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A Chandler firm that could lose business from legalized marijuana is now the largest contributor to a campaign to stop that from happening here. Reports filed with the secretary of state's office show Insys Therapeutics, whose sole product is an opiate spray to treat pain for cancer patients...

As you may remember, one of the big talking points during the last election was Trudeau's promise to legalize marijuana. Then the Liberals actually got elected and the process began. The first step was taken when Trudeau sent a Mandate Letter to Canada's health minister. In it, Trudeau...

Lansing - Local medical marijuana activists and Otsego County officials believe a package of bills that received state Senate and House approval equates to progress in helping patients across Michigan. "It's definitely what we need for the patients," said Chad Morrow, former Otsego County...

Lansing - Local medical marijuana activists and Otsego County officials believe a package of bills that received state Senate and House approval equates to progress in helping patients across Michigan. "It's definitely what we need for the patients," said Chad Morrow, former Otsego County...

The Senate and House Judiciary Committees met Wednesday afternoon to discuss the status of the fledgling commercial marijuana industry. One of the largest topics of discussion was the existence of marijuana social clubs, which have been operating in Alaska for the past year and a half. Social...

Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley has not decided how she will vote on the November referendum on legalized recreational marijuana, but Wednesday, she pressed city officials to begin thinking about ways to equitably implement the measure, should it pass. At the weekly council meeting...

It's billed as the "Battle of the Buzz." Alcohol and pharmaceutical companies are putting big money into the fight against marijuana legalization, as they fear consumers will start choosing marijuana over their products. With similar clientele, alcohol companies are worried they'll lose...

Anchorage, Alaska - Today, the Alaska Senate and House convened a joint Judiciary Committee hearing on the state of Alaska's fledgling marijuana industry. The focus was on the status of implementation and regulations of Alaska's commercial marijuana industry, which was legalized when Ballot...

It is harvest day at the Cannabis Cabin grow operation in Gunnison County, and seven employees sit at tables trimming marijuana flowers. A marijuana plant hangs upside down from a scale between the tables, most of its branches bare. Each trimmer works over a black tray, trimming the flowers...

Helena - Organizers who are asking voters to overturn Montana's medical marijuana law are now campaigning against a ballot initiative that seeks to roll back restrictions. Safe Montana purchased billboards in several Montana cities, including Helena, Missoula, and Billings that read: "Vote no...

Helena - Organizers who are asking voters to overturn Montana's medical marijuana law are now campaigning against a ballot initiative that seeks to roll back restrictions. Safe Montana purchased billboards in several Montana cities, including Helena, Missoula, and Billings that read: "Vote no...

Freedom in America is oftentimes at a crossroads. The Second Amendment guarantees the individual right to keep and bear arms. Furthermore, today, many states decriminalize marijuana for medical purposes. However these two freedoms have collided recently. James England wrote a report at...

Proposition 64 would create a 15 percent retail cannabis sales tax and a $9.25-an-ounce bud tax as well as a $2.75-an-ounce leaf tax that could raise more than $1 billion per year in tax revenue, according to the California Secretary of State legislative analysis. In turn, that revenue would be...

The Livermore City Council decided not to regulate the delivery of medical marijuana to patients in Livermore. The council asked for information on a potential ordinance to set rules for a dispensary. Currently, deliveries are made from dispensaries outside the city. The council had asked...

The Livermore City Council decided not to regulate the delivery of medical marijuana to patients in Livermore. The council asked for information on a potential ordinance to set rules for a dispensary. Currently, deliveries are made from dispensaries outside the city. The council had asked...

"It's not a perfect set of bills but it will give access to patients who otherwise wouldn't have any access," starts Adam Devaney, a limited license social worker who prescribes medical marijuana. A package of bills passed the Michigan legislature on Wednesday... That would mean big changes for...

"It's not a perfect set of bills but it will give access to patients who otherwise wouldn't have any access," starts Adam Devaney, a limited license social worker who prescribes medical marijuana. A package of bills passed the Michigan legislature on Wednesday... That would mean big changes for...

There won't be wreaths of smoke wafting overhead at this weekend's Cannabis Expo at the cavernous Vancouver Convention Centre West. It's all business for more than 130 industry exhibitors, who will welcome an expected 10,000 of the curious on Saturday and Sunday, a month after the federal...

If you smoke hemp to get high you will be disappointed. Yet if you plant hectares of the species and turn it into one of 25 000 possible consumer products, your disappointment will recede in the wake of a potentially thriving business. The government does not see it this way. Hemp - along...

Trenton - Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law Wednesday that would add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of conditions that would qualify people for medical marijuana, a move actively sought by combat veterans. Christie said he supported the bill because an estimated 20...