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Denver - Legal marijuana has a $2.4 billion economic impact in Colorado, according to a study by the Marijuana Policy Group. The 24-page report concluded the marijuana industry is the fastest-growing business sector in the state. It's credited with creating 18,005 jobs in 2015, according to...

Fall River - We are either facing the end of the world or utopia, depending on whom you ask. Either way, both pro and con forces say life will change based on the vote for referendum question four, which asks if Massachusetts should legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Proponents say...

Boston - A Boston city councilor wants to make sure minority-owned businesses get a fair shot if retail marijuana sales become legal in Massachusetts. Councilor Ayanna Pressley has scheduled a hearing for Monday evening at Boston City Hall to discuss ways of providing equitable access to...

In rural Klickitat County in southwestern Washington state, a trio of thriving farms point the way toward a better future for an area where the economy has struggled over the years, in part due to the shuttering of a local aluminum smelting plant. But those farms don't grow wheat, wine grapes...

Marijuana legalization opponents at a public forum Tuesday repeatedly emphasized an issue raised last week by Attorney General Janet Mills — that approval of Question 1 could result in the unintended consequence of making pot possession legal for children. The noon forum at the Portland...

Phoenix - Those who grow medical-grade marijuana are thriving throughout Arizona. Instead of fields, you'll find rooms full of the plants. At the Giving Tree Wellness Center in Deer Valley, founder Lilack Powers is growing about 1,000 plants in 10,000 square feet of space. Should Prop...

Hi, I am Hashish from Berkeley California. I am thinking about getting into Marijuana growing and selling business. Very new to this. Any help is appreciated.

We are either facing the end of the world or utopia, depending on whom you ask. Either way, both pro and con forces say life will change based on the vote for referendum question four, which asks if Massachusetts should legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Proponents say legal marijuana...

Amherst - Rick Steves, the PBS host known for his journeys across Europe, began his four-day trek across Massachusetts campaigning in favor of legal marijuana Tuesday at the University of Massachusetts. And in true Steves form, the travel guru turned to drug policies in the places he knows...

Vancouver - The announcement on August 24 of the provisions under the newly-minted Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) put the legal right to grow marijuana for medicinal use back in the hands of registered medicinal users. But as Vincent Vega once said: it's legal, but...

Vancouver - The announcement on August 24 of the provisions under the newly-minted Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) put the legal right to grow marijuana for medicinal use back in the hands of registered medicinal users. But as Vincent Vega once said: it's legal, but...

The people fighting the ballot measure, which would legalize recreational marijuana, keep saying they don't want to see private drug suppliers making big profits here. "It is not about whether an adult can use marijuana in their own home," state Senator Jason Lewis of Worcester said at a debate...

If you vote in Massachusetts, you've probably had a least one debate with a friend this year about whether the state should allow marijuana for recreational use. But have you looked at the mechanics of the legal marijuana industry that ballot Question 4 would create? We've summarized key...

Those of us involved in the marijuana legalization movement have long assumed that those companies that produce and sell competing products - especially alcohol and tobacco - were working behind the scenes to try to maintain marijuana prohibition and to protect their duopoly for legal...

I just noticed that a State or two is missing from the Legal Medical States (Ohio for one). When are these States added to the list?:peacetwo:

Even Jay-Z is weighing in. America's legal marijuana industry has a huge diversity problem - and it couldn't be more ironic. The Drug Policy Alliance estimates that less than 1% of the market to grow legal weed is owned or operated by people of color, a startling statistic considering...

"To say that medical marijuana is legal in the state of Ohio is not really a true sentence," Nicole Scholten said. "To say that the first steps of the law take effect today is a true statement." As of Thursday, September 8, 2016, Ohio became the 25th state to make marijuana legal for certain...

"To say that medical marijuana is legal in the state of Ohio is not really a true sentence," Nicole Scholten said. "To say that the first steps of the law take effect today is a true statement." As of Thursday, September 8, 2016, Ohio became the 25th state to make marijuana legal for certain...

All we know for sure about the 5-year-old case against the Blue Water Compassion Center is that the state attorney general's office doesn't want it to go away. Everything else - much like Michigan's medical marijuana law - are fuzzy. That ambiguity is what got the Blue Water Compassion Center...

All we know for sure about the 5-year-old case against the Blue Water Compassion Center is that the state attorney general's office doesn't want it to go away. Everything else - much like Michigan's medical marijuana law - are fuzzy. That ambiguity is what got the Blue Water Compassion Center...