marijuana

A majority of New Jersey voters say they support marijuana use for recreational purposes, according to a new survey. A Quinnipiac University Poll published Thursday asked voters in the Garden State thoughts on a number of issues, from minimum wage and pot to Gov. Chris Christie and President...

Hollywood has a drug problem. As America slowly crawls out from under the devastating weight of a failed War on Drugs, much of the entertainment industry still treats legal marijuana as a low-hanging punch line or forgettable, if buzz-worthy backdrop – as opposed to the most significant drug...

The Health Department has not yet released a list of physicians approved to participate in Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program, but some groups are claiming they can help patients now. "We have already seen unscrupulous physicians making representations that they can make a medical...

Cloverdale is cautiously opening the door to cannabis businesses with a measured approach to the newly legitimized industry. As the northernmost city in Sonoma County and the closest to the prized marijuana grown in the Emerald Triangle of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties, Cloverdale...

The legal saga of who can transport recreational marijuana to the state's pot shops continues, with the Nevada Supreme Court issuing a temporary injunction prohibiting the state Department of Taxation from licensing marijuana businesses as distributors. The Supreme Court, in an order dated...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have begun a one-year study to assess the level of marijuana use in the state before legal sales of the drug for recreational use begin. According to a press release, the investigation -- a collaboration between the university's School of Public...

In May, as we've reported, Michael McCarron was arrested on a methamphetamine charge, even though he's never knowingly possessed the substance, because a small amount of marijuana in his possession registered positive for meth according to two field-test kits known as NIKs. Now, an examination...

Two Davenport women were arrested Thursday night after police say they found more than an pound-and-a-half of high-grade marijuana in their home. Jo Ann Foley, 66, and Heather Jo Finn, 34, face charges of controlled substance violation and failure to affix drug stamp tax. The charges are a...

New research suggests that medical students aren't learning enough about the risks and benefits of medical marijuana, despite 29 states and the District of Columbia allowing marijuana use for medical purposes. Researchers surveyed medical school deans, residents, and fellows, and examined a...

Recreational pot is soon going to be legal in California, but some state lawmakers don't want edible cannabis to look like candy, which would greatly appeal to children. A bill, introduced by Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield), passed final legislative approval on Thursday and sent to...

Recreational marijuana is so popular in Hermosa Beach that voters there delivered the third-highest percentage of support in the county for Proposition 64, behind only Santa Monica and West Hollywood. But unlike those cities to its north, which are readying permit processes for some...

About one of every seven people in Franklin County has a condition that could qualify them for medical marijuana. Medical marijuana can be used in Pennsylvania to treat any one of 17 serious medical conditions, including two relatively common disorders — severe chronic pain and post-traumatic...

A 60-year-old county man with a medical marijuana card is facing charges of illegal marijuana sales, illegal production of marijuana, and operating a butane hash oil lab without a license. Thomas Schuster was hit with those charges Sept. 6 when Navajo County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes...

As nearby townships go all in on medical marijuana, officials in Bay City want to make sure they can also get a piece of the pie. The Bay City Commission on Monday, Sept. 18, votes on a resolution to opt into the state's Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act. Approving the resolution...

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is backing bipartisan legislation to ease the way for medical marijuana research that he hopes will be a big positive for Colorado. "Our medical community continues to find new ways medical marijuana can help patients, but currently there are too many barriers that are...

Colorado marijuana expert Jo McGuire will give a presentation called "What Fairbanks Needs to Know About the Recreational Marijuana Industry" at 5:30 p.m. today at Raven Landing. McGuire was appointed to the Colorado governor's task force that recommended the framework for regulating...

It was just three years ago that Minnesota approached medical marijuana, a clearly humanitarian treatment for people laid low by chemotherapy and seizures, with brazen timidity. What ultimately passed was one of the nation's most restrictive programs, which did little to tame an estimated...

On June 19th, 2017, Mexico legalized medical marijuana, or more specifically, "pharmacological derivatives of cannabis" to be regulated and studied by the Ministry of Health. But, for now, Mexico's medical cannabis market will look much different than say, California's, which sells everything...

Andrew Freedman lost his job in January, but it wasn't because of poor performance. In fact, the Colorado director of marijuana coordination was let go for just the opposite reason: He'd been hired to implement the state's framework of rules and industry regulations for recreational marijuana...

The Canadian government plans to legalize marijuana by July 2018, fulfilling a pledge made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before he was elected prime minister. But police are urging Parliament to delay the legalization effort, insisting they need more time to learn how to enforce the new laws...