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Despite a last-minute legal demand to delay the announcement, Hawaii's Department of Health plans to announce the eight companies Friday who will receive licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana. Piko Farms & Nursery filed a motion Thursday to block the department from announcing the names...

The estimated timeline for awarding cultivation licenses to hopeful producers in Maryland's new medical-marijuana market remains on schedule for this summer, according to a partner with an applicant trying to start an operation in Washington County. Sterling Crockett, a partner and general...

State Rep. Tanner Magee has filed a bill that would remove the 10-pharmacy limit placed on medical marijuana pharmacies that area allowed to dispense the drug to patients throughout the state. The bill appears aimed at quelling concerns raised on March 30, when the bill was up for debate on...

As the March 31 deadline approaches for retail marijuana hopefuls to apply for licenses, some local medical dispensary owners say they feel left behind by a law that merges the medical and retail industries. "We thought medical wouldn't be messed with, that medical would be intact," said Eric...

After a tense debate, a Senate committee Monday backed a bill that calls for allowing terminally ill patients to have access to medical marijuana and revamping a 2014 cannabis law that has been tangled in legal fights. The bill (SB 460), approved by the Senate Rules Committee, would allow...

Oregon has been on the cutting edge of the debate on legalizing weed and industrial hemp farming. Oregon was one of the first states to pass legislation that allowed the production of industrial hemp. Here are a few facts about Oregon's legalization effort. 1. The Oregon Legislature made...

Texas will begin to prepare to issue licenses to retailers for the sale of marijuana-based products, reported MySanAntonio. The licenses will enable certain dispensaries to sell products with low levels of THC, such as cannabis oil. The state has approved the products for people diagnosed...

Oregon this week opened an online application system for marijuana licenses, a significant milestone in the state's plans for regulating its recreational marijuana market. For businesses that intend to sell, grow, produce, process, or lab test marijuana in Oregon, the Oregon Liquor Commission...

New York dispensaries have received medicinal marijuana licenses, and with them in hand, they are getting ready to sell cannabis legally starting on Thursday. Columbia Care is present in one of the busiest dispensary locations in New York City's Union Square neighborhood. In July, the state...

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission early Monday opened the state's online application system for marijuana licenses. The agency initially planned to staff a call center with staff and policy experts to take questions from people completing applications, but Sunday's winter storm prompted...

Businesses seeking licenses to participate in Maryland's medical marijuana program finally have a better idea about when those licenses will be divvied out. The Natalie M. LaPrade Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission said the first stage of approvals for grower and processor applicants should...

A large number of applications to grow or dispense medical marijuana in Maryland will delay the program's rollout, the executive director of a state commission said Thursday. The commission announced it received 882 applications for grower, processor and dispenser licenses by a Nov. 6...

A large number of applications to grow or dispense medical marijuana in Maryland will delay the program's rollout, the executive director of a state commission said Thursday. The commission announced it received 882 applications for grower, processor and dispenser licenses by a Nov. 6...