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It hasn't even been three weeks since Proposition 205 went down to defeat on election day, but advocates for cannabis-law reform in Arizona already have three new proposals to consider. Here is a roundup of the three proposals: 1. Last week, the Arizona Marijuana Patient Society - a...

A new head of the DEA means a new DEA and Chuck Rosenberg's recent statement that "heroin is clearly more dangerous than marijuana" signals and end to the drug war, at least for marijuana. Rosenberg took over in May of 2015 when corrupt DEA director, Michele Leonhart, was forced to resign...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's point person on legalizing recreational pot was the prize guest at a Liberal Party fundraiser attended by a marijuana lobbying group at a Toronto law office that advises clients in the cannabis business. The event last spring, which featured Bill Blair, the...

Secretary of State William F. Galvin said Monday that the results of the Massachusetts marijuana legalization measure passed by voters may not be certified in time for it to go into effect Dec. 15, when the drug is slated to become legal for possession and use. A successful ballot initiative...

Ottawa's march toward a controlled market for legal marijuana in Canada takes a major step forward this week with the delivery of a task force report that includes advice on a minimum age, product warnings and measures to prevent drug-impaired driving. The report on pot legalization will be...

The Washington marijuana industry has been successful in the few years since legalization, but there is concern that President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration could put the industry at risk, especially because Trump is favoring officials with strict anti-marijuana positions, such as...

Vancouver dispensary owners are anxious about the federal government's plan to legalize recreational marijuana but confident the process will eventually be to their benefit. "We've sat with the federal task force and apparently made some really good impressions there," Jeremy Jacob, president...

The cannabis plant's medicinal value is virtually unmatched by any modern medicine — even scientific evidence has shown us that. And yet, for some reason, the DEA continues to ignore the mountains of evidence that medical marijuana can, and does, help millions of people across the United States...

In the weeks since Californians voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the phones have been ringing more intensely and the flow of walk-in patients has picked up at 420 Med Evaluations, a midtown Sacramento clinic specializing in medicinal pot referrals. The passage of Proposition...

In the weeks since Californians voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the phones have been ringing more intensely and the flow of walk-in patients has picked up at 420 Med Evaluations, a midtown Sacramento clinic specializing in medicinal pot referrals. The passage of Proposition...

Tera Ollila was smiling when she became one of the first people to legally buy marijuana in Juneau. When it came time to talk to a reporter, her smile faded. "Do you have to use my name?" she asked before granting permission. Ollila, like some of those waiting in line Wednesday and...

Ellicott City, Md. - Maryland's medical marijuana panel is scheduled to choose finalists on the pathway for licenses to open marijuana dispensaries. The commission is meeting Monday in Ellicott City. There can be up to 109 dispensaries in Maryland. The law allows for up to two in each of the...

In the 1960's, an Israeli scientist, Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, was one of the first to discover CBD in a cannabis plant. Soon after, he unraveled the structure of THC, the psychoactive property of the plant. Now, two Israeli companies are breaking new ground, becoming the first in the world to...

Canada will soon introduce legislation to legalise recreational marijuana. Pot advocates are not as happy as you might think. The Cannabis Culture dispensary in downtown Toronto gets a steady stream of foot traffic around noon on a weekday. But Marc Emery, who helped set up the franchise...

Canada's push to legalize marijuana could be a "game changer" for the recreational pot industry with the potential to reach $6 billion in sales by 2021. The federal government is planning to legalize recreational marijuana in Canada by 2017 with sales likely to commence in 2018. A vast...

Following the legalization of commercial marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts, the Needham Board of Health is developing regulations for commercial marijuana dispensaries. Town regulations for commercial dispensaries could be similar to the medical dispensary regulations, which the board...

Members of The First Church of Cannabis in Indianapolis had a mixed reaction to election results earlier this month. There was a general sense of dread about the Republicans' romp, with one person writing on the church's Facebook page: "You will probably need to be stoned to get through the...

Des Moines , Iowa - A new plan is in the works to expand medical marijuana use in Iowa. The proposed expansion comes from one state lawmaker, who has changed his stance after opposing the stance for many years. "The change of heart I had is when I (had) seen what happened to my caucus at...

President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be attorney general of the United States rightly has proponents of marijuana legalization troubled. Sessions, who at an April congressional hearing remarked that "good people don't smoke marijuana," and joked in the...

On Dec. 15, marijuana will be legal in Massachusetts without a prescription. Whether that will affect a proposed medical marijuana facility in Wareham is still up in the air, but developers say their plans haven't changed despite the uncertainty. "We're moving forward...to open a medical...