marijuana

A new Gold Rush is upon us in the Golden State of California. But this latest wave concerns us with nuggets of a different sort: marijuana. California voters have legalized it, and now state regulators are adopting distribution rules and a plethora of weed-related laws ahead of a January 1...

Nobody wants to grow, distribute, or sell medical marijuana in Kennett Township. Yet. But in case someone does anytime soon, the township has begun drafting an ordinance to regulate it. Last year the state Legislature approved the commercial operations necessary to produce and sell medical...

Two people were arrested after police say they found 5 lbs. of marijuana during a traffic stop in southern Indiana. Around 12:45 a.m., state police say a trooper stopped 40-year-old Robel N. Kidane and 23-year-old Rickelle L. Moubray in a Chevy Malibu on I-69 near the Petersburg exit for a...

An effort to loosen city restrictions on where marijuana businesses can locate in Kenai – which critics say has pushed businesses from the town's commercial center to outlying areas where they can conflict with residential neighbors – was voted down by Kenai's seven-member city council on...

Authorities confiscated 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of marijuana Sunday morning from a boat off of Calafia Beach, an Orange County sheriff's official said. At about 7:50 a.m. Sept. 10, state lifeguards reported the sheriff's department of a suspicious boat about 50 feet off the coast, sheriff's Lt...

A central Maine town plans to vote to prohibit marijuana retail stores and pot social clubs. The town of Jefferson is set to hold a public hearing Sept. 25 to discuss the ordinance. The vote is set for the Nov. 7 election. Maine voters last year approved legalizing the possession, sale and...

The city council in San Diego is considering whether to OK marijuana cultivation locally once new state laws allowing recreational use take effect next year. The Los Angeles Times reports that the nine-member council is expected to weigh the issue Monday. The proposal would allow the...

An unusual attempt by Iowa to work with another state to transport medical marijuana oil across state lines is on hold amid legal concerns it could invite scrutiny from the federal government. The Iowa Attorney General's office advised the Iowa Department of Public Health this month that it...

A woman who lives in Culbertson informed Richland County commissioners this week about her plans to create a growing facility for medical marijuana in rural Richland County. Noting that most area medical marijuana card holders now need to travel to Billings, LaNita Logan told commissioners...

You can make all sorts of jokes about people who want to turn medical marijuana production into a budding Utah industry, but for St. George resident Dave Cromar the issue is a serious one. While living in Farmington, Cromar's 2-year-old son began having seizures he says coincided with getting...

Williamsburg Police seized roughly 14 pounds of marijuana and more than $10,000 in cash from a home in the 4000 block of Battery Boulevard Friday evening, after being called to the area for a domestic disturbance, officials said. Dispatch received the call about 7:20 p.m., according to a...

Ontario's plan to sell and distribute recreational pot exclusively through a network of government-operated stores could lock in the dominance of the country's large-scale licensed marijuana producers and weed craft growers out of the market, industry experts said Friday. Two of the country's...

Voters in 26 states and the District of Columbia have adopted laws that legalize the use of marijuana in some form. But so far Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air appears to be the first and only U.S.-based air carrier to accept advertising from a cannabis dispensary. Allegiant Air's in-flight...

A marijuana dispensary has decided to close its doors after business hours on Sunday. The Reef, a City of Detroit approved dispensary, is closing in order to be in total compliance with the state by cooperating with the Executive Marijuana Board. The five-member marijuana licensing board...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program took an ugly turn Friday as a Scranton-based company sought an injunction demanding that the state rescind a permit to grow and process cannabis awarded to a rival, Pennsylvania Medical Solutions. Pennsylvania Medical Solutions is a subsidiary of Vireo...

Henderson residents will soon not have to travel far for their recreational marijuana purchases. The Henderson City Council voted Tuesday to establish retail marijuana regulations and licenses. However, there are still a few more steps that need to be taken before retail customers can...

Marijuana might still be technically illegal at the Federal level, but Netflix isn't letting that stop it from participating in weed culture. Last month the company released a selection of branded bud to promote a slate of its TV offerings. All strains bore the company's logo on the label, and...

San Diego on Monday may join a small group of California cities willing to allow a local marijuana supply chain in addition to permitting storefronts to sell the drug to both medical and recreational customers. The City Council is scheduled to consider a proposal to legalize local...

Never mind what President Trump said on the campaign trail. His administration and GOP leaders appear determined to eliminate protections for medical marijuana growers, sellers and users. Every year since 2014, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) has inserted an amendment into a federal...

From the sky they look like citrus groves, neat rows of lush emerald-colored plants set amid the hills of Northern California. But as a police reconnaissance helicopter banked for a closer look on a recent afternoon, the pungent smell of marijuana plants filled the cabin, wafting up from 800...