marijuana

A store in Alaska was set on Saturday to be the first in the state offering retail marijuana sales, with a grand opening scheduled for what the operators were calling "high noon". The planned opening of Herbal Outfitters in Valdez comes nearly two years after voters approved allowing people...

Baltimore - Officials are looking to make it easier for people who've used marijuana in the past to become police officers in Maryland. The Baltimore Sun reports that the commission that regulates hiring in Maryland has recommended that the state relax a rule regarding past marijuana use for...

Denver - Nearly 60 million Americans may wake up Nov. 9 to find voters in their states have abolished long-standing marijuana prohibitions, a three-fold expansion for legal cannabis across the country. Another 24 million Americans could find themselves in states with newly legal medical...

Congress continues to resist decriminalizing marijuana even as a popular crusade to legalize its use state by state may soon mean almost a quarter of Americans can smoke up at will, not including the many more who can use the drug medicinally. This has resulted in a patchwork of state laws...

A vivid example of benefits from decriminalization of possessing small amounts of marijuana occurred at the Philadelphia airport recently, a few days after the release of a report from two prominent organizations that called for the national decriminalization of personal use/possession of...

This month, citizens in five states (Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona, California and Nevada) are set to vote on the recreational use of marijuana - but anti-pot advocates across the country are digging deep into their pockets to keep legalization from happening. According to Vice, donors such...

A legal market for recreational marijuana could give Canada's economy a boost of up to $22.6 billion annually, says a new study from business services firm Deloitte. The study estimates that marijuana sales, even initially, would be at least as large as hard liquor sales in Canada, at around...

More Wyoming residents support legalizing marijuana now than two years ago, according to a survey released earlier this week. Further, most survey respondents also favor nixing jail time for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Support for medical marijuana (with a doctor's...

More Wyoming residents support legalizing marijuana now than two years ago, according to a survey released earlier this week. Further, most survey respondents also favor nixing jail time for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Support for medical marijuana (with a doctor's...

Bangor could be joining the list of communities with a temporary ban on recreational marijuana clubs. City councilors will meet next week to talk about whether to approve a six-month moratorium. It comes ahead of a vote in November on a ballot question to make recreational pot legal. If...

The 2016 US presidential election has been one of the most hotly contested — and controversial — in recent memory, pitting two deeply unpopular candidates against each other in a war of attrition that, one way of the other, has the potential to change the course of world politics. The Trump vs...

Falmouth Board of Selectmen on Monday, October 24, continued discussion on whether to issue letter of support for Seven Point, which is planning to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Teaticket. Selectmen voted 4-1 on October 17 to authorize Town Manager Julian M. Suso to prepare a...

Falmouth Board of Selectmen on Monday, October 24, continued discussion on whether to issue letter of support for Seven Point, which is planning to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Teaticket. Selectmen voted 4-1 on October 17 to authorize Town Manager Julian M. Suso to prepare a...

Proponents of Prop 205 are hoping some star power will give them the edge to pass the initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. According to the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, Susan Sarandon recorded a voice message urging Arizonans to vote yes on Prop 205. It will be...

Washington — A bill working its way through the Council of the District of Columbia would allow patients with valid medical marijuana cards from other states to access medicinal cannabis in D.C. Passage would take another step toward effectively nullifying federal prohibition in practice...

Washington — A bill working its way through the Council of the District of Columbia would allow patients with valid medical marijuana cards from other states to access medicinal cannabis in D.C. Passage would take another step toward effectively nullifying federal prohibition in practice...

The widespread use of cannabis as a medicine can be traced back millennia, where early Chinese doctors, such as surgeon Hua Tuo (c. 140-208), used the plant as an anesthetic by reducing the plant powder and mixing it with wine for administration before surgery. In fact, the Chinese term for...

The widespread use of cannabis as a medicine can be traced back millennia, where early Chinese doctors, such as surgeon Hua Tuo (c. 140-208), used the plant as an anesthetic by reducing the plant powder and mixing it with wine for administration before surgery. In fact, the Chinese term for...

U.S. voters next month in five states, including bellwether California, are poised to expand the legal use of recreational marijuana to almost a quarter of the American population, a move that could prove to be one of the most consequential shifts in U.S drug policy since the 1930s. Passage...

The medical space is on the verge of a major shift as medical cannabis is set to be legalised from the beginning of November. The landmark decision by the Therapeutic Goods Administration will allow those prescribed medical cannabis to consume the plant, however maintain that the natural...