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Ferndale has temporarily stopped accepting applications for medical marijuana facilities while officials sort out what kind of ordinances they will have to draft in response to new state laws that go into effect next month. "I hope this doesn't look like we are backing away from our...

Californians have gone down in history as leading a nationwide charge to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. "Voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 64, making California the most populous state in the nation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana," the Los Angeles Times...

Cannabis users and advocates rejoiced last week after the passage of Proposition 64 legalized the adult recreational use of marijuana, celebrating the end of government-enforced misery for otherwise law-abiding adults who just want to toke up. The people in Mendocino County charged with...

Oswego trustees are looking to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in the village. Oswego Police Chief Jeff Burgner has brought to the Village Board changes that would allow officers to issue written ordinance violations for possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana and...

Even as other states legalize marijuana, cannabis continues to ring up record-breaking sales in Colorado. The cannabis industry accounted for $127.8 million in medical and recreational marijuana sales in September, according to newly released data from the Colorado Department of Revenue. This...

North Pole, Alaska - Communities across Alaska have been struggling with the state's recreational marijuana program, and some are voting to ban sales of legalized marijuana. One of those is North Pole, Alaska. Voters approved Proposition 7, which bans the sale of marijuana within city...

The head of a medical marijuana advocacy group is criticizing President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General. Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, said in an email Friday that the Republican Sessions "has criticized the morality of...

Berkeley, CA - Police have alcohol breathalyzers to combat drunk driving, and they may soon have marijuana breathalyzers available to them. "We had to develop some new chemistry that can actually be done. It was not obvious when we started that we could tag this," Chemist Matt Francis, with...

More than a year after they applied for one of about 100 licenses to dispense medical marijuana, the winners will be formally announced on Dec. 9. The Maryland Cannabis Commission announced late Thursday that winning applications, as ranked by the panel's double-blind process, will be selected...

The Anderson City Council passed a short-term ban on recreational marijuana outside the home to give city officials breathing room to clear up some of the haze surrounding legal weed for adults. "It's to put things on hold so we can study (Proposition 64) and find out how the city wants to...

This is a historic time for equal rights of Native Americans and for the Ely Shoshone Tribe. Even with a valid Nevada State medical marijuana card, Native Americans could still be prosecuted for medical or recreational marijuana and had no clear safe path to the same medicine non-tribal...

Laws passed this year by Nashville and Memphis that gave police discretion to hand out lighter civil citations for possession of small amounts of marijuana violate state statute and therefore can't stand, according to Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery. Slatery issued that opinion on...

Pueblo, CO. The majority of voters in Pueblo say they want retail marijuana shops within city limits. Now city leaders have the task of setting guidelines to help get the shops set up appropriately. Ballot issue 2B asked voters to approve retail marijuana shops within city limits. The...

With the passage of Issue 6 during the November election, medical marijuana is coming to Arkansas. What the process for cultivating, dispensing and prescribing will look like is still to be determined. What is clear is that at least some law enforcement officials see potential problems coming...

In the statewide ballot question in 2012 East Boston voters supported passing the medical marijuana question 60 percent to 40 percent. Last Tuesday was more of the same as Eastie voters again supported a statewide ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The Question 4...

At his hydroponics store in Waterford Township, Lee Wilson notes the medical benefits of marijuana and says he understands the politics that made marijuana illegal in the United States. He sees nothing wrong with legalizing marijuana. "Why not?" Wilson said. "I don't understand what the...

California voters legalized recreational marijuana in the state on Nov. 8. In San Diego County, 55.7 percent of voters approved Proposition 64, while 44.3 percent voted against the proposition. Under the new law, cities and counties are allowed to add their own regulations, taxes or bans on...

Kansas City, Mo. - Kansas City may soon vote on whether to decriminalize the act of possessing small amounts of marijuana. Supporters said they think they have enough signatures to put the issue to a vote. The move wouldn't legalize marijuana in Kansas City, but would reduce the city...

It is nothing short of infuriating that marijuana is still criminalized in most parts of the United States. Since we know that cannabis is not only completely safe, but also has countless health benefits, the fact that it is illegal to indulge in cannabis seems all the more ridiculous. Of...

Reno's city prosecutor has decided to follow Las Vegas' lead and will not prosecute minor possession of marijuana cases until pot becomes legal in Nevada. City Attorney Karl Hall says it doesn't make sense to file new charges against people accused of having less than an ounce of pot...