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There are 28 states where marijuana is legal for medical or recreational purposes - but only two, California and Oregon, allow residents who were convicted of certain marijuana-related offenses to apply to have their sentences reduced or their criminal records expunged. When California voters...

Marijuana may be the main attraction for many in the cannabis world, but Colorado also leads the way in hemp cultivation. In fact, as of this week, there are approximately 400 active industrial hemp businesses registered with the state's Department of Agriculture. Still, misconceptions around...

Marijuana may be the main attraction for many in the cannabis world, but Colorado also leads the way in hemp cultivation. In fact, as of this week, there are approximately 400 active industrial hemp businesses registered with the state's Department of Agriculture. Still, misconceptions around...

Throughout the 30s and 40s marijuana was presented as the scourge of the western world, despite the fact that most people had no idea what the plant actually was, or what it was used for. The reasons for initially banning it are complicated, and have little to do with the effects of the drug...

Hemp. It's a word you have probably heard more than once, and probably had some questions about at the time. Is it marijuana? Is it legal? Why does my vegan friend preach its health prowess? In short, hemp is cannabis, but it is not marijuana, though marijuana is also cannabis. Confused? Read on...

The revolution to legalize marijuana is marching slowly - but steadily - forward. Half of the states in the United States plus the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana or cannabis for medical use, and more states are legalizing recreational use with each election cycle. In the recent...

The town of Farmington has joined other communities in Maine in approving a six-month moratorium on retail sales of marijuana and social clubs where pot can be consumed. Farmington Town Manager Richard Davis said the moratorium will give the town time to come up with a plan for regulating...

It's no secret NFL players have abused powerful, addictive painkillers for decades. Just ask them. "When I was playing, if you were on the road, you'd get on the plane home and there would be two beers in the seat pocket in front of you and the trainers were coming down the aisle with...

People growing marijuana at home is leading to more of the drug leaving Colorado illegally, and in some rare, but awful cases, costing people their lives, police and city officials say. Now that Denver has developed a plan to deal with the pervasive smell of marijuana and voters have approved...

Tallahassee is about to have a new medical practice focused on helping patients receive medical marijuana - just weeks after voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment that greatly expands who can receive medical marijuana legally. Dr. Joseph Dorn, who has worked...

A few of our country's most notable Founding Fathers - think George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams - grew the cannabis plant, hemp, as a multipurpose crop, while colonists from that time could pay their taxes with the plant. Betsy Ross sewed her American flag from hemp. "How...

On Dec. 15, 2016, marijuana will be legal in Massachusetts. If you're over the age of 21, there will be no criminal penalties for possessing up to one ounce of marijuana outside your residence. People can possess up to 10 ounces inside residences, and the growing of up to six marijuana plants...

Add marijuana to that list of Thanksgiving Day groceries. If it's legal in your state, that is. With California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada recently joining Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Washington, D.C. in decriminalizing recreational marijuana, the nearly $20 billon U.S...

Destin — The city needs to place into law certain regulations on possible marijuana medical dispensaries and can always look at amending such rules later, City Councilwoman Prebble Ramswell said at Monday's council meeting. Most of her fellow council members agreed, and then approved adopting...

Cerebral palsy is a serious condition. Its effects vary largely between individuals, but usually involve some type of movement dysfunction in the arms, legs, and/or face, and in most cases, causes slurred speech. At present there is no cure for the condition, but there is a life-enhancing...

With increasing frequency states are enacting laws, either through legislators or through voter initiatives, that are chipping away at long standing prohibitionary policies against cannabis possession that still exist undisturbed at the federal level. While the most significant change is flat...

Butte - Montana Cannabis Industry Association attorney Jim Goetz filed a request in Broadwater County district court on Tuesday to immediately implement medical marijuana reform Initiative 182 and restore access to thousands of patients otherwise cut off until June 30. Goetz' complaint...

Big Marijuana might have a big problem. It's called Sen. Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Justice as the next attorney general. It is probably unwise to invest in marijuana production and trade before the Washington transition concludes. Consider the...

Houlton, Maine — Officials from several towns across Aroostook County are considering the impact of the legalization of marijuana on their communities, with at least one community imposing an emergency moratorium to temporarily prevent marijuana dispensaries from setting up shop. Question 1...

Phoenix - Less than a month after voters rejected allowing the recreational use of marijuana, there's a new - and scaled-back - proposal emerging for the 2018 ballot. The initiative crafted by operators of a medical marijuana dispensary would expand the list of conditions for which a doctor...