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A major marijuana bust went down Thursday in the City of Industry. The raid uncovered a massive marijuana grow operation – nearly 20,000 plants valued at more than $50 million inside a warehouse on Fullerton Road. Eight men were arrested during the raid. Los Angeles County sheriff's...

The ethical gymnastics demanded of NFL fans have grown more challenging over the past decade as the scientific evidence linking football with brain injuries mounts. Last week's study of 111 deceased NFL players' brains found evidence of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic...

A marijuana dispensary owner who is among multiple people facing criminal charges following raids of dispensaries in Northern Michigan is speaking out. Chad Morrow, owner of Cloud 45 dispensary, said he was arrested following police raids at his business and four others in Gaylord on Monday...

Ohio is moving ahead with rules for growing, processing and selling medical marijuana, but the job of testing the product for public consumption remains up in the air. The state law, which went into affect last September, requires an Ohio college or university to test marijuana for "potency...

Jesus Aponte pushes a door open to reveal hundreds of aromatic, spiky green plants, a crop that Puerto Rico hopes will help it ease a grinding economic crisis by generating millions in revenue and tens of thousands of jobs. Aponte, a 29-year-old biologist and chemical engineer, had been...

Maine State Police want more resources to train officers and to fight the flow of black market marijuana in Maine, but are not pushing for a cannabis blood-level threshold to help prove suspected impaired driving. As lawmakers continue working on the complexities of legalizing marijuana in...

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he agreed with the NFL's decision to investigate the benefits of marijuana as a pain management drug for players. "I agree with what the NFL is doing," Jones told reporters in his Hall of Fame press conference. "There is real fertile ground there. It is...

Questions related to commercial marijuana operations, and the city's interest in a permitting plan for the drug's cultivation for personal use were among the queries that came up during the first of a series of community meetings about pot. About 40 people gathered at Washington Park...

As if the scenic beauty and slew of outdoor activities weren't enough, there's now a new way to relax around Lake Tahoe -- buying recreational marijuana. NuLeaf Dispensary in Incline Village opens its doors Saturday, becoming the first and only place to legally buy recreational marijuana in...

Dr. Joseph Dorn watched his terminally ill patients suffer and discovered that some of them were illegally using marijuana to alleviate their pain. He went on to become medical director of one of the handful of companies licensed to grow medical marijuana in Florida and had patients calling...

The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy is giving him no ammunition, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press...

Dozens of supporters for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's proposed bill to legalize marijuana nationwide joined him in a kickoff rally on the steps of city hall Friday. Booker introduced the Marijuana Justice Act this week, a federal effort that would remove the drug from the list of controlled...

A Northeast Ohio-based company announced Friday it will partner with a state school to test medical marijuana, the first indication any institution might participate in the program. CCV Research CEO Jonathan Cachat said his company reached an agreement with a qualifying public institution of...

U.S. voters have an idea of what might actually improve society and make America great again: legalizing weed. A Harvard-Harris Poll survey released Monday found a majority of voters–some 57 percent–thought making marijuana legal across all 50 states would make society better, and 69 percent...

While Vermont has been moving towards becoming the first state to legalize recreational marijuana through the legislature – as opposed to through a voter initiative – some proponents of legalization have advocated learning from the experience of states that have already legalized marijuana...

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says he's disappointed with a letter from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the state's efforts to regulate marijuana. In a letter dated July 24, Sessions pointed out to Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee that a 2013 Justice Department memo...

The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy is giving him no ammunition, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press...

A San Diego-based company wants to add a buzz to your morning cup of coffee. BrewBudz are K-cups that can be put into a coffee Keurig and made into marijuana-infused coffee. BrewBudz also makes tea, both with caffeine and an herbal tea for bedtime. "A lot of people are under the...

A man arrested in 2015 after a grow house was discovered in Blue Springs was sentenced to prison Thursday in Gage County District Court. William J. Harvey, 55, was sentenced to three to five years in prison for a reduced charge of attempted manufacturing of marijuana and up to five years for...

More than 100 physicians in just 10 days have signed up to prescribe medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. Physician General Dr. Rachel Levine tweeted Friday that the physicians have taken the first step to becoming approved medical marijuana providers by completing a practitioner registry on...