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Medical-marijuana doctors and certification centers report seeing an increase in appointments over the two days following the negative election results of Proposition 205. The measure to legalize marijuana in Arizona appears to have failed, though the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like...

Supporters of the marijuana industry should be celebrating this week's passage of eight state ballot measures to permit its use by adults. That promises to triple the industry's size in coming years. But harshing their buzz are several key allies of President-elect Donald Trump, such as his...

California has legalized the recreational use of marijuana, after voters approved Proposition 64, but dispensaries are still not allowed to sell the drug for nonmedical purposes - at least for now. Attorney Richard Miadich wrote the proposition, and he says state agencies next have to write...

While some may still attach a negative stigma to the recreational/medical marijuana industry in Colorado, one cannot deny the fact that people hold real careers and real jobs within this industry, and in doing so, they are just like any other American who works a legitimate job. Arguably, one...

This is huge. Initiatives to legalize recreational marijuana were on the ballots of five states Tuesday, and medical marijuana initiatives were on the ballots of four more. As of 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, three states had legalized recreational pot and it was leading in one more. All four states...

Coos Bay, Ore. - State-licensed marijuana businesses are now allowed in Coos Bay following Tuesday's election. Just over 67 percent of voters approved the measure. Managers at Herbal Choices in Charleston say they've been waiting for this moment since marijuana was legalized in Oregon in...

Elected officials aren't the only ones gearing up for what's next for legalized marijuana after voters this week passed a ballot measure allowing shops to sell the leafy drug beginning in 2018, and residents to cultivate plants in their homes soon. Storeowners who sell products that can be...

Grand Forks, N.D. - North Dakota voters' approval of medical marijuana makes state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring's life a little more complicated. "This is a whole new area that makes my chest tighten," Goehring said when asked if medical marijuana will be grown in North Dakota...

Grand Forks, N.D. - North Dakota voters' approval of medical marijuana makes state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring's life a little more complicated. "This is a whole new area that makes my chest tighten," Goehring said when asked if medical marijuana will be grown in North Dakota...

With state voters' approval of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, state agencies are beginning to develop the infrastructure to regulate the drug. A day after passage of Issue 6, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters the state now has "to move...

With state voters' approval of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, state agencies are beginning to develop the infrastructure to regulate the drug. A day after passage of Issue 6, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters the state now has "to move...

Will the continued expansion of voter-approved marijuana legalization that showed up this week during the elections change anything for the National Football League and its pot ban? Not according to representatives of the NFL and the players' union. However, ESPN.com says the NFLPA won't...

Constellation Brands Inc., the alcohol giant that sells Corona beer and Svedka vodka, is considering a new approach to livening up its beverages: marijuana. "We're looking at it," Constellation Chief Executive Officer Rob Sands said in an interview. "There are going to be alcoholic beverages...

Boston — Massachusetts is now the only state on the East Coast to legalize recreational marijuana, but top state leaders are already pondering changes to the new law. Senate President Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) told 22News that changes could be necessary as new data comes in from states...

Massachusetts reached a major milestone on Tuesday by electing to legalize recreational marijuana, but the state may not end up seeing its first legal pot shops as soon as voters thought. Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, the official charged with overseeing the new marijuana industry, said on...

Arizonans will have to travel if they want to legally consume recreational marijuana after voters rejected Proposition 205 on Tuesday. Nearly 52 percent of voters declined to legalize recreational-use marijuana. Prop 205 would have allowed the consumption, possession and purchase of cannabis...

Voters in Maine have approved a ballot question that legalizes recreational marijuana for adults 21 or over, The Associated Press reported Thursday. Question 1 makes it legal for a person 21 or older to use marijuana. The state will put a 10% sales tax on the drug and allow social clubs and...

Marijuana is serious business. It's not just that sketchy brown bag handed off under a high school lunch table (à la every '90s after-school special ever) anymore - it's a legitimate market, and local businesspeople are ready to start treating it that way. On Nov. 7, cannabis farmers and...

Emily Lindley's stash of marijuana is going to be very, very secure. Lindley, a neurobiologist, is about to begin the first study ever to directly compare cannabis with an opioid painkiller (in this case, oxycodone) for treating people with chronic pain. She got a grant for this research two...

Emily Lindley's stash of marijuana is going to be very, very secure. Lindley, a neurobiologist, is about to begin the first study ever to directly compare cannabis with an opioid painkiller (in this case, oxycodone) for treating people with chronic pain. She got a grant for this research two...