marijuana

Marijuana may be legal in Nevada, but don't expect dispensaries to join casinos among Jackpot's illegal-in-Idaho tourist draws. A majority of voters in Elko County, as in most of the state's more Republican counties, voted against the legalization initiative that passed with 54 percent of the...

Pennsylvania's 17-month-old Medical Marijuana Act prohibits elected and appointed public officials from having a financial stake in the burgeoning industry or working directly or indirectly for a cannabis company while serving in state government. Yet that did not prevent state Sen. Daylin...

A new study shows that very few medical students are being trained on how to prescribe medical marijuana, even though it is now a legal medicine in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis surveyed medical school deans...

As Arkansas moves closer to the Sept. 18 deadline for pot-growing greenhouses and retail dispensaries across the state, one of the key talking points driving acceptance of medical marijuana use is anecdotal stories that legalized cannabis is reducing opioid use and abuse. In speaking in early...

An eastern Maine town is proposing to prohibit marijuana retail stores and pot social clubs. The town of Surry is set to hold a public hearing Sept. 20 to discuss the ordinance. A special town meeting is scheduled for Oct. 2. Maine voters last year approved legalizing the possession, sale...

What happens in Vegas will still stay in Vegas — but perhaps no longer behind closed doors, at least when it comes to pot. Earlier this week, Nevada's Legislative Counsel Bureau gave the green light for marijuana to be permitted in public places, as long as patrons are of legal age. Citing a...

As the first legal grow season for recreational marijuana in Massachusetts draws to a close, newly initiated home growers are coming away with a shared understanding. Cannabis is complicated. “I’m a little disappointed. I thought it was going to be a little easier,” Cambridge resident Mary...

Could the nation’s first legal and licensed marijuana lounge end up in Southern Nevada? The short answer? Yes, technically. The long answer? It’s complicated. “There’s no rush,” Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani said Friday. The Nevada Legislature’s lawyers threw a curveball to...

1915: Utah makes marijuana illegal. It's the second state in the nation (California was first) and the first one bordering Idaho to do so. 1923: Nevada, Oregon and Washington pass laws making marijuana illegal. 1927: Idaho passes a law making marijuana illegal. Nebraska, Kansas and...

The Stockton Planning Commission has voted to allow the city's first medical marijuana cultivation site. An 11,000 square-foot warehouse on Navy Drive was permitted for use as an indoor nursery capable of producing 1,700 pounds of cannabis annually. Doug Chloupek obtained the permit saying...

A group of about 30 law enforcement, medical, and treatment professionals met behind closed doors Wednesday at Cottage Hospital to brace for the full legalization of cannabis. Three months before recreational marijuana becomes widely available, Santa Barbara medical professionals are...

Members of the community came together Friday for a "Field Day" on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley to learn more about industrial hemp. The Virginia Industrial Hemp Coalition and James Madison University co-sponsored the event, based at a hemp field at an undisclosed location in the Valley...

Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley says she's not expecting "complete consensus" as Alberta prepares to release its plan for legal cannabis in a matter of weeks. As the federal Liberal government prepares to legalize the recreational use of marijuana on July 1 of 2o18, it falls to the provinces...

Cannabis is of concern in Fortuna and council will soon hold a workshop considering changes to the city's current marijuana prohibition. On Monday the Friendly City invites the public to review a draft of city ordinance changes, along with of county marijuana ordinance amendments. Staff...

Cape Cod's advocates for legalized marijuana are keeping a close watch on the state's new Cannabis Control Commission as it begins to hold public meetings. Richard Elrick, a former Barnstable town councilor and a leader of the local effort to pass Question 4 on last November's ballot, says it...

The body of kidnapped marijuana store employee Cameron Smith has been found, according to reports from KHQ. Smith and his car were taken from the parking lot of Lucid Marijuana on First Street in Cheney on Sunday. The suspects in the case have been identified as Donovan Culps and his niece...

Few industries have been able to put up growth numbers like the legal marijuana industry over the past couple of years. Though estimates vary, most analysts estimate the legal weed industry can grow by 25% to 35% annually between 2016 and 2021. GreenWave Advisors is calling for perhaps the...

New Hampshire just became the 22nd state in the U.S. to eliminate the possibility of spending time behind bars for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Earlier this year, lawmakers passed, and Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed, a bill to decriminalize cannabis in the Granite State. The...

While marijuana policy has been center stage in the media over the past few years, the negative economic impacts of marijuana commercialization have been notably missing from the conversation. Though advocates have promised a tax revenue windfall from marijuana sales, the reality is far less...

A federal anti-drug program has asked Rhode Island — and more than two dozen other states where medical marijuana is legal — to turn over data about patients in the program. The move has alarmed some who question why the federal government, which has at times appeared to be antagonistic towards...