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In early August the Drug Enforcement Administration declined to reclassify marijuana under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The drug is currently listed on Schedule I, meaning that it is viewed as having "no currently accepted medical use in treatment" and is therefore technically banned...

Marijuana is not the substance that pushes people to use harder drugs such as opioids, according to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. In a Richmond, Kentucky town hall meeting on Tuesday, Lynch told a group of high school students that prescription pills can have a greater chance of...

Lansing, Mich — The governor has signed the legislation, most of the law enforcement community has endorsed it, but the state's top law enforcement official refuses to take a stance on the Medical Marijuana laws. It took eight years but the governor signed legislation this week to regulate...

Lansing, Mich — The governor has signed the legislation, most of the law enforcement community has endorsed it, but the state's top law enforcement official refuses to take a stance on the Medical Marijuana laws. It took eight years but the governor signed legislation this week to regulate...

Yakima, WA - This week's City Council meeting included a discussion regarding the new changes to Yakima's marijuana ordinance. The City Council was looking to add some facilities to the already-established 1,000 foot buffer, as well as open up some more opportunities for marijuana retailers...

Nashville, TN - The decision to face jail time or a small fine is now in the hands of Metro police officers when it comes to small amounts of marijuana. During a historic vote at Tuesday night's Metro Council meeting, city leaders overwhelmingly decided to decriminalize small amounts of...

In four states and Washington, D.C., it's legal for Americans to possess small amounts of marijuana for recreational use. Twenty-four states and Washington, D.C. allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes. More states are expected to follow in both categories during the 2016 election. In...

San Clemente's City Council, anticipating that California voters may lift statewide bans on marijuana by passing Proposition 64 on Nov. 8, will try to maintain some local controls. The City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to require a city permit for anyone who grows up to six marijuana...

The future of cannabis in Cannon Beach has a number, and it's not 420. Measure 4-179 prohibiting the sale of recreational marijuana in Cannon Beach is officially on the November ballot, with the question: "Shall recreational marijuana producers, processors, wholesalers, and retailers be...

A record number of states will vote on marijuana initiatives this November. In five states - California, Arizona, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine - voters will be asked whether they want to legalize recreational marijuana and a handful of other states will vote on legalizing medical programs...

The owners of Denver's Simply Pure marijuana dispensary want to stand out in the white, male-dominated marijuana industry. That's not hard to do considering they're among the few people of color nationwide to head a cannabis company. Wanda James and her husband Scott Durrah became one of...

Conferences for entrepreneurs eager to break into the cannabis industry have popped up with astonishing frequency in Philadelphia since April, when Gov. Wolf signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the state. Legislation proposing full legalization in the state is under consideration in...

St. Louis - Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, who is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, said Thursday that it's "time for the state legislature to step up" and pass a law allowing medical marijuana. Kander came out in support of medical marijuana in a statement through the...

St. Louis - Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, who is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, said Thursday that it's "time for the state legislature to step up" and pass a law allowing medical marijuana. Kander came out in support of medical marijuana in a statement through the...

Medford, Ore. - Oregon state officials have upheld local regulations blocking people from growing medical marijuana on property zoned for rural residential use. The Mail Tribune reports that the Land Use Board of Appeals sided with Jackson County on the issue, releasing a decision this month...

The 4:20 Hemp Shop sits on Avenida 18 de Julio, one of the most important streets in the southernmost Latin American capital of Montevideo, Uruguay. Like General José Artigas, who led the fight for Uruguayan independence from the Spanish, English and Portuguese, and whose mausoleum sits at the...

Detroit - An activist group plans to hold voter registrations drives at marijuana dispensaries in what it calls an "out of the box effort" is to boost voter turnout in November. The Michigan chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network held the first pop-up drive at the House of Zen...

Detroit - An activist group plans to hold voter registrations drives at marijuana dispensaries in what it calls an "out of the box effort" is to boost voter turnout in November. The Michigan chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network held the first pop-up drive at the House of Zen...

The Arkansas Supreme Court today rejected a legal challenge to the sufficiency of the ballot title for an initiated act to legalize medical marijuana, dispensed by non-profit facilities. The lawsuit, by Arkansans Against Legal Marijuana, a coalition including the Farm Bureau and the Arkansas...

The Arkansas Supreme Court today rejected a legal challenge to the sufficiency of the ballot title for an initiated act to legalize medical marijuana, dispensed by non-profit facilities. The lawsuit, by Arkansans Against Legal Marijuana, a coalition including the Farm Bureau and the Arkansas...