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Cleveland - A 14-member committee charged with making recommendations about how Ohio's new medical marijuana law will work is now in place. But the leading medical marijuana lobbying group in the state is speaking out against two of the appointees. "If there was just one member of this...

Cleveland - A 14-member committee charged with making recommendations about how Ohio's new medical marijuana law will work is now in place. But the leading medical marijuana lobbying group in the state is speaking out against two of the appointees. "If there was just one member of this...

CLEVELAND - A 14-member committee charged with making recommendations about how Ohio's new medical marijuana law will work is now in place. But the leading medical marijuana lobbying group in the state is speaking out against two of the appointees. "If there was just one member of this...

Columus, Ohio - A pain management doctor, staunch opponents to marijuana legalization and the father of a boy with cerebral palsy were a few of the people selected to advise state regulators setting up Ohio's medical marijuana program. Ohio's new medical marijuana law required Gov. John...

Columus, Ohio - A pain management doctor, staunch opponents to marijuana legalization and the father of a boy with cerebral palsy were a few of the people selected to advise state regulators setting up Ohio's medical marijuana program. Ohio's new medical marijuana law required Gov. John...

North Little Rock - As part of a two-day summit, at Camp Robinson, put on by the attorney general's office, law enforcement agencies gathered to discuss various challenges including the possibility of medical marijuana becoming legal. A Denver Police commander discussed various challenges and...

North Little Rock - As part of a two-day summit, at Camp Robinson, put on by the attorney general's office, law enforcement agencies gathered to discuss various challenges including the possibility of medical marijuana becoming legal. A Denver Police commander discussed various challenges and...

Small-scale medical marijuana growers and businesses that manufacture medical cannabis products are set to get a boost from two new laws, both sought by California's burgeoning medical pot industry. Both laws, signed last week by Gov. Jerry Brown, continue filling in the specifics of the...

Small-scale medical marijuana growers and businesses that manufacture medical cannabis products are set to get a boost from two new laws, both sought by California's burgeoning medical pot industry. Both laws, signed last week by Gov. Jerry Brown, continue filling in the specifics of the...

Manchester - One of the state representatives caught up in the attorney general's investigation of pot sales at the State House says he plans to file legislation to expand the state's medical marijuana law. Republican state Rep. Joe Lachance of Manchester told investigators he used the...

Manchester - One of the state representatives caught up in the attorney general's investigation of pot sales at the State House says he plans to file legislation to expand the state's medical marijuana law. Republican state Rep. Joe Lachance of Manchester told investigators he used the...

California's elite artisanal medical cannabis extract-makers will get the same legal shield as the patients and collectives they currently serve, under new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The California Cannabis Industry Association announced Sunday that Gov. Brown signed Assembly Bill AB...

California's elite artisanal medical cannabis extract-makers will get the same legal shield as the patients and collectives they currently serve, under new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The California Cannabis Industry Association announced Sunday that Gov. Brown signed Assembly Bill AB...

Columbus - Life under Ohio's fledgling medical marijuana law remains hazy. With every action, a new question seems to arise. The state Medical Board has advised doctors not to recommend marijuana to patients while Ohio's program is being crafted, which could take up to two years. But an author...

Columbus - Life under Ohio's fledgling medical marijuana law remains hazy. With every action, a new question seems to arise. The state Medical Board has advised doctors not to recommend marijuana to patients while Ohio's program is being crafted, which could take up to two years. But an author...

Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed a law that legalizes medical marijuana dispensaries. While medical marijuana has been legal in Michigan since 2008, many dispensaries exceeded the 12-plant, five-patient limits imposed by the 2008 legalization, one of the new law's sponsors in the Michigan...

Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed a law that legalizes medical marijuana dispensaries. While medical marijuana has been legal in Michigan since 2008, many dispensaries exceeded the 12-plant, five-patient limits imposed by the 2008 legalization, one of the new law's sponsors in the Michigan...

State Rep. William Lamberth balks at the notion Memphis and Nashville are softening the punishment for simple pot possession. Lamberth, a Republican and former assistant district attorney from Cottontown in Sumner County, is ready to punish the cities, too, by passing legislation in 2017 to...

DeKalb — Aldermen reached a consensus Monday that the city's cannabis possession ordinance needs to be revised, but how much different it looks compared with the new state law and in other college towns remains to be seen. "What was once considered a crime, not only has now become very socially...

As marijuana reform advocates (and perhaps regular readers) know, 2016 has been something of a banner year for medical marijuana reform in key part of the northern midwest. Specifically, - in April, Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor signed into law the Keystone State's new medical marijuana...