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Tallahassee, Fla. - It's down to a one month campaign for both sides of the medical marijuana fight in Florida. The Vote no on 2 campaign questions if Amendment 2, the constitutional amendment legalizing medical cannabis in the state, is really all about helping sick people. "This is not what...

Picture this: you're driving back from a weekend at the cottage with your friends. It's Sunday at noon, and the countryside is beautiful. Suddenly you see blue and red flashing lights ahead; it's a roadside spot check. You kill the music. You tell yourself you've got nothing to worry...

Two years ago, Florida voters just barely missed a 60 percent threshold to legalize medical marijuana in the state. That won't happen this November - at least not if a new poll on the measure from the University of North Florida is even close to accurate. UNF's survey, released this morning...

Two years ago, Florida voters just barely missed a 60 percent threshold to legalize medical marijuana in the state. That won't happen this November - at least not if a new poll on the measure from the University of North Florida is even close to accurate. UNF's survey, released this morning...

Pendleton was within one vote of not seeing the legalization of marijuana sales on the ballot. After initially siding in October 2015 with the majority to draft an ordinance that would ban marijuana sales outright, Councilor Chuck Wood changed his mind after receiving an outpouring of support...

A majority of New Mexico voters - especially young ones - favor following Colorado's lead in making marijuana legal for recreational use by adults, according to the latest Journal Poll. Sixty-one percent of likely voters said they would support a proposal to legalize, tax and regulate...

When you legalize marijuana, you not only solve a country's (in this case America's) health problems, you also boost its economy, create jobs, hike wages, weed out illegal cannabis trade, raise revenue, reduce crime rates, help the homeless, sponsor drug-addiction counseling, build schools, and...

Foes of legalized marijuana are amassing a huge amount of cash in a last-minute bid to quash the measure. The latest figures show Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy has so far collected more than $2.7 million. Most significant, more than $900,000 of that has come in the past three weeks as...

A Republican lawmaker is in the midst of a fact-finding mission to Colorado to learn about the benefit medical marijuana has had on former Tennesseans. Documenting his journey on Facebook since Saturday, Rep. Jeremy Faison, R-Cosby, has been interviewing former residents of Tennessee who left...

The Cannabis and Hemp Association has opened a chapter upstate. Billing itself as New York City's leading voice for cannabis and hemp advocacy and industry, the group met last week to discuss the current state of the medical marijuana industry and its future possibilities. The event marked the...

The Cannabis and Hemp Association has opened a chapter upstate. Billing itself as New York City's leading voice for cannabis and hemp advocacy and industry, the group met last week to discuss the current state of the medical marijuana industry and its future possibilities. The event marked the...

Indian River County - If Florida voters approve Amendment 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot - changing the state constitution to allow medical marijuana - the County Commission wants to restrict where the dispensaries or treatment centers would be allowed. The county is preparing changes to land...

Indian River County - If Florida voters approve Amendment 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot - changing the state constitution to allow medical marijuana - the County Commission wants to restrict where the dispensaries or treatment centers would be allowed. The county is preparing changes to land...

Colorado marijuana appears to be replacing marijuana supplies from Mexico and homegrown marijuana, and has "permeated nearly all parts of Kansas," the Kansas Attorney General's Office said Monday. Derek Schmidt's office gathered information from local law enforcement officials and surveyed...

When lawmakers first envisioned a medical marijuana commission, they created a panel of volunteers to look after what was supposed to be limited program of academic centers dispensing the drug. Three years later, those same untrained volunteers have become closely watched regulators who have...

When lawmakers first envisioned a medical marijuana commission, they created a panel of volunteers to look after what was supposed to be limited program of academic centers dispensing the drug. Three years later, those same untrained volunteers have become closely watched regulators who have...

There are nine state ballot measures regarding the legalization of marijuana that will be voted on this November. Five states will vote to legalize recreational marijuana, while the other four states are voting on legalizing medicinal marijuana. Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and...

Portland, Maine - If voters legalize marijuana in Maine by voting yes on Question 1, it would sound the starting gun for businesses looking to capture part of an industry expected to grow to $200 million in Maine sales by 2020. The road from zero to $200 million would start with new debates...

The pro-marijuana-legalization campaign wants you to know that its opponents are funded by the opioid industry. Last week, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol put up a billboard in Phoenix calling the anti-legalization campaign "Reefer Madness 2.0" and "Paid for with profits from...

Phoenix - Support for legalized marijuana in Arizona has grown slightly over the past month, a poll released Monday showed. The poll from OH Predictive Insights showed 51 percent of respondents said they would vote against Proposition 205 on Aug. 28. Forty percent said they would vote for it...