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Press releases from government agencies frequently contain a fair amount of spin, but state Department of Health's Tuesday announcement about its medical marijuana program was an absurdly positive portrayal of a system that is badly failing to help people. In announcing what it labeled as...

Press releases from government agencies frequently contain a fair amount of spin, but state Department of Health's Tuesday announcement about its medical marijuana program was an absurdly positive portrayal of a system that is badly failing to help people. In announcing what it labeled as...

A Northeast beer industry group is helping lobby against a referendum that would legalize marijuana in Massachusetts. The industry's opposition to recreational marijuana is strange, given that other states that have opted to legalize have actually seen beer revenue go up. Recreational...

Orange County, Fla. - The owner of Knox Nursery, a medical marijuana dispensary in Orange County, said his operation will soon be distributing the drug, and he hopes to name one product after a little girl fighting cancer. "To meet a child in need of something, it's just going to be so...

Orange County, Fla. - The owner of Knox Nursery, a medical marijuana dispensary in Orange County, said his operation will soon be distributing the drug, and he hopes to name one product after a little girl fighting cancer. "To meet a child in need of something, it's just going to be so...

Those of us involved in the marijuana legalization movement have long assumed that those companies that produce and sell competing products - especially alcohol and tobacco - were working behind the scenes to try to maintain marijuana prohibition and to protect their duopoly for legal...

More than 82 million U.S. residents will have the chance to cast ballots on marijuana measures when they go to vote for president come Election Day in November. Marijuana laws — whether it be to legalize or decriminalize — have been added to the ballot in nine states. Here's everything you need...

Eureka, Mo. - A greenhouse that grows hemp in Eureka is almost ready to start helping epilepsy patients in Missouri. The Noah's Arc Foundation of Missouri harvested the cannabis plants recently and is now testing the CBD oil for distribution. The oil is now becoming widely accepted to help...

Santa Rosa's budding above-board marijuana industry continued its growth Thursday when planning officials sanctioned the city's first commercial growing operation. Planning commissioners voted 5-0 - with two commissioners absent - to allow Aim High Cultivation to establish a medical marijuana...

Santa Rosa's budding above-board marijuana industry continued its growth Thursday when planning officials sanctioned the city's first commercial growing operation. Planning commissioners voted 5-0 - with two commissioners absent - to allow Aim High Cultivation to establish a medical marijuana...

A New Jersey state lawmaker has introduced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in the state and regulate it like tobacco, making it available at grocery stores and gas stations. State Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, R-Morris, tells Politico he "never quite understood the allure" of...

Boston - Congressman Seth Moulton thinks marijuana should be legalized and regulated in Massachusetts, arguing that the state could get a much-needed windfall in tax revenue while driving down black-market pot sales. Moulton, who acknowledges trying pot as a student at Harvard College in the...

Lansing, Mich — A big issue that is facing local governments in Michigan today is how to regulate medical marijuana. This week, Governor Snyder signed a law that leaves it up to local municipalities to regulate the location and number of dispensaries in their communities. So what does that...

Lansing, Mich — A big issue that is facing local governments in Michigan today is how to regulate medical marijuana. This week, Governor Snyder signed a law that leaves it up to local municipalities to regulate the location and number of dispensaries in their communities. So what does that...

Columbus, Ohio - The Ohio State Medical Board is advising doctors to talk to their lawyers and employers if they want to recommend medical marijuana to patients before the state's dispensaries open. The board on Friday issued guidance about the affirmative defense portion of Ohio's medical...

Columbus, Ohio - The Ohio State Medical Board is advising doctors to talk to their lawyers and employers if they want to recommend medical marijuana to patients before the state's dispensaries open. The board on Friday issued guidance about the affirmative defense portion of Ohio's medical...

Jackson, Miss. - People behind an initiative to legalize marijuana hope it makes it onto ballots. Dozens of them gathered outside the State Capitol Friday. Organizer Stephanie Dreher said she wants the drug to be legalized for medical use. Some of the people at the event hope that...

Otsego County Mi - There are new marijuana regulations now in effect aimed at helping to clarify the state's medical marijuana law that was passed in 2008. Governor Rick Snyder signed the bill Wednesday, and today medical marijuana dispensaries are speaking out, The caregivers are happy...

Otsego County Mi - There are new marijuana regulations now in effect aimed at helping to clarify the state's medical marijuana law that was passed in 2008. Governor Rick Snyder signed the bill Wednesday, and today medical marijuana dispensaries are speaking out, The caregivers are happy...

Cheyenne, Wyo. - Wyoming lawmakers are set to consider changing the way the state penalizes marijuana during the next legislative session. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that a proposal from the Joint Judiciary Committee's discussion on Thursday would reduce first-offense marijuana...