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Anacortes - The city is considering an ordinance that would ban all medical marijuana cooperatives within city limits. The city has had a moratorium on cooperative gardens since Dec. 7, 2015, out of concern for public health and public safety, and to allow time to evaluate the city's options...

Portland, Maine - A larger-than-expected number of overseas absentee ballots will play a big role in deciding whether marijuana becomes legal in Maine. The final results in the close race still hadn't been tabulated on Thursday. The secretary of state's office said the biggest remaining bloc...

Four more states legalized recreational marijuana use this November. But jubilation over marijuana's ballot wins was quickly tempered by the uncertain future marijuana faces under Trump Justice Department. “The prospect of Donald Trump as our next president concerns me deeply,” Ethan Nadelmann...

Helena - Montana voters may have successfully reversed severe restrictions state lawmakers imposed on medical marijuana, but patients will have to wait nearly eight months before they can step into a dispensary again. That's when the most important portion of a citizen's initiative passed in...

Helena - Montana voters may have successfully reversed severe restrictions state lawmakers imposed on medical marijuana, but patients will have to wait nearly eight months before they can step into a dispensary again. That's when the most important portion of a citizen's initiative passed in...

Arkansas likely became one of the latest states - and one of the first in the South - to allow medical marijuana after a proposed constitutional amendment received what appeared to be a majority of favorable votes in Tuesday's election. Supporters and opponents agreed that the Arkansas...

Arkansas likely became one of the latest states - and one of the first in the South - to allow medical marijuana after a proposed constitutional amendment received what appeared to be a majority of favorable votes in Tuesday's election. Supporters and opponents agreed that the Arkansas...

This election cycle has been unique in many ways, in part because the two most unpopular candidates in American history battled for the privilege of being "figurehead-in-chief" of the US establishment. This electoral contest brought untold anxiety upon many Americans while also dividing friends...

Almost all small-business owners dream of the day when they can expand nationally. This has proved to be a unique challenge for those in the marijuana industry because the products they create are illegal under federal law, and the checkerboard of states that permit marijuana sales have complex...

The stunning upset win of Republican president-elect Donald Trump muted celebrations at marijuana legalization election watching parties in San Francisco and Oakland Tuesday night. "In case you haven't noticed, we legalized marijuana in California!" shouted Victor Pinho from a bullhorn into...

Tuesday night California, Massachusetts, and Nevada joined Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington state and Washington D.C. in legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Similarly, medical use referenda passed in Florida, North Dakota and Arkansas, making the 2016 election the biggest...

Carlsbad - Ralph Rider of Carlsbad describes the pain in his body as pins and needles. "I can't hardly walk in the morning until I medicate," Rider, a permitted medical marijuana user, said. Pain from neuropathy, as well as residual symptoms from a stroke and heart attack in 2013, were...

Carlsbad - Ralph Rider of Carlsbad describes the pain in his body as pins and needles. "I can't hardly walk in the morning until I medicate," Rider, a permitted medical marijuana user, said. Pain from neuropathy, as well as residual symptoms from a stroke and heart attack in 2013, were...

Boston - Now that Massachusetts voters have welcomed legal marijuana to the Bay State and voted to end cannabis prohibition on Dec. 15, attention is turning to implementation of the new law and whether neighboring states will follow Massachusetts' lead. With 99 percent of the votes counted as...

Costa Mesa — Voters looked to be ushering in changes in how city leaders are elected and developments are approved, and were taking a more accepting stance on medical marijuana, according to early election results Tuesday night. Residents faced 10 ballot measures Tuesday, ranging from one...

Measure D, a voter initiative to establish permanent regulation for cannabis businesses in Calaveras County, was defeated Tuesday with 9,479 (54 percent) voting no, and 8,023 (46 percent) voting yes. Although the text of the measure primarily addresses issues such as zoning for cannabis...

California is the world's sixth largest economy, only outpaced by the US (as a whole), China, Japan, Germany, and the UK. The Golden State's economic output for 2015 came in at $2.46 trillion. Let's be clear: We're talking about a single US state economy compared with those of entire...

The morning after 71 percent of Florida voters approved the use of medical marijuana for people with debilitating medical conditions, Miami Beach passed a four-month ban on the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries. Commissioners voted 5-1 to Wednesday to start moratorium, with...

The morning after 71 percent of Florida voters approved the use of medical marijuana for people with debilitating medical conditions, Miami Beach passed a four-month ban on the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries. Commissioners voted 5-1 to Wednesday to start moratorium, with...

After Massachusetts voters approved a ballot question legalizing the sale and use of recreational marijuana, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he may have to re-examine his own views on the matter. "I have never been an advocate of that," Malloy said Wednesday. "On the other hand, of course, when...