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California's illegally grown marijuana, once largely produced in national forests and other outdoor locations, is increasingly found indoors, federal statistics show. In 2016, authorities seized 313,000 plants from indoor operations in California, which made up 75 percent of all indoor plants...

Consider a typical cannabis farmer, growing an indoor crop. In a protected, controlled environment, they can grow a profitable mix of high-potency, medicinal marijuana and any number of milder strains appealing to a new market. But the venture comes with both a business and social...

Authorities seized more than 800 marijuana plants and 500 pounds of recently harvested marijuana in a major illegal grow bust in Pueblo County on Monday. The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, alongside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arrested nine people, including one juvenile...

It's a waiting game for those hoping to get into the medical marijuana business, as the Medical Marijuana Commission is busy grading the hundreds of applications. This business could impact those hopeful business owners and patients, but the general public will be affected by this drug, too...

Miamisburg has approved a ban on medical marijuana. The city council voted Tuesday night to join other area communities like Oakwood, Huber Heights and Butler Twp. in rejecting the issue. The state last year legalized the drug for medical use. However, Miamisburg's legislation to "prohibit...

Voters in some parts of Alaska were deciding whether 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 Tuesday came during local elections in the state's major...

San Diego finalized its legalization of marijuana cultivation and manufacturing on Tuesday, becoming one of the few cities in the state to have a fully regulated supply chain for the drug. Making indoor pot farms and manufacturing sites for edible products legal will boost the economy, create...

A medical marijuana processing facility is now taking job applications. The grower in Scranton is one of four facilities with permits in our area. Crews have started renovating what used to be Scranton Clothing Recyclers on Rosanna Avenue. It will become Pennsylvania Medical Solutions. The...

Nearly 500 marijuana plants were uprooted and removed from a plot of land in Henry County, Iowa. According to a post on the county sheriff's Facebook page, "a concerned citizen" reported the plants. Four photos posted Tuesday, October 3rd showed a marijuana patch and the plants piled up on a...

Cannabis legalization has led to a drop in the price of pot in 2017, a new report confirms. According to the "2017 Mid-Year Wholesale Market Report" released by Cannabis Benchmarks, wholesale marijuana prices dropped 18.6 percent throughout the U.S. in the first half of 2017, reports the...

Here is one of the biggest questions to be decided in Tuesday's local elections across Alaska. Marijuana prohibition Marijuana businesses in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the City of Fairbanks all stand to lose their ability to operate. The measures in...

Working off a slew of legal requirements and a series of near-term deadlines, the Cannabis Control Commission on Monday pulled together almost 30 organizations to find out what stakeholders want to see in the rules that will govern the newly legal marijuana industry. The legal marijuana law...

In just over a month, Creswell residents will vote again on whether marijuana retailers should be allowed in the south Lane County town. The "vote no" camp demonstrated its opposition to Measure 20-280 by staging a protest during Monday evening rush hour at the Creswell exit off Interstate 5...

A Wayland, Steuben County, couple has been arrested by State Police for growing marijuana on their back porch. State Police from the Wayland barracks and Steuben County Probation had received an anonymous report of a subject, who is on probation, growing marijuana and possibly possessing a...

Medical marijuana dispensaries will soon be welcome in Lakewood. On October 2, Lakewood City Council passed an ordinance enabling the city to officially begin accepting applications for dispensary licenses. After the legislation goes into effect in 40 days, the city will begin issuing the...

In Colorado, California and other cannabis hotbeds, marijuana "edibles" are big business. That's not the case yet in Florida, a state that technically allows edibles but where regulators have yet to set rules for cannabis candies. In a move to spur the state to allow cannabis candies...

The Atlanta City Council voted to decriminalize marijuana in a unanimous decision on Monday. This is what to know about the vote and how it impacts weed-related arrests moving forward. HERE IS WHAT'S NEXT After the 15-0 vote from the City Council, the proposed ordinance goes to Atlanta...

The federal government hasn't been very cool about this whole marijuana thing for a while now, but have you ever wondered how long these squares have been at war with the plant? Sunday, October 1, marked the eightieth anniversary of House Bill 6385: the Marihuana Tax Act becoming law, allowing...

The Cannabis Control Commission is hearing from stakeholders as well as the public about regulations before creating guidelines and protocol for issuing licenses. The Cannabis Control Commission held the first of eight "listening sessions" at the State House Monday to hear from organizations...

What began as a routine traffic stop in Moab ended with the seizure of 10 pounds of marijuana. At 4:49 a.m. Friday morning a Moab City police officer pulled a car over at 200 South Hwy. 191 for equipment violations. According to a news release, "the officer made observations which resulted in...