marijuana

With the looming prospect of marijuana legalization come November, local governments across the state must grapple with the important question of how to respond to both medical and recreational marijuana. Residents in Costa Mesa and Laguna Beach will consider initiatives pertaining to medical...

Ida Chinosis uses a marijuana oil extract to control the symptoms of her 7-year-old daughter's seizures, an effect of her medical condition called 1p26 Deletion Syndrome. A registered medical marijuana caregiver for her daughter, Michigan's medical marijuana law has been vague on whether oils...

Ida Chinosis uses a marijuana oil extract to control the symptoms of her 7-year-old daughter's seizures, an effect of her medical condition called 1p26 Deletion Syndrome. A registered medical marijuana caregiver for her daughter, Michigan's medical marijuana law has been vague on whether oils...

The Ely Shoshone Indian tribe has opened a boutique marijuana accessory shop, "Tsaa Nesunkwa," in the rear of the Silver Sage Travel Center on Great Basin Highway, in anticipation of their opening of a full-scale medical marijuana dispensary later this year. The new store, while still somewhat...

The use of marijuana for medical purposes is now legal in 25 states and, as of this writing, two additional states (Arkansas and Florida) have pending legislation or ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana.1 Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and the District of Columbia have also...

The use of marijuana for medical purposes is now legal in 25 states and, as of this writing, two additional states (Arkansas and Florida) have pending legislation or ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana.1 Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and the District of Columbia have also...

When Kelly Jacobs became the captain of Legalize Marijuana for Mississippi, a grassroots marijuana advocacy coalition in her home state, her husband asked her to make him one promise: that she'd never get arrested. But keeping that promise proved difficult after 57-year-old Jacobs became the...

Mexico City - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has proposed liberalizing his country's drug laws, privately raised with California lawmakers visiting Mexico a state measure to legalize recreational marijuana, a state legislator said on Thursday. A delegation of California Democratic...

hen night falls on this south-central Colombian town, the hills above light up like a Christmas tree. Clusters of white lights glow in the darkness, marking the crops that have made Corinto synonymous with Colombian marijuana. Half of all Colombia's cannabis production is concentrated in the...

An increasing number of places around the world, including 25 US states, Canada, Israel and more than ten European countries, are relaxing laws on medical marijuana use — but Britain has yet to follow. A group of MPs in the UK is calling for access to medical marijuana, in a report which...

An increasing number of places around the world, including 25 US states, Canada, Israel and more than ten European countries, are relaxing laws on medical marijuana use — but Britain has yet to follow. A group of MPs in the UK is calling for access to medical marijuana, in a report which...

If you're a pot smoker, don't think you'll get off with a $100 to $200 fine if you get caught with less than 10 grams of marijuana in Maryville. While the State of Illinois recently passed a law lessening the fines for possession of certain amounts of marijuana to no more than $200, the...

Omaha - Attorney General Doug Peterson quickly found himself thrust into the role of Nebraska's highest-profile opponent of legal marijuana when he took office last year. Now a fellow elected official is publicly opposing him - arguing not only to allow medical cannabis, but to decriminalize...

Seattle - More than two years after Washington launched legal marijuana sales, it's planning to test pot for banned pesticides more regularly. The state's Liquor and Cannabis Board said Thursday it's paying the Washington Department of Agriculture more than $1 million to buy new equipment and...

For the second time in less than three years, the Town of Palmer Lake will ask voters whether it should become the second El Paso County municipality to legalize recreational marijuana sales. A group called Regulate Palmer Lake petitioned to have a question put on the Nov. 8 ballot, asking...

While most states have relaxed restrictions on marijuana in recent years, Montana has gone backward. A relatively early adopter of medical marijuana in 2004, the state - which has a population of roughly 1 million people - once had 4,900 providers servicing nearly 30,000 patients. But in 2011...

While most states have relaxed restrictions on marijuana in recent years, Montana has gone backward. A relatively early adopter of medical marijuana in 2004, the state - which has a population of roughly 1 million people - once had 4,900 providers servicing nearly 30,000 patients. But in 2011...

State regulators moved Wednesday toward making it significantly easier for patients to gain access to medical marijuana, proposing an overhaul of a program hobbled by missteps when it dawned three years ago. The rules would allow nurse practitioners to certify patients for marijuana use...

State regulators moved Wednesday toward making it significantly easier for patients to gain access to medical marijuana, proposing an overhaul of a program hobbled by missteps when it dawned three years ago. The rules would allow nurse practitioners to certify patients for marijuana use...

Oakland - With California voters getting ready to decide whether or not to allow adults to use marijuana recreationally, would-be entrepreneurs are looking to possibly cash in on what some consider to be the state's next gold rush. KRON4 spent the day at Oaksterdam University in Oakland where...