marijuana

Legal pot is popping up all around the country. Now, a Valley marijuana company is looking to cash in by buying an entire California town to build a pot paradise. An hour outside Las Vegas there's a dusty spot in the Mohave Desert called Nipton. More than 100 years ago, the railroad...

Opponents of legalizing marijuana have long claimed that it is a "gateway drug" that leads to use of other substances. But one of the country's most famous physicians says the opposite might be true. "The real story is the hypocrisy around medical marijuana," Mehmet Oz -- better known as Dr...

California has a marijuana conundrum. As regulators in California prepare for the start of recreational marijuana sales in January, people in the industry say they are concerned that the rollout may not be as smooth as was promised by the promoters of Prop 64, the ballot measure last November...

The Jasper Police Department in Missouri thought they made a huge bust. The department seized 290 plants that they claimed were marijuana. That could produce up to nearly 29,000 grams of marijuana, which would be worth around $100,000. The Jasper Police Department was so proud of their...

Lesotho has become the first African country to grant a license for medicinal marijuana. The country's health ministry licensed Verve Dynamics, a South African company that describes itself as "a vegan friendly manufacturer of highly purified botanical extracts and specialty ingredients."...

Would-be growers and distributors of Arkansas' initial medical marijuana crop have flooded a state office building waiting for their turn to submit applications. Ahead of Monday afternoon's deadline, there was about a three-hour wait for applicants at the Department of Finance and...

America is undergoing a somewhat silent revolution concerning the prohibition of marijuana usage. A 2017 poll of 1,122 adults conducted by Marist found that only 14 percent of those surveyed still oppose medicinal marijuana, a number so overwhelming as to allow the suggestion a clear consensus...

Liberty Health Sciences, one of a dozen licensed medical marijuana cultivators and distributors in Florida, announced Monday that it plans to open a retail outlet in Fort Lauderdale. The shop, which is subject to government approvals, is to be located across the street from Holy Cross...

Reno is getting its own "Bud and Brew Festival" (that's code for pot and beer), but there's a significant catch: There won't be any bud. The Reno Bud and Brew Music Festival will be a 21 and over celebration complete with entertainment that is set to be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 23...

Kwanza Hall, an Atlanta City Councilman and candidate for mayor of Atlanta, is calling for a vote in early October on his stalled effort to reduce the penalties on possession of small amounts of marijuana in the city. Hall introduced legislation earlier this year that would have dropped the...

Saturday marked the first day that marijuana was decriminalized in New Hampshire. Possession of small amounts of the drug – three-quarters of an ounce or less – is now punishable only as a violation and fines of up to $300 for initial offenses. Previously, a first-time offense for...

Marijuana may be illegal at the federal level, but that hasn't slowed growth of the drug one iota within the U.S. or North America. In June, Mexico fully legalized medical cannabis, and right now Canada is debating legislation that would legalize recreational marijuana by the summer of 2018...

Police have arrested a man accused of running a large marijuana growing operation in Huntersville. Huntersville police officers said they seized 94 actively growing marijuana plants, with some more than 6 feet tall, approximately 50 pounds of marijuana and 17 guns, including 13 handguns and...

City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. wants to limit the number of commercial marijuana establishments in Worcester to 15 and adopt a 3 percent tax on the sale of recreational pot. The recommendations were included in a report sent to City Council last week. The city manager's report will be...

When Maine solicited advice on how to set up its new recreational cannabis market, about a dozen groups from all over the country, from national marijuana consulting firms to the manager of a small Maine town, chimed in: Ban marijuana social clubs, despite the voters' will. Discourage "drug...

Last November, California voters approved a ballot measure to legalize marijuana. Now, the state's lawmakers are formally calling on the federal government to reclassify cannabis. "The Legislature urges the Congress of the United States to pass a law to reschedule marijuana or cannabis and...

Provincial rules limiting recreational pot use to private property aren't going to work in the City of Toronto where people are more likely to rent or live close to each other, a cannabis lounge owner says. Abi Roach, a director of the Cannabis Friendly Business Association (CFBA) and owner...

Entrepreneurs looking to cash in on California’s new marijuana gold rush flocked to Los Angeles this week for the city’s Fourth Annual Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition, taking in advice and pitches from venture capitalists to a marijuana “sommelier”. Workshops were conducted...

Kudos to the Lansing City Council, which after two years of debate, finally passed an ordinance addressing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. This is a meaningful step toward providing this burgeoning industry with reasonable parameters — including a cap of 25 dispensaries within the...

Nelsonville's Hocking College recently unveiled intentions to develop a cannabis research lab and related programs alongside a coming bid to do required testing of the state's coming medical marijuana supply, bucking a trend of other Ohio universities shying away from the opportunity. But if...