marijuana

Canada is set to become the first industrialized nation to legalize and regulate marijuana from production to consumption by next July, but increasingly, Canadians are wondering: What's the hurry? The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pressing ahead with legislation to legalize...

Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey renewed calls to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois Wednesday. Fritchey called the action "taxpayer relief." As the battle over the county's sweetened beverage tax continues, Fritchey said residents have reached their limit on new taxes...

They are trading green for green and reaching new heights when it comes to pot sales in Washington. By 2020, the state could see $2.4 billion in marijuana sales annually. But depending on what happens in the Legislature, you may no longer have to go to retail shops for pot. The state is...

The Orange County Sheriff's Office says it has arrested two women after finding the trunk of their car jammed full of marijuana. Monday evening just before 10 p.m., a deputy pulled the women from California over on I-40 East near Mebane for a routine traffic violation. During the course of...

Voters in some parts of Alaska rejected efforts to ban commercial marijuana cultivation and retail sales, three years after the nation's largest state passed a voter initiative legalizing the recreational use of the drug. The votes this week came during local elections in the state's major...

Those interested in obtaining medical marijuana licenses for certain commercial establishments can get applications at City Clerk Chris Swope's office starting Friday, although dispensaries must wait. The city's new medical marijuana ordinance takes effect Saturday and sets up licensing for...

A state legislator pushing to legalize marijuana in Delaware says she's willing to give in to a series of requests from groups opposing her effort. The state chamber says it wants protections from some of the thorny legal issues that might arise from employees abusing the drug. Other groups...

It’s good to see former students doing well, especially when they do well in innovative ways. That’s true for Daniel Garcia, who took my classes at Sonoma State University (SSU). Now, he’s an insurance agent for the cannabis industry. That wasn’t a career option that guidance counselors offered...

As the cannabis industry continues to grow, a debate is brewing over whether those with drug convictions should be allowed in the industry. Marijuana businesses are in a position of uncertainty amid U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' anti-drug rhetoric. Meanwhile, the fast-growing...

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Canada's biggest medical cannabis producers are seeing their stock prices rise after the federal government announced a plan to levy a one dollar per gram tax on recreational marijuana sales, once the drug becomes legal in July. Shares of Canopy Growth Corporation, Canada's largest cannabis...

How would a legalized marijuana industry in Delaware function? A 25-member task force charged with answering that question will roll up its sleeves Wednesday and begin discussing some of the more pressing issues around that question. The Adult Use Cannabis Task Force will hold its second...

Meme Binko is thinking about selling the auto body repair shop in Irvington for 35 years, though the Mountainside resident isn't looking to leave New Jersey. Instead, she's contemplating whether to open a new shop she could operate with her husband and son — one that sells cannabis products...

The leader of a Rastafarian church that operated a marijuana garden that figured in the Aug. 1 shooting of two Yuba County sheriff's deputies was among 18 people arrested Tuesday when the Sheriff's Office served search warrants at 12 alleged illegal marijuana growing sites in Yuba and Sacramento...

A new Atlanta ordinance eliminating jail time and reducing penalties for having small amounts of marijuana will allow officers to focus on eliminating violent crimes instead of petty ones, the city's police chief said. Marijuana remains illegal in Georgia, and the ordinance addresses only the...

The U.S. has come a long way since the days of Reefer Madness. Thirty states – most recently, West Virginia – and the District of Columbia have approved marijuana for either medical or recreational purposes. And polls suggest more Americans than ever – 61 percent – want marijuana legalized...

Border patrol police seized 400kg of compressed marijuana from Laos in Na Yoong district Wednesday. They believed the shipment was destined for Japan. Pol Col Prat Soonthornpimol, chief of the 24th Border Patrol Police unit in Udon Thani, said the marijuana was ferried in sacks by three...

The minimum age to buy and consume marijuana in Alberta will be 18 and public possession will be limited to 30 grams when it is legalized by the federal government next year, provincial Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley said Wednesday in unveiling part of the province's draft framework...

It's been three months since recreational marijuana dispensaries opened across Nevada on July 1. The Nevada Department of Taxation recently released data about the first month of sales. It shows Marijuana sales in July alone generated more than $3.6 million in taxes. Nearly a million of that...

A new report is making the rounds in circles interested in marijuana policy, including those that want to see Colorado Springs legalize recreational marijuana. Cleverly titled "Contact High," by researchers with the University of Wisconsin and California State University, the report looks at the...