbing is the Marijuana Control Law which would regulate the use, production, sale and taxation of marijuana as well as...

Boston - Legislative leaders have made clear they are not through with making changes to the voter-approved recreational marijuana initiative, but it remains to be seen whether future action amounts to an overhaul of or a mere tinkering with the new law. A committee of House and Senate...

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After the passage of a November ballot measure, recreational marijuana is now legal in Massachusetts. And while state lawmakers voted to delay the opening of recreational marijuana stores until June 2018 – which still makes it technically illegal to sell marijuana – possessing, consuming and...

A suggestion that the Town of Bourne can opt out, in part, to the state's newly approved law legalizing recreational use of marijuana has been warmly received by the Bourne Board of Selectmen. The board expressed no opposition to a suggestion from state Senator Viriato M. (Vinny) deMacedo...

Jackson, Miss. — A bipartisan bill introduced in the Mississippi House would legalize the production and processing of industrial hemp for commercial purposes, setting the foundation to nullify federal prohibition in practice. Rep, Joel Bomgar (R-Madison) introduced House Bill 180 (HB180) on...

Businesses interested in medical marijuana can begin applying for licenses next Wednesday in Mangilao, according to the Department of Public Health and Social Services. Public Law 33-220, which became law Dec. 17, 2016, implements the rules and regulations for the medical marijuana program...

A bill offering a small expansion to Georgia's medical marijuana law will be introduced Thursday in the state Senate, the same day the law's architect expects to file much broader legislation attempting to legalize growing and distributing the drug in-state for medicinal purposes. Senate Bill...

A bill has been introduced in the state Legislature that would allow marijuana users to grow their own supply at home. Washington is the only state that allows for retail, recreational marijuana but doesn't also permit cannabis to be grown at home unless by registered medical patients. The...

Senate President Mike Thibodeau, R-Winterport, and House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, agreed Wednesday to back an emergency moratorium bill on legalizing marijuana, setting the stage for a battle between pro-marijuana forces and those who believe the state needs more time to craft rules and...

District of Columbia Councilman David Grosso is determined to institute a regulated marketplace for legal marijuana in the nation's capital. For the third time in just over three years, Grosso, an at-large councilmember, introduced a bill to tax and regulate cannabis sales in D.C. on Tuesday...

A year ago, state Rep. Allen Peake ran into gubernatorial and law enforcement buzzsaws when he pushed a bill to allow growing and distributing medical marijuana in Georgia. But he's back this year with a proposal that he hopes will negate the opposition from the governor's office and law...

And so it begins. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, Trump's nominee for the country's next attorney general, took center stage on January 10 at his confirmation hearing. Marijuana supporters had been quick to voice their concern over Sessions's nomination because of his stance on marijuana, as well...