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Carbondale trustees are leaning toward eliminating the town's cap on recreational marijuana shops, while also tightening the time frame that newly licensed shops have to get up and running. This discussion came up during a Tuesday work session after a couple instances of marijuana businesses...

Kalamazoo will postpone a decision on how it plans to react to new state laws governing medical marijuana facilities. Monday, City Attorney Clyde Robinson relayed news to the City Commission that the state's process for licensing medical marijuana facilities will not be ready by Dec. 15. That...

A new state law loosening the penalties on marijuana possession officially took effect this weekend. Police departments around the state are worried some residents may not fully understand what the change means. Under the new law, people found with three-fourths of an ounce of marijuana will...

Marijuana isn't the boogeyman it used to be in society, and the NFL is slowly moving toward the point of admitting they need to research it more. And stories like Washington tackle Trent Williams' should be part of the conversation. In a long profile by Master Tesfatsion of the Washington...

The Bakersfield City Council will discuss the first reading of the commercial cannabis ordinance during the Wednesday night meeting. Over the last several years, California has seen a move towards legalizing the sale of adult-use cannabis throughout the State through the adoption of the...

The U.S. has seen a sea of change in public support for legalizing and medicalizing marijuana, with 57% of adults supporting legalization today compared with just 32% a decade ago, according to the Pew Research Center. A more recent Quinnipiac poll found higher approval numbers, with 61%...

Marijuana lounges won’t be opening in Clark County any time soon, as commissioners decided unanimously today to put off addressing the issue until at least December. “I’m very concerned and I want to protect the industry,” Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak said after an 80-minute...

Bay City will proceed with the process of adopting ordinance language authorizing medical marijuana facilities inside city limits under state rules. That followed a 5-3 city commission vote Monday. Mayor Kathleen Newsham said putting everything together will take time, including input from the...

Prior to passage of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana law, politicians and advocates spoke with compassion about how it would provide alternative care to the sick and infirm. Now altruism could be taking a backseat to capitalism. As the Heath Department tries to get the industry started...

State lawmakers are seeking advice on letting residents grow marijuana at home for personal use, and whether it's a good idea to do at all. At their direction, the state Liquor and Cannabis Board is studying two scenarios for allowing home grows of a minimal number of plants, and a third...

Oregon's enforcement of marijuana production and sales will get its first audit from the secretary of state. The audit will offer an official look at how well Oregon regulates its marijuana program, which is run by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. The audit will look at how the state...

Under the laws of 29 states and Washington, D.C., patients seeking medical marijuana must get official recommendations from doctors. But a local lawmaker in the nation's capital is looking to change that. Under the Medical Marijuana Improvement Amendment Act of 2017, patients would be allowed...

Contrary to the popular image of stoners as party animals, many cannabis users may just want to go to sleep, if a Denver-area survey is a reliable indicator. The survey, conducted by Consumer Research Around Cannabis, found that only pain relief rivals sleep as a reason for using marijuana...

A line of a few people prior to Trulieve's downtown Bradenton medical marijuana store opening on Tuesday swelled quickly as dozens of patients filled to capacity the newly remodeled building at 1103 14th St. W. Miguel Couvertier, an Air Force veteran, waited patiently for his name to be...

He was found hiding under a flood tray in a Milton house where hundreds of marijuana plants were growing, but he feigned innocence. The 49-year-old told police he visited from New York last year and ran out of money so he stood outside of Home Depot looking for work. Someone hired the...

A Denver-based marijuana party bus company wants to bring another "green line" to Massachusetts next year. Loopr is planning to expand to California, Nevada and Massachusetts, according to company website. Massachusetts legalized recreational use of marijuana in 2016, and by July 2018...

The state's highest court today ruled police officers can testify to observations made during field sobriety tests of drivers suspected of being under the influence of marijuana, but the results of the tests may not be used as sole evidence to convict someone of driving under the influence...

Nine years after the legalization of medical marijuana in Michigan, not only are the rules confusing, but state and municipalities with medical marijuana ordinances have made little revenue from the industry. The product has not been taxed and the hundreds of dispensaries statewide are not...

Nine years after Michigan voters approved medical marijuana, government officials and patients don't know which pot shops will be open or closed in coming months because the laws are so confusing. How confusing? On the same day last week when the state announced that existing medical...

Although it's becoming more commonplace, medical marijuana is rarely discussed in U.S. medical schools, a new study shows. "Medical education needs to catch up to marijuana legislation," said senior author Dr. Laura Jean Bierut, a professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of...