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Developers of a marijuana dispensary in Wareham continue to make slow, but steady, progress toward opening the facility, almost four years after voters legalized the substance for medical purposes. "We've been working on this for three years," said Compassionate Care Clinics CEO Michelle...

The Paso Robles City Council voted Tuesday night to create a task force to address the city's medical marijuana regulations. Mayor Steve Martin and councilmen Steve Gregory, John Hamon and Jim Reed voted in favor of the task force. Councilman Fred Strong was absent, attending another meeting on...

The Paso Robles City Council voted Tuesday night to create a task force to address the city's medical marijuana regulations. Mayor Steve Martin and councilmen Steve Gregory, John Hamon and Jim Reed voted in favor of the task force. Councilman Fred Strong was absent, attending another meeting on...

Travel show host and author Rick Steves, who in addition to leading PBS viewers on televised tours of Europe has been an advocate for legalizing marijuana, is lending his support to the Yes on 4 campaign in Massachusetts. Steves will be making a four-day tour through the state in October...

Jefferson City, Mo. - A proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri won't go to voters this year because of an insufficient number of valid signatures, a judge ruled Wednesday. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green's decision backed those by St. Louis-area election authorities, who threw...

Jefferson City, Mo. - A proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri won't go to voters this year because of an insufficient number of valid signatures, a judge ruled Wednesday. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green's decision backed those by St. Louis-area election authorities, who threw...

It's a pleasant summer evening in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. The plazas are bustling, and it seems every bit of storefront is a bar or a restaurant. But one inconspicuous door opens to a different kind of place. The sign says "Smokers' Club" in English. A small surveillance camera watches over...

Lansing, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed bills legalizing and regulating medical marijuana edibles and dispensaries. "This new law will help Michiganders of all ages and with varying medical conditions access safe products to relieve their suffering," Snyder said. "We can finally...

Lansing, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed bills legalizing and regulating medical marijuana edibles and dispensaries. "This new law will help Michiganders of all ages and with varying medical conditions access safe products to relieve their suffering," Snyder said. "We can finally...

The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department announced this week it had discovered an estimated $1 million worth of marijuana plants growing in two fields, one near West State Street near Weldon Road, the other on North Winslow Road near Durand. The property owners were not aware of what was being...

Kansas City, Mo. - A Kansas City mom wants Missouri voters to legalize medical marijuana for patients who need it, like her son with severe epilepsy, but politicians are blocking it from going on November's ballot. "I'm very upset because these elected politicians are trying to stop something...

Kansas City, Mo. - A Kansas City mom wants Missouri voters to legalize medical marijuana for patients who need it, like her son with severe epilepsy, but politicians are blocking it from going on November's ballot. "I'm very upset because these elected politicians are trying to stop something...

Eighteen months ago, three junior senators attempted something their chamber had never considered, much less accomplished - starting to roll back the long-entrenched federal ban on marijuana. Though all first-termers, the senators - Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey...

Nebraska spent about $10 million on enforcement of marijuana laws in 2014, according to a new report. The study from the Nebraska Center for Justice Research found counties along the Colorado border, in the panhandle, and along Interstate 80 had the highest rates of marijuana arrests in 2014...

Marijuana arrests in the City of Buffalo and statewide have fallen sharply since 2013, while racial disparities long linked to such arrests have stayed even, according to data provided by the state's Division for Criminal Justice Services. Buffalo saw 769, 682, and 460 arrests in 2013, 2014...

Seniors filled the Oswego Senior Center community room Tuesday to learn more about medical marijuana, a treatment option defenders say often gets a bad rap. "There are a lot of options for treatment - it isn't just smoking a joint," said Cat Stewart from Chicago-based Cresco Labs, a medical...

Seniors filled the Oswego Senior Center community room Tuesday to learn more about medical marijuana, a treatment option defenders say often gets a bad rap. "There are a lot of options for treatment - it isn't just smoking a joint," said Cat Stewart from Chicago-based Cresco Labs, a medical...

Opening a medical marijuana dispensary in Hillsborough County could soon become more difficult. County commissioners heard from a handful of residents on Wednesday demanding commissioners ban new dispensaries from opening. County leaders are considering a new rule that would put a hold on...

Opening a medical marijuana dispensary in Hillsborough County could soon become more difficult. County commissioners heard from a handful of residents on Wednesday demanding commissioners ban new dispensaries from opening. County leaders are considering a new rule that would put a hold on...

Enon - The Enon Village Council has passed an emergency ordinance imposing a 180-day moratorium on the granting of any permit allowing retail dispensaries, cultivators, or processors of medical marijuana within the village. Council members unanimously passed Village Ordinance 2016-04 after they...