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Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division will hold a marijuana rule-making hearing starting at 9 a.m. today, October 16, in the Gaming Commission Room, 17301 West Colfax Avenue in Golden. In advance of that session, Todd Mitchem shared the following statement, which he plans to deliver during...

The licensed medical marijuana dispensary in downtown Evanston asked to renew its rental agreement with the city for one year instead of three to accommodate uncertainty in the state's medical cannabis program PharmaCann opened a location in 2015 on the ground floor of the city-owned Maple...

Another large Georgia city could cut penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Savannah Alderman Van Johnson announced Monday that he wants to reduce the maximum city fine for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana from $1,000 to $150. He also wants to eliminate jail time, with...

Many supporters of the state referendum to convene a constitutional convention are citing as reason the possibilities to diminish incumbent-friendly campaign finance laws, enact term limits and end gerrymandered districts. Other advocates are pressing a much different reason to vote yes...

Marijuana legalization in Colorado led to a "reversal" of opiate overdose deaths in that state, according to new research published in the American Journal of Public Health. "After Colorado's legalization of recreational cannabis sale and use, opioid-related deaths decreased more than 6% in...

Deadly wildfires in Northern California are burning up marijuana farms in the so-called Emerald Triangle. Blazes have destroyed a number of farms in Mendocino County right before legal recreational sales begin in California. Cannabis business owners who lose their crops have little...

Even though the usage rates are nearly identical, black people are eight times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people, and cost to Pennsylvania taxpayers to enforce marijuana laws totaled more than $225 million from 2010 to 2016. That's what the American Civil...

The Board of Selectmen will discuss whether to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use Monday evening. Phil DeCologero, chairman of the selectmen, said the board will not take a vote on the issue at that time. Massachusetts voters approved the legalization of recreational pot last...

A university in Michigan is offering an unusual degree – in marijuana. Northern Michigan University in Marquette began its medical plant chemistry program this semester, with about a dozen students in the first class, the Detroit Free Press reported . The program combines chemistry, biology...

Officials are expecting a rush Dec. 15 when Michigan begins offering applications to people who want to start a medical marijuana business and be part of what is expected to be a $700-million-a-year industry in the state. "We may have 50. We may have 1,500. We may have 5,000," Shelly...

When the federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in 2011 began to scare off would-be entrepreneurs, Cassandra Farrington, CEO and co-founder of a brand new marijuana trade newsletter didn't blink. She and her business partner "kept the lights on" in their small Denver publishing...

Jane West is all about Mary Jane. The former corporate-event planner from the suburbs of Denver, Colorado founded an eponymous cannabis lifestyle brand and a pot-party planning company, Edible Events, in 2014. She believes women should be flooding the legal weed business. Now. Before men lock it...

Andrew Lopas' plans to bring his marijuana business out of the black market with a legal, profitable and organic pot farm went up in smoke in the wildfires that have scorched Santa Rosa, California. After four decades of growing pot illegally, the 54-year-old saw an opportunity last year to...

The budding marijuana industry is spurring new research around cannabis that will have long-term effects on a variety of fields, from farming to new medicine, as companies look for solid scientific data on the substance. With the looming legalization of recreational pot next summer, and the...

The fourth annual Cannabis World Congress and Business Exposition (CWCB Expo) was surprisingly sober. At the Hynes Convention Center, legal cannabis startups mingled with investment groups and established companies trying to get into what they see as a burgeoning market. "It's like the...

A New Paris man was found in possession of about 5 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a search in September, state police said. State police in Bedford said a search of 111 Thomas Drive on Sept. 19 revealed the marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police said they responded to...

What sort of issues crop up when your industry is locally legal yet federally prohibited, as is the case with marijuana businesses? Banking issues. “The banking problem is probably the most challenging hurdle for entrepreneurs who want to be involved in legal cannabis,” Marijuana Business...

Before Israel licensed medical marijuana, people with terminal illnesses would come desperate to a chin-bearded young grower, Perry Davidson. "Back then, I was picking up the cannabis in the garden, going on the bus, wrapping it up so it didn't smell, and physically giving it to the patient,"...

A 45-year-old man and 24-year-old woman are facing charges including possession of the proceeds of crime and drug possession for the purpose of trafficking following an Ottawa Police Service drug unit raid of a marijuana dispensary on Armstrong Street, near Parkdale Avenue, on Friday. Ottawa...

The budding marijuana industry is spurring new research around cannabis that will have long-term effects on a variety of fields, from farming to new medicine, as companies look for solid scientific data on the substance. With the looming legalization of recreational pot next summer, and the...