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Helena - Organizers who are asking voters to overturn Montana's medical marijuana law are now campaigning against a ballot initiative that seeks to roll back restrictions. Safe Montana purchased billboards in several Montana cities, including Helena, Missoula, and Billings that read: "Vote no...

Helena - Organizers who are asking voters to overturn Montana's medical marijuana law are now campaigning against a ballot initiative that seeks to roll back restrictions. Safe Montana purchased billboards in several Montana cities, including Helena, Missoula, and Billings that read: "Vote no...

A little over a month after the Illinois General Assembly decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon said Tuesday that the new law has had little effect so far on his prosecutors' workload. McMahon said his office is handling about 1,000...

Community members gathered at the Beus Center for Law and Society building Tuesday for an Issues & Answers Forum regarding Proposition 205, which would legalize marijuana in Arizona. The panel included two national experts, who supplied information, and two Arizonans, one arguing for...

Medina, Ohio — City Council is considering whether to impose a six-month moratorium on the cultivation, processing or retail sale of medical marijuana. Ohio's new medical marijuana law - which went into effect Thursday but won't be fully operational until next September - covers new ground in...

Medina, Ohio — City Council is considering whether to impose a six-month moratorium on the cultivation, processing or retail sale of medical marijuana. Ohio's new medical marijuana law - which went into effect Thursday but won't be fully operational until next September - covers new ground in...

Ohio's new medical marijuana law went into effect on September 8, 2016. Ohio became the 26th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use. And as several other states are set to vote on legalizing marijuana to varying degrees in the November...

Ohio's new medical marijuana law went into effect on September 8, 2016. Ohio became the 26th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use. And as several other states are set to vote on legalizing marijuana to varying degrees in the November...

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed a bill into law yesterday that will allow the state's students with medical prescriptions to use pot oil at school. In the presence of guardians and caretakers, nurses at public and private schools from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade will be able to...

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed a bill into law yesterday that will allow the state's students with medical prescriptions to use pot oil at school. In the presence of guardians and caretakers, nurses at public and private schools from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade will be able to...

Jason Thomas helped carry out the war on drugs, but what he saw convinced him it wasn't always a just cause. During his two and a half years in law enforcement, when he served as a corrections officer at a 120-bed corrections facility and as a small-town deputy marshall, the Colorado resident...

Mentor-On-The-Lake, Ohio - Ohio's medical marijuana law went into effect Thursday but there is little in place to actually put the law into practice. "Today we start the process in Ohio for the functioning legal medical marijuana market," said Tom Haren, a Westlake attorney who has done...

Mentor-On-The-Lake, Ohio - Ohio's medical marijuana law went into effect Thursday but there is little in place to actually put the law into practice. "Today we start the process in Ohio for the functioning legal medical marijuana market," said Tom Haren, a Westlake attorney who has done...

Nashville, TN - Metro Council will decide in two weeks whether to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, but there is one section of the bill that's creating a lot of confusion. Under Tennessee law, possession of any amount of marijuana is a misdemeanor, punishable by one year in jail. The...

Mount Carmel — The Wabash County Commissioners approved an ordinance regarding cannabis offenses at Tuesday's meeting. In July, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a law that decriminalized possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana. Under the new law, those caught with under the...

Medical marijuana becomes legal Thursday in Ohio. But there are just a few problems. There are no marijuana crops because there are no growers. There are no processors, testing labs or dispensaries to sell a product that doesn't yet exist. And even if all those things were in place, patients...

Medical marijuana becomes legal Thursday in Ohio. But there are just a few problems. There are no marijuana crops because there are no growers. There are no processors, testing labs or dispensaries to sell a product that doesn't yet exist. And even if all those things were in place, patients...

There are so many questions about the legal language of the medial marijuana law in Ohio that will go into affect on Thursday, Sept. 8. Here are the notable items from the full text of the law: Townships or cities can restrict where dispensaries, labs, or producers are located. The law...

There are so many questions about the legal language of the medial marijuana law in Ohio that will go into affect on Thursday, Sept. 8. Here are the notable items from the full text of the law: Townships or cities can restrict where dispensaries, labs, or producers are located. The law...

Charges of simple possession of marijuana have been falling in Memphis over the last three years, according to Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich who said those cases are a very small piece of her office's workload. The statements came as loosening city marijuana charges got...