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A group of pro-pot federal lawmakers have teamed up to announce the formation of the first-ever Congressional Cannabis Caucus. The bipartisan effort will work on legislation related to marijuana legalization and regulation, proving that perhaps Congress is taking the issue of marijuana...

Like law enforcement everywhere, Houston officials want safe neighborhoods for a reasonable price. Following decades of rising incarceration and diminishing public safety returns, America's fourth most-populous city is embarking on a new approach to drug crime. On Thursday, Harris County...

Calexico, Calif. - Calexico City Council voted for a second time on Wednesday legalizing the cultivation and production of cannabis. City mayor Armando Real said, "The cultivation, production, pharmaceutical testing and distribution of cannabis plant, which would have to be sold outside of our...

Marijuana advocates have been worried for months about the recently confirmed Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He once said "good people don't smoke marijuana," and he has joked that he thought the Ku Klux Klan "were OK until I found out they smoked pot." But last week, Sessions spoke with...

The marijuana industry is scorching hot right now, and it's no wonder that investors are seemingly champing at the bit to get their hands on a company, or series of companies, with strong double-digit growth potential. According to cannabis research firm ArcView, the legal marijuana market...

Linda Kersten called marijuana a "miracle." The Newburg, N.D., resident recalled how her adult daughter struggled with treatments for colon cancer that caused aches, pains and extreme nausea. But almost immediately after smoking marijuana, she felt well enough to take a walk around the block...

Georgia's limited medical marijuana law would be expanded to include autism, under legislation passed Tuesday in a state Senate committee. Senate Bill 16 is the first of several bills dealing with the law's expansion to move this year, although medical marijuana advocates oppose the bill...

Barry County, Mich. - Many people are hoping to take advantage of the new Michigan law passed last year to set up a framework for the state to legalize, regulate and tax a broader range of the medical cannabis industry. With that comes a lot of confusion, though, especially for those hoping...

More than 160 regional public health, law enforcement, education and municipal leaders, including Cohasset Police Officer Daniel Williams and Patti Napolitano from Safe Harbor, joined District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey at his "Marijuana Legalization - Community Strategies" seminar last week...

Hi, I smoke to help with anxiety but have had little to no choice in what strain is available to buy here in Dublin. Sometimes I'm told what it is, but who knows really. That's why I have decided to grow a plant and see how it goes. I have picked an easy auto strain, high in CBD, so that i know...

Boston, Mass. — Legislative proposals to limit the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana is infuriating pot advocates in Massachusetts who say lawmakers are trying to gut key provisions of voter-approved recreational use of cannabis. Among the proposals is a measure to cut in half — from a...

Guam's medical marijuana law may be due for another amendment as the Calvo administration and local agencies determine what can be done to foster medical tourism on the island. Koichi Maeda, head of the Japan Medical Marijuana Association, met with Gov. Eddie Calvo yesterday afternoon to talk...

Atlanta - The controversial fight to expand Georgia's medical marijuana law got off the ground at the state capitol Wednesday. The goal for supporters is to allow more patients to use a low THC cannabis oil. 11Alive News was the only local station inside the first hearing for the expanded bill...

Marijuana users and some businesses that cater to them cheered the arrival of legal marijuana in Maine on Monday, even as one Portland celebration event had to revamp its plans because of confusion about what is and is not allowed. An "End of Cannabis Prohibition Party," a private...

YES Paul J. Donato State representative, Medford Democrat, House Second Assistant Majority Leader The vote to delay implementation of the retail sale of recreational marijuana sales for six months was not an attempt to dismantle the will of the electorate, but to allow us to put in...

Augusta, Maine – A bill that establishes a moratorium on marijuana sales until Feb. 2018 overwhelmingly passed the house and senate on Thursday and is now on Gov. Paul LePage's desk. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills says the current law technically allows minors to possess and consume...

The need to regulate Massachusetts' newly legal marijuana industry is leading to attempts to revamp state alcohol regulations. State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said in an interview with The Republican/MassLive.com this week that she was prompted to form a new Alcohol Task Force while looking...

Since Massachusetts voters casted their ballot on Question 4 and made it legal to purchase and consume recreational marijuana in the state, the law has been under high scrutiny by state legislators. Massachusetts Sen. Stan Rosenberg is one of the key lawmakers analyzing the legislation...

The Illinois treasurer asks Trump for clarity on banking for the medical marijuana industry, North Dakota legislators work to ensure workers' compensation won't pay for medical marijuana for injured employees, and more. Arkansas On Monday, Athe legislature approved changes to the state's...

Voters on Election Day chose to legalize recreational marijuana by a seven-point majority. But now the ultimate fate of the vote is in the Legislature's hands. Given some of the bills filed by the deadline last Friday, it could change dramatically. Over the next two years, legislators will...