marijuana

Manitoba is studying whether to involve the private sector in rolling out sales of marijuana in the Canadian province -- a contrast to Ontario's plan to sell the drug in government-run stores. Manitoba has issued an expression of interest for potential partners in the pot industry, Finance...

An ordinance that would permanently ban the growing, processing and selling of medical marijuana in town has been placed on hold by City Council. Meanwhile, council has extended a medical-marijuana moratorium - which had expired Sept. 6 - by six months. The moratorium, which temporarily bans...

Canadians appear to have an appetite for marijuana-infused munchies, according to a new survey that found a healthy majority both supported the legalization of recreational pot use but had clear concerns about children's access to edible products containing cannabis. The poll by researchers...

The public will weigh in on lawmakers' plans to double the recreational marijuana sales tax to 20 percent and allow for pot drive-thrus and home delivery of pot. The Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation is holding a Tuesday hearing on an omnibus bill...

They've written guides about growing fruit, vegetables, houseplants and more. Now, the authors of a popular gardening series have set their sights on something a little different. "What's Wrong with My Marijuana Plant? A Cannabis Grower's Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies"...

Yolo County officials say they have confiscated more than $5 million worth of illegally grown marijuana in a case that has similarities to other recent suburban pot busts. Sheriff's deputies removed 2,227 plants and 41 harvested pounds of marijuana during a raid Sept. 19 on a property in the...

Russell Lee Riggs, 69, of Weldon, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown in the Sequoia National Forest, the U.S. Attorneys Office said. Riggs had pled guilty in June, according to a news...

Marijuana, which goes by several names such as weed, herb, pot, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane etc., refers to the dried flowers of a herbaceous plant scientifically known as Cannabis Sativa. The Cannabis plant is a source of over 400 compounds, including 60 cannabinoids. Of the 60 cannabinoids...

The legalization of the recreational marijuana in Massachusetts offers a chance for economic growth for Berkshire County, area legislators believe, in agricultural and retail sectors. The comments came as the central Massachusetts town of Milford voted last week to ban recreational marijuana...

A Vandergrift patrolman at first used his nose to find drugs in a Lowell Street house early Sunday. The officer was investigating a call about possible drugs first smelled smoke, and then marijuana, along the 200 block of Lowell Street, police said. Sgt. Tony DePanicis said the...

Pennsylvania health officials put out a call Monday for feedback on the proposed regulations for participation in the state's medical marijuana program. The program started under state law May 17, 2016, and is expected to be fully implemented by 2018, state officials maintain. There are...

Since the passage last November of a measure that opened the door for medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in La Mesa, some residents have become increasingly anxious about their presence. No dispensaries have received a permit to operate, but the city acknowledges that shops selling...

The Board of Selectmen has approved a motion to request a letter from town counsel spelling out the legal process the municipality must follow to ban the sale or cultivation of recreational marijuana in town. Luldow voters have already approved a temporary ban on recreational pot that...

Los Angeles lawmakers tentatively backed a sweeping set of proposed regulations for businesses that grow, sell, process and distribute marijuana Monday, the next step toward giving cannabis the stamp of local legitimacy. But industry groups said that recent changes to the proposed rules would...

As reported earlier, new FBI data reveals that drug arrests increased in the United States last year. But due to a change in how the annual law enforcement numbers are publicized, it is now harder to determine how many people were busted for marijuana or other drugs specifically. Nonetheless...

Canadian Jews were able to get halachically high for the High Holidays after a company became the first in Canada to obtain kosher certification for its medical marijuana. The certification was granted by the Vaad Hakashrut, a kosher certifier in Ottawa, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah...

Thanks to the country's liberal research policies, two studies are progressing that could dramatically improve the lives of autistic kids and their families. A 10-year-old autistic boy named Einav and his family were spiraling to a dangerous low point a year ago. The parents soldiered through...

In a very funny book published earlier this year, Sen. Al Franken's long passages on drug abuse are still funny, but they're also dark as hell. When it came to alcohol, the senator apparently grew up in a sort of puritanical family, so his first drink came freshman year of college. After that...

Never underestimate the dishonesty of politicians. Exemplary is the opposition of President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to extending the Rohrabacher Medical Marijuana Amendment to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to prosecute medical marijuana businesses that are...

Recreational marijuana is now closer than ever to becoming permitted by law in Michigan. A ballot petition being circulated by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is "well past" 250,000 signatures, according to the group's spokesman Josh Hovey. The state of Michigan requires 252,523...