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Marijuana activists on Friday plan to protest Massachusetts lawmakers who passed a bill inserting delays into the new marijuana legalization law. The protest is planned for "high" noon, outside the Massachusetts State House. MassCann/NORML is pulling together the protest. The group's full...

Billerica state Rep. Marc Lombardo came out against a move by legislators on Wednesday delaying several recreational marijuana deadlines across the state. "The bill came out of nowhere and in my opinion, should not have been passed in an informal session," Lombardo wrote in a message to The...

One of Watertown's three state legislators criticized moves made Wednesday by the state Senate and House of Representatives to delay implementation of a ballot question to legalize the sale and recreational use of marijuana, passed by voters in the 2016 state election. The House and Senate on...

Boston - The leaders of both the House and Senate are on board with a six-month time frame for rewriting the state's marijuana laws after voters in November approved regulated sales of the intoxicating plant. In a brief hallway interview on Thursday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo concurred with...

Boston — Saying the tax rate on legal pot sales is one area that "really needs some work" in the voter-approved marijuana law, Senate President Rosenberg on Wednesday defended a proposed six-month delay of key provisions in the law and Gov. Charlie Baker called the delay "perfectly appropriate."...

Marijuana shops are coming to Massachusetts, thanks to a vote on Election Day to legalize the recreational use of the drug. Proponents of the law, however, will have to wait a little bit longer before dispensaries start sprouting up around the state. When will marijuana shops open in...

Recent actions by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have sent shock waves of fear and confusion through the cannabis community over the last 2 weeks. For their part, the DEA said the action is simply the final implementation of something that started 5 years ago. "The gist of the...

The vote to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Massachusetts means some changes down the line for Brookline, but nothing overnight, say police and medical marijuana dispensary spokespeople. "It is at this point not possible that a legal gram of cannabis will be sold before 2018," said...

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery vowed this week to continue trying to derail medical marijuana in Arizona in spite of another significant and expensive loss in court. On Wednesday, the same day the Arizona Court of Appeals released its ruling against Montgomery, the county, and the...

St. Johns, Mich. - Michigan's medical marijuana law trumps another law that restricts how users can transport pot in cars, the state appeals court said, reversing the misdemeanor conviction of a man in Clinton County. Local judges around the state have made similar rulings. But the 2-1 appeals...

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery says he'll ask the Arizona Supreme Court to review a lower court's ruling that the state's medical marijuana law is constitutional in requiring counties to approve reasonable zoning regulations. The Court of Appeals' ruling Tuesday rejected Montgomery's...

Bar Harbor – Retail sales of recreational marijuana and social clubs for its use could begin popping up around the state early next year, but there won't be any in Bar Harbor quite yet. The Town Council Tuesday voted unanimously to instruct the town attorney to draft a 180-day moratorium that...

The Elko Daily Free Press is counting down the days until marijuana is legal in Nevada by answering questions concerning the law. Q: How much control will local governments have over recreational marijuana? A: As the law is written, local governments can't prohibit the legal use and...

This week's question comes from James in Orinda, who asks: Q: "I voted for the legalization marijuana in the last election. I want to know about what the rules are. How much can I have? How much can I grow? Can I be fired for smoking pot off the job? I can drink while I'm not on duty; can I...

Last month Californians voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. What many do not know is that this new law allows for retroactive changes to the convictions of those convicted of felony pot possession. What that means is that those convictions could be turned into misdemeanors...

Boston — Top state leaders are already thinking about ways to tighten the new recreational marijuana law to make sure all sales are taxed and that people, especially children, are safe. The lucrative marijuana industry is coming to Massachusetts. It will be at least another year before retail...

Augusta – Among the first items of business when legislators return next month will be a couple of quick fixes to the recreational marijuana measure approved by voters in November. House Speaker Sara Gideon said Wednesday that two changes are "front and center" to correct problems some have...

St. Johns, Mich. — The Michigan appeals court says the state's medical marijuana law protects people who are accused of illegally transporting pot. In a 2-1 decision, the court threw out the misdemeanor conviction of a man in Clinton County, north of Lansing. Callen Latz is a registered...

Hollister council members Monday approved a medical marijuana ordinance that will lift the city's ban on dispensaries. The ordinance lifts the city's current ban on medical marijuana facilities within city limits that went into effect six years ago. After months of deliberations, the new...

Nate Prince could almost hear the sighs of relief from his clients when a district judge ruled that the new medical marijuana law should go into effect immediately. As the owner of FiveLeaf Organics medical marijuana dispensary in the Flathead Valley, Prince had been watching the November...