marijuana

When Mona Zhang told her parents she wanted to leave her job to report full-time on cannabis and build up her newsletter, Word on the Tree, they were skeptical to say the least. "When I first told my dad [that] I want to cover cannabis and he was like, 'What's that?' I said the Chinese word...

A forum at the Blue Hill Town Hall on Monday, September 18, about retail marijuana in area towns drew residents and town officials looking for answers and wanting to share their views about retail marijuana. It came as state legislators wrap up work on a bill to amend a citizens' initiative...

In the airy first-floor lounge of Balfour Senior Living at Riverfront Park in downtown Denver, Dr. Joe Cohen prepares to speak to a packed house. This is "Cannabis 101 for Seniors," a talk he's given before. Michael Schonbrun, Balfour's CEO, says he's got residents in almost all of his Colorado...

The often rancorous battle over recreational marijuana sales in Brownsville will continue, at least for a while. On a 4-3 vote Tuesday evening, members of the City Council upheld a Planning Commission decision to deny the sale of recreational marijuana at the Green Cross medical marijuana...

A new medical marijuana facility licensed by the state will be able to grow, process and sell medical marijuana at the same location, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced on Thursday. The legislature last year passed legislation to legalize and regulate medical...

Ever so slowly, medical marijuana retail outlets are opening around South Florida. Curaleaf, the new brand for Costa Farms' cannabis operation, launched its first stand-alone store Thursday in the Dadeland area. The store at 9002 South Dadeland Blvd., Unit 1 is the second metropolitan-area...

Maine may make purchasing an ounce of marijuana almost as easy as buying a six-pack of beer. Proposed adult-use cannabis regulations from the Legislature's marijuana committee would allow licensed retail stores to sell pot from drive-up windows and over the internet. Like any other...

Compared to a year ago, times may seem tough for those banking on the legalization of marijuana. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has raised "serious questions" about legalization, appears less friendly to the cannabis industry than his predecessor. Even after the District of Columbia...

Two Hampton Township residents are facing felonies for allegedly violating the state's medical marijuana laws more than a year ago. The evening of July 26, 2016, Hampton Township police and Essexville Public Safety officers executed a search warrant at 127 E. Nebobish Road, the residence of...

Denver's choice to approve the first marijuana club in the country could spur other municipalities to do the same. Officials with authority over the Las Vegas Strip said Tuesday that they will wait until Colorado's capital city moves forward before discussing whether to permit marijuana lounges...

Nevada's gaming industry might be cashing in on marijuana despite the industry's concerns. Governor Brian Sandoval announced Wednesday morning that he signed an executive order directing the state's Gaming Policy Committee to discuss and recommend policy on how casinos should work with...

Las Vegas is getting its first 24/7 pot shop. City code forces dispensaries to close between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. But the City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to let Oasis Cannabis to be an always-open marijuana dispensary. Mayor Carolyn Goodman, whose son has ownership interest in marijuana...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday criticized the legalization of marijuana in multiple states and warned that the federal law banning use and sale of the drug "remains in effect," remarks that could stoke fears of a federal crackdown. "I've never felt that we should legalize...

Hampden Care Facility plans to hold a job fair, hire 50-60 workers and open its medical marijuana dispensary at the Keystone Mill by the end of the year. Plants are already being grown within the 37,000-square-foot 122 Pleasant St. facility, officials from the company said. Representatives...

I didn’t go to medical school to decide who can be certified to have medical marijuana. Yet every Thursday morning, I see patients in a rented space because if I don’t provide this service, these patients will have few other options. In January of 2016 when medical marijuana first became...

Heading to the polls in force Tuesday, voters backed a ban on recreational marijuana shops and grow and testing facilities in town. The Milford Daily News reports the referendum, with 56.3 percent of voters supporting the prohibition, came less than a year after a majority of Milford voters...

The city of Riverside will vote Thursday whether to sell three acres of land at the Center of Flight, near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, to the Farms of Riverside, LLC, according to Councilman Steve Fullenkamp. The parties are negotiating a site that will ensure the cultivation...

A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear that called for the legalization of medical marijuana in Kentucky. In his opinion, Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate wrote that the Kentucky Supreme Court clearly established in a 2000 decision...

For the second time in as many days, U.S. Sen. Al Franken just added his name to a marijuana bill. On Tuesday, the Democratic lawmaker from Minnesota became the fifth cosponsor of legislation to allow cannabis cultivators and sellers operating in accordance with state laws to be taxed just...

The nation's top law enforcer is continuing to speak out against marijuana legalization. "I've never felt that we should legalize marijuana," U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Wednesday. "It doesn't strike me that the country would be better if it's being sold on every street...