marijuana

Legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. John Kasich creates a regulated program controlled by three government agencies that won't be set up for at least a year. And the law explicitly prohibits smoking marijuana or growing it at home. The law leaves much of the details of the program up to the...

Every other Tuesday for the past several months, a group known as the "Cannabis Caucus" has gathered in the downtown offices of a leading lobbying firm to discuss, over takeout lunches, the latest political news around marijuana. Reporters aren't allowed into the meetings, but participants...

You won't find bongs like this at the modern-day marijuana business conference. This past weekend, medicinal marijuana patients, business folk, and "potrepreneurs" converged at the New West Summit, San Francisco's business conference related to all things marijuana. But there was something...

North Attleboro - Representative Town Meeting members voted Monday to change zoning bylaws and reduce the buffer area for medical marijuana operations around places where children congregate. Previous town bylaws restricted locations for medical marijuana cultivation centers or dispensaries...

North Attleboro - Representative Town Meeting members voted Monday to change zoning bylaws and reduce the buffer area for medical marijuana operations around places where children congregate. Previous town bylaws restricted locations for medical marijuana cultivation centers or dispensaries...

If California's pot proposition passes, employers will maintain a large say - maybe the largest - in determining whether workers partake in the substance, even away from the job. Prop. 64's bid to legalize recreational marijuana contains provisions allowing public and private employers to...

Mention marijuana advertising to anyone who was alive in the 1970s, and you might draw out of them a famous Cheech and Chong jingle. "No stems, no seeds that you don't need," goes the ditty, "Acapulco Gold is" - cue sound of someone toking on a joint - "badass weed!" It was a joke at the...

Marijuana legalization is reaching new heights of public approval, and voters will see new ballot proposals in five states this November. Weak taxes taint four of the initiatives - Arizona's Proposition 205, Maine's Question 1, Massachusetts's Question 4, and Nevada's Question 2. But...

You won't find many, if any, people working in law enforcement ready to admit that marijuana trafficking isn't still on their radar. In fact, they will go to great lengths to tell you otherwise. But when you are dealing with the emergence of the province's deadliest killer drug fentanyl - a...

There's a big battle at the ballot box in just three weeks: medical marijuana. Both sides are fighting for what could be the deciding vote — senior citizens. It's the second round for Amendment 2. In 2014, it narrowly failed getting 57% of the 60% supermajority needed to pass. Last time, only...

There's a big battle at the ballot box in just three weeks: medical marijuana. Both sides are fighting for what could be the deciding vote — senior citizens. It's the second round for Amendment 2. In 2014, it narrowly failed getting 57% of the 60% supermajority needed to pass. Last time, only...

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley opens up on a medical marijuana bill being blocked in the U.S. Senate. Many of Iowa's issues with medical cannabis regulation could be cleared up if the federal government were to reclassify marijuana as something other than a Schedule one drug. The Senate Judiciary...

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley opens up on a medical marijuana bill being blocked in the U.S. Senate. Many of Iowa's issues with medical cannabis regulation could be cleared up if the federal government were to reclassify marijuana as something other than a Schedule one drug. The Senate Judiciary...

Las Vegas - Marijuana cultivation is a family affair for Los Angeles native David Holmes. A couple of his uncles grew cannabis, as did his brother. But while they were off planting and harvesting, Holmes was busy studying mathematics in college. "And at that point I wasn't really a...

Beavercreek - The Beavercreek City Council on Monday night discussed extending the city's six-month ban on medical marijuana. Mayor Bob Stone suggested extending the ban until the state finalizes its medical marijuana program. "We have to take action every six months, every nine months,"...

Beavercreek - The Beavercreek City Council on Monday night discussed extending the city's six-month ban on medical marijuana. Mayor Bob Stone suggested extending the ban until the state finalizes its medical marijuana program. "We have to take action every six months, every nine months,"...

Up to five states could approve adult-use cannabis laws on Nov. 8, which could mark a global inflection point for the civil liberty issue. The Atlantic's Rusell Berman notes California is virtually its own nation-state, and is polling in the high 50s on legalization Proposition 64. "Beyond...

Edible weed makers want to take a bite out of the $5.4 billion legal marijuana industry in what seems like the most counterintuitive way possible: give people less pot. Small-dose, or "microdosed," edibles make up one of the fastest rising sectors of the industry, according to a group of...

Phoenix - The campaign to keep Arizonans from using marijuana for pleasure is getting a big boost from the state's richest person. Campaign finance reports show Discount Tire Co. dumped $1 million into the effort to kill Proposition 205. It is a private company owned by Paradise Valley...

Following a history of prohibition and criminalization since 1923, the legalization of marijuana will soon be brought to a vote in Canada. The Liberal government will be announcing their new legislation in the spring of 2017, in line with their current platform. A nine-member task force of...