marijuana

There is an overwhelming number of propositions on this year's statewide ballot. - 17 in total. As part of our You Decide 2016 coverage we're breaking down each one of these measures over the next several days. In this report, Monte Francis takes a look at two tax measures and a move to...

Legalizing up to an ounce of marijuana in Arizona could save taxpayers at least $1.3 million in jail booking costs alone, plus more than two man-years of police officers' time. New Times came up with the figures by analyzing jail bookings and costs in Maricopa County, plus arrests statistics...

Twenty-five states allow medicinal marijuana in the United States, and the closest state to us that allows it is Ohio, but Georgia passed a law last year and is next in line. Now one Republican Tennessee State Representative wants to make it legal here at home. Representative Faison, from...

Twenty-five states allow medicinal marijuana in the United States, and the closest state to us that allows it is Ohio, but Georgia passed a law last year and is next in line. Now one Republican Tennessee State Representative wants to make it legal here at home. Representative Faison, from...

Cities and counties across Colorado have ballot measures related to marijuana regulation. Many of them involve adding additional sales taxes or excise taxes, which are paid when unprocessed marijuana is sold or transferred from a cultivation facility or site to a retail store, manufacturing...

In response to an unexpected flood of prospective medicinal marijuana cultivators, Yolo's Board of Supervisors has hit the pause button on new applicants to give county staff a chance to fine tune regulations and vet pending applicants. While some counties have opted out of dealing with...

The debate over legalizing marijuana has for decades pitted defense of personal freedom against public health, social justice against public safety. Those emotional arguments still linger today. A panel of experts gathered Monday night at Cal State Long Beach to debate these principles as...

Although the period in American History commonly known as prohibition lasted only 13 years, Marijuana has been criminally prohibited in the United States since passage of the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act. 2017 will mark 80 years of marijuana's illegality. So much has changed since 1937, most...

Fulton, Illinois - It's been almost a year since medical marijuana sales started in Illinois and profits are skyrocketing. Sales have topped $23.5 million since the program started last November. As of October, 11 2016 the program now includes more than 11,000 patients and the number of...

Fulton, Illinois - It's been almost a year since medical marijuana sales started in Illinois and profits are skyrocketing. Sales have topped $23.5 million since the program started last November. As of October, 11 2016 the program now includes more than 11,000 patients and the number of...

A chemical compound found in marijuana can now be used for medicinal purposes in the United Kingdom, according to the governmental branch that regulates medicine. "We have come to the opinion that products containing cannabidiol (CBD) are a medicine," a spokesman for the U.K.'s Medicines and...

A chemical compound found in marijuana can now be used for medicinal purposes in the United Kingdom, according to the governmental branch that regulates medicine. "We have come to the opinion that products containing cannabidiol (CBD) are a medicine," a spokesman for the U.K.'s Medicines and...

Vancouver - Master horticulturalist Francoise Levesque tends to the thousands of marijuana plants at Tilray, one of 35 federally licensed producers of medicinal marijuana that have brought pot growing "from the basement into the light." "We are pioneering, in a way, how to do things," says...

Vancouver - Master horticulturalist Francoise Levesque tends to the thousands of marijuana plants at Tilray, one of 35 federally licensed producers of medicinal marijuana that have brought pot growing "from the basement into the light." "We are pioneering, in a way, how to do things," says...

Next month Floridians will be asked once again to decide on medical marijuana. Amendment Two on the November ballot asks voters to decide on whether to expand Florida's current medical marijuana laws to include medical marijuana with THC. Currently low THC cannabis oil is legal in Florida...

Next month Floridians will be asked once again to decide on medical marijuana. Amendment Two on the November ballot asks voters to decide on whether to expand Florida's current medical marijuana laws to include medical marijuana with THC. Currently low THC cannabis oil is legal in Florida...

Albuquerque, N.M. - Arkansas voters are facing the decision about whether or not medical marijuana should be legalized in the state. There has been much debate over the benefits of the medicinal value of cannabis and the impact legalization could have on the state. In an effort to make...

Albuquerque, N.M. - Arkansas voters are facing the decision about whether or not medical marijuana should be legalized in the state. There has been much debate over the benefits of the medicinal value of cannabis and the impact legalization could have on the state. In an effort to make...

Cleveland - A 14-member committee charged with making recommendations about how Ohio's new medical marijuana law will work is now in place. But the leading medical marijuana lobbying group in the state is speaking out against two of the appointees. "If there was just one member of this...

Cleveland - A 14-member committee charged with making recommendations about how Ohio's new medical marijuana law will work is now in place. But the leading medical marijuana lobbying group in the state is speaking out against two of the appointees. "If there was just one member of this...