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Scott Cooksey gives his son Timothy 18 pills a day. The 19-year-old, who lives in Terre Haute with his family, has intractable epilepsy and Rubenstein Taybi Syndrome. The former causes Timothy to have seizures that cannot be controlled by medication, and he has a nerve stimulator in his...

Few industries are growing as quickly as the legal marijuana industry. Within the U.S. -- according to data from Marijuana Business Daily's most recent annual report, entitled Marijuana Business Factbook 2017 -- legal pot sales are expected to grow by 30% in 2017 and 45% in 2018, and push higher...

Tribal leaders from California and Washington state last week discussed the potential opening of legal marijuana businesses on tribal lands. Several members of the National Indian Gaming Association attended the meeting and touted the financial and health rewards. David Vialpando, Santa Ysabel...

President Trump will replace the nation's top anti-drug official Sunday, when Chuck Rosenberg steps down after more than two years leading the Drug Enforcement Administration, and marijuana partisans are anxiously awaiting his pick. It's unclear who Trump will make acting administrator, or if...

Despite months of work by lawmakers on a special committee, a bill that would set in motion the legal sale of recreational marijuana in Maine faces an uncertain future, with a top State House leader who could hold the key to the bill's final passage expressing serious concerns about the...

While the state's highly-regulated medical marijuana program is expanding, now with delivery options, more dispensary locations coming, more practitioners to certify patients, and more ailments approved for treatment, patients are still saddled with a high-priced product, payable only with cash...

Nevada dispensaries sold $27.1 million of marijuana in July, the first month the state allowed recreational weed use. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that Nevada earned $10.2 million from the newly-formed industry, as marijuana sales outpaced what both Colorado and Oregon made in their...

The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program on Friday released 372 pages of information on the 180 entities applying for grower licenses, including locations of where they want to put their pot farms. At least 24 operations are proposed for the Miami Valley, including six in Dayton, three in...

Health officials won't be able to meet a legislatively mandated Tuesday deadline to hand out five new medical-marijuana licenses, the head of the state's Office of Medical Marijuana Use said Friday. Christian Bax, the marijuana office's executive director, blamed the delay on Hurricane Irma...

Police officers in Massachusetts, which in 1911 became the first US state to make cannabis illegal, arrested fewer people for marijuana-related offenses last year than they have in decades. But look at the people who were arrested in 2016, and there's a clear pattern: They're...

With her blond pixie haircut and black tailored skirt suits, attorney Jessica McElfresh represents the new face of California marijuana law: polished, professional, and regulation-oriented. Yet early on the morning of May 24, a SWAT team raided McElfresh's San Diego home, where she lived with...

"Wait, so you provide free marijuana with every purchase?" "That's correct," says the owner of Local'd, a Washington D.C.-based delivery service that expanded to Portland in September 2017. (The owner requested anonymity for privacy.) Local'd delivers food products like cookies and candy –...

A new state advisory panel charged with helping implement an expanded medical marijuana law in Iowa is trying to balance the demands of an expedited timeline with a go-slow desire to avoid pitfalls that may accompany the experiment to widen the approved uses of cannabidiol. "I think the state...

Vaporizing cannabis oil at high heats produces a known carcinogen, according to a new study. This increasingly popular way of using cannabis, called 'dabbing' uses highly concentrated cannabis oil, and its potency has been the subject of controversy. The Portland State University study...

Rapper Snoop Dogg is digging further into the Canadian cannabis ecosystem, investing in a seed-to-sale software provider as the country prepares for the legalization of marijuana by Canada Day next year. Toronto-based Trellis, a cannabis inventory management software provider, said Thursday the...

A key panel of lawmakers has approved the language of Maine's new recreational marijuana law. The state's Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee voted to approve the proposed regulations of Maine's recreational cannabis market. Sales tax was discussed Thursday- lawmakers laid out how...

To understand Californians' favorite methods for ingesting cannabis, Joshua Hoffman likens it to the different ways of experiencing music. Think of smoking cannabis flowers like attending a live concert, he said. The second most popular method – vape pens – is like listening to a CD on...

It's the law of the land, but what's next when it comes to medical marijuana? That was the topic of discussion Thursday in West Palm Beach in a forum organized by state lawmakers. Education was the main goal of the forum, hosted by the group Minorities for Medical Marijuana. "African...

Lawmakers in Lansing say they want a seamless transition as marijuana dispensaries start to get licensed. Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation Wednesday. A few Republicans have voiced support of the bills. The legislation would let dispensaries keep their doors open while...

A Methuen man and a Lawrence woman were arrested Tuesday night after the car they were in was stopped by State Police and a large quantity of marijuana, refined THC and cash was found. Tommy Marte, 23, and 24-year-old Mery Rodriguez were taken into custody in Lawrence Tuesday night shortly...