marijuana

Lunenburg - The Massachusetts ballot Question 4 would legalize the possession and use of marijuana by adults over the age of 21, and with the November election nearing, Kyle Ezzio has had more and more people approach him about the possibility. "With the upcoming possibility of the...

Long Beach, Wash. - Call it the greening of the Washington coast. Freedom Market, a new retail pot shop just opened in Ilwaco Oct. 1, and the town already hosts one licensed grower - Vancouver Weed Co. Seaview will see its first retail weed business, Mr. Doobies, open in November. Long Beach...

Fairbanks - Voters in North Pole outlawed marijuana businesses in the city's four square miles on Tuesday. The vote was 158 in favor of the ban and 98 opposed. "That's too bad," said City Councilman Santa Claus, who campaigned against the ban. "Speaking as a state-registered medical...

Arizona - Law enforcement officials are warning that Arizona's ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana is too lenient on kids who are caught trying to buy pot. "We would be sending the wrong message to youth," said Bill Montgomery, who is the Maricopa County Attorney. Under...

The smell of marijuana often seems to waft freely through the streets of Boston. Students and residents alike smoke it, legally for those licensed to purchase medical marijuana and illegally for those who do so recreationally. Despite the method of purchase, marijuana is being smoked in the...

The smell of marijuana often seems to waft freely through the streets of Boston. Students and residents alike smoke it, legally for those licensed to purchase medical marijuana and illegally for those who do so recreationally. Despite the method of purchase, marijuana is being smoked in the...

Marijuana advocates are heading into the final weeks of the 2016 campaign with the wind at their backs as the latest polling shows legalization measures currently favored by voters in all five states where they're on the ballot. This is something of a reversal from just a month ago, when the...

Massachusetts Treasurer Deb Goldberg is criticizing the proposed tax rate for legal marijuana if Bay State voters approve the substance for recreational use by adults. If it passes, Question 4 would set up a Cannabis Control Commission under the treasurer's office. Proponents of the measure...

In about a month California voters will decide if recreational marijuana will be legal in the state. Tuesday night in the south Valley city leaders were faced with some major decisions about how they will handle marijuana in their communities should Proposition 64 pass that would legalize the...

Janice Williamson will lose two of her toes on Monday. The 57-year-old Manhattan woman has had rheumatoid arthritis for 34 years. It affects her entire body. Her hands are knotted, and the pain in her feet is such that she had surgery in June just so she could walk. But after the procedure...

Janice Williamson will lose two of her toes on Monday. The 57-year-old Manhattan woman has had rheumatoid arthritis for 34 years. It affects her entire body. Her hands are knotted, and the pain in her feet is such that she had surgery in June just so she could walk. But after the procedure...

Quincy, Mass. - The medical marijuana dispensary in West Quincy officially opens for business Wednesday, but the facility is taking patients by appointment only for the first two weeks. Donna Rheaume, a spokeswoman for Ermont Inc., the owner of the dispensary at 216 Ricciuti Drive, told the...

Quincy, Mass. - The medical marijuana dispensary in West Quincy officially opens for business Wednesday, but the facility is taking patients by appointment only for the first two weeks. Donna Rheaume, a spokeswoman for Ermont Inc., the owner of the dispensary at 216 Ricciuti Drive, told the...

As the Pennsylvania Department of Health works to finalize regulations for the state's now-legal medical marijuana program, one important question looms: Will physicians be willing to participate? The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration classifies marijuana as an illegal Schedule I drug with...

As the Pennsylvania Department of Health works to finalize regulations for the state's now-legal medical marijuana program, one important question looms: Will physicians be willing to participate? The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration classifies marijuana as an illegal Schedule I drug with...

Should Proposition 64 pass in November, recreational marijuana use will be as illegal in the unincorporated areas of the county as the Kings County Board of Supervisors could make it. Tuesday, the Kings County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that would keep existing bans on...

The Memphis City Council voted 7 to 6 on Tuesday to narrowly approve a new ordinance that decriminalizes small amounts of weed. Marijuana is not legal in Memphis now. It did not become the Colorado of the Mid-South. The ordinance means that if someone in Memphis is busted walking around...

States that passed medical marijuana laws saw a significant boost to older Americans' workforce participation, according to a new working paper from researchers at Johns Hopkins and Temple University. States with medical marijuana laws also saw improvements in overall health for older men...

States that passed medical marijuana laws saw a significant boost to older Americans' workforce participation, according to a new working paper from researchers at Johns Hopkins and Temple University. States with medical marijuana laws also saw improvements in overall health for older men...

Toronto — A college in the Atlantic Canadian province of New Brunswick plans to institute a program on marijuana cultivation so that students can be trained to work at local companies that produce the drug, a school official said on Tuesday. The French-language College Communautaire du...