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Jefferson City - A Cole County Circuit Court judge is expected to decide this week if a proposal to legalize medical marijuana can go before voters in November. Backed by the nonprofit New Approach Missouri, the measure would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to treat patients with certain...

Denver - After spending nearly a decade as a high school biology teacher, Tim Cullen cashed out on his retirement. It was 2009, and he had $80,000 to invest in his newly-formed medical cannabis growing operation in Denver. He hoped one day he'd make a profit. Seven years later, the Colorado...

Denver - After spending nearly a decade as a high school biology teacher, Tim Cullen cashed out on his retirement. It was 2009, and he had $80,000 to invest in his newly-formed medical cannabis growing operation in Denver. He hoped one day he'd make a profit. Seven years later, the Colorado...

Nearly half of the US has already legalized marijuana, for either medical or recreational use. This November, another eight states could continue the trend. Of those eight states, five have ballot initiatives that could result in outright recreational legalization. Most significantly...

Once again voters will be left with a decision to make this fall. Whether to make recreational marijuana legal in California. "This November there is an item on the ballot and based upon early polling information it looks like many Californian's are going to be supporting recreational...

Maybe Donald Trump is right: The system is rigged. For proof, look at how interest groups are feverishly trying to "rig" Maryland's choice of authorized marijuana growers and processorsThe Black Legislative Caucus wants to "rig" the selection procedure so that people of color get their share...

Placerville - An advisory committee on taxing medical marijuana grappled with a myriad of variables when it comes to regulating marijuana growers and distributors. A local tax is allowed by the new medical marijuana state law. And the approval of Prop 64, which legalizes recreational use, may...

Placerville - An advisory committee on taxing medical marijuana grappled with a myriad of variables when it comes to regulating marijuana growers and distributors. A local tax is allowed by the new medical marijuana state law. And the approval of Prop 64, which legalizes recreational use, may...

Jefferson City, Mo. - A Cole County judge's decision is expected any day on a proposed medical marijuana ballot measure. Tom Mundell with the Missouri Association of Veterans Organizations hopes the judge will overturn more than 2,200 petition signatures gathered that have been considered...

Jefferson City, Mo. - A Cole County judge's decision is expected any day on a proposed medical marijuana ballot measure. Tom Mundell with the Missouri Association of Veterans Organizations hopes the judge will overturn more than 2,200 petition signatures gathered that have been considered...

Colorado Springs - From 8 more years of business to an immediate shutdown. That's the message some cannabis clubs recently got from the City of Colorado Springs. As we've reported, city council voted this summer to ban new clubs and force existing clubs to shut down in 8 years, but we've...

A company that lost its bid to grow medical marijuana in Maryland has filed a lawsuit alleging that regulators illegally rejected its application in favor of lower-ranked businesses from underrepresented parts of the state. It's the first legal challenge to the medical cannabis program, which...

A company that lost its bid to grow medical marijuana in Maryland has filed a lawsuit alleging that regulators illegally rejected its application in favor of lower-ranked businesses from underrepresented parts of the state. It's the first legal challenge to the medical cannabis program, which...

Helena - A man is claiming the state's medical marijuana law violates federal health care privacy regulations in that it forces providers who rent or lease their home to get permission from their landlord. However, state officials and a lobbyist for the cannabis industry note that marijuana...

Helena - A man is claiming the state's medical marijuana law violates federal health care privacy regulations in that it forces providers who rent or lease their home to get permission from their landlord. However, state officials and a lobbyist for the cannabis industry note that marijuana...

Hanford, Calif. - It's been more than a decade since Pirelli tire factory in south Hanford closed. The property has changed hands since then, and there are still a couple of tenants in the warehouse. But an Oakland-based medical marijuana company says they want to rejuvenate the 900,000...

Hanford, Calif. - It's been more than a decade since Pirelli tire factory in south Hanford closed. The property has changed hands since then, and there are still a couple of tenants in the warehouse. But an Oakland-based medical marijuana company says they want to rejuvenate the 900,000...

A new organization billing itself as "a coalition of Maine business leaders" has formed to advocate for stronger regulation of the burgeoning marijuana industry ahead of a statewide vote on whether to legalize the drug. The organization, Maine Professionals for Regulating Marijuana, does not...

Denver - A new poll shows the majority of Colorado voters still approve of the decision to legalize marijuana for adult use. Only 36 percent of the people surveyed would repeal Amendment 64, according to the statewide survey conducted by Public Policy Polling. "Three out of five Colorado...

Syracuse, N.Y. - A new type of medical practice has sprouted up in the Syracuse area that's promoting something most doctors cannot give patients — pot. A Fayetteville doctor has launched MedMarijuana Consultants, a practice he's advertising on an Interstate 690 billboard. Dr. Gerard...