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A Superior Court judge is expected to rule Monday on whether a Rhode Island town can create its own medical marijuana ordinance that is stricter than state law. The town of Smithfield wants to limit the amount of marijuana a patient or caregiver is allowed to grow to significantly less than...

The Vermont Department of Public Safety on Friday approved a license for the state's fifth medical marijuana operation, which plans to open dispensaries in Bennington and St. Albans. PhytoScience Institute, led by University of Vermont professor William Cats-Baril, beat out four other...

About one-quarter of cancer patients have used marijuana in the past year. That's according to a new study in the journal Cancer. Researchers found most patients use marijuana to relieve pain and nausea or to help cope with stress, depression, and insomnia. The study included more than...

The 128th Legislature is considering a bill to license marijuana social clubs, but it doesn't include an exemption to the state's law that bans smoking in public places. The Portland Press Herald reported that means the clubs would be limited to the sale of marijuana edibles or tinctures that...

The packaging for marijuana edibles sold in Maine dispensaries warns users to go "low and slow," lest they find out too late that they have consumed too much of the psychoactive cookies or candies. That's also good advice for the lawmakers who will decide soon how to implement the system...

Los Angeles lawmakers are laying the groundwork for what is widely expected to be one of the hottest markets for marijuana in the country, one that could bring more than $50 million in taxes to city coffers next year. The city is drafting rules to allow greenhouses that grow cannabis...

When CNBC asked venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary why he wants to invest in the marijuana market, he replied that selling the substance, which has recently been legalized in eight US states, is like "getting an opportunity to get into alcohol after Prohibition just ended." With green in their...

The largest city in northern Sonoma County is saying "no" to marijuana – no dispensaries, no cannabis businesses and no outdoor cultivation. The Windsor Town Council last week unanimously introduced an ordinance prohibiting any type of marijuana businesses within city limits, in part to...

Ventura County supervisors are being asked Tuesday to start the process for banning businesses that sell or produce marijuana for recreational use, but also order an analysis of the potential for growing hemp. Supervisors Linda Parks and John Zaragoza called for the ban in the unincorporated...

Even as industries from 3D printing to cloud computing and biotechnology are growing rapidly, it's marijuana that's recently been the go-to asset for aggressive investors. According to cannabis research firm ArcView, the legal-weed industry grew by 34% in North America last year to $6.9 billion...

An American citizen from Arizona is accused of trying to smuggle more than one hundred pounds of marijuana into the United States. Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped the 43-year-old man from Tucson at an immigration checkpoint near Whetstone, Arizona. Authorities found...

Whenever society changes, there's bound to be confusion and inconvenience along the way. When women and blacks became eligible to vote, there was initial disruption at the polls as both the newly eligible voters and election workers struggled with registrations, etc. – and in some cases, of...

There seems to be some misunderstanding regarding the two Oct. 3 ballot measures about the legalized commercial marijuana industry in the Fairbanks area. Several readers have submitted letters to the editor and opinion columns to the Daily News-Miner declaring "I'm voting yes on both" or "I'm...

Marijuana stores will eventually be in Snohomish. The question of how soon will be on the November ballot. Democracy is great, and if the majority of my neighbors feel uneasy about the stores, I'm OK with that. But I do think such fears are unreasonable. People like drugs. Almost everybody...

Debby Goldsberry is a Bay Area activist who has been participating in cannabis policy movements for many years. Goldsberry currently works at Magnolia Wellness in Oakland, CA, and is also involved with the new dispensary that is set open on Telegraph Avenue. She spoke to The Daily Californian...

Seemingly learning from past mistakes, state health officials have issued an emergency rule outlining the application process for new medical-marijuana vendors seeking to receive licenses in two weeks. The new rule, published Wednesday and going into effect immediately, outsources the...

Dr. Mehmet Oz isn't satisfied with opioid medication options doctors have for pain relief, and he's petitioning the National Institutes of Health to look into another option: medical marijuana. Oz, a cardiovascular surgeon and host of "The Dr. Oz Show," started a petition on Change.org last...

For nearly 50 years, hemp's been banned by legislation, which classifies it as a Schedule I drug. Due to its similarities with marijuana, there are those that feel it should be kept illegal. However, there's strong opposition to the current legislation, and a number of congressmen, including Bob...

Deputies in one Eastern Carolina county are telling people they won't get high and should stop stealing hemp plants from fields. Five people in Edgecombe County have been arrested after deputies say they stole hemp plants, possibly believing they might be marijuana. Industrial hemp is a...

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