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Marijuana abuse and dependency are becoming less common, even as states roll back restrictions on the use of the drug, according to a new federal report. In 2014, the number of Americans aged 12 and over meeting diagnostic criteria for marijuana abuse or dependency stood at 1.6 percent, a...

Annapolis, Md. - The chairman of Maryland's medical marijuana commission says the panel is committed to promoting racial diversity in the state's developing medical marijuana industry. Dr. Paul Davies wrote Thursday the panel will work with the legislature on the issue. Critics have noted a...

Annapolis, Md. - The chairman of Maryland's medical marijuana commission says the panel is committed to promoting racial diversity in the state's developing medical marijuana industry. Dr. Paul Davies wrote Thursday the panel will work with the legislature on the issue. Critics have noted a...

Grand Junction, Colo. - The town of Palisade will hold a town meeting today to discuss the proposal of recreational marijuana. Recreational marijuana will hit the ballot again this year, that's after it was turned down by just four votes when it first was on the ballot in 2014. This year...

Springfield, Ill. - The Illinois Supreme Court says it has created new rules to deal with a new state law that decriminalizes possessing small amounts of marijuana. The high court said Thursday that it has adopted six new rules to establish procedures for the court system to follow when...

Don't expect to sign up today but Trinity County created a zoning ordinance for commercial medical marijuana cultivation regulation. On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept an urgency ordinance. According to the wording of the ordinance, "[T]here is a concern that if left...

Don't expect to sign up today but Trinity County created a zoning ordinance for commercial medical marijuana cultivation regulation. On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept an urgency ordinance. According to the wording of the ordinance, "[T]here is a concern that if left...

Pullman — The Pullman City Council adopted new marijuana business regulations Tuesday night with hardly any discussion. The council unanimously approved two new ordinances that will update where marijuana retailers can be located and accommodate medical marijuana operations. The votes came...

Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall says he supports an effort to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Nashville, calling it a "step in the right direction" to reduce incarceration rates of young people who he says don't benefit from being in jail for the offense. Hall...

A June change in state regulations will make home-delivery service more feasible for recreational marijuana businesses. The limit on the value of marijuana products that a deliveryperson may carry increased in June from $100 to $3,000, said Mark Pettinger, spokesman for the Recreational...

Colorado's weed is getting much cheaper. In October last year, the cost of a wholesale pound of cannabis in Colorado was around $2,400 to $2,600. That price has almost been cut in half to between $1,400 and $1,600 last month, according to data from Tradiv, an online marijuana distribution...

Retaining local control of marijuana is, once again, on the agendas of SLO County's municipalities. In an effort to get in front of Proposition 64 - the Adult Use of Marijuana Act - which, if passed in November, would legalize and tax recreational marijuana in California for adults 21 and...

Scottsdale, AZ - In just 68 days, voters will decide whether or not they want to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Arizona for people 21 and older. "I'm so for it, even in the recreational use as well," said Kris Roessler. So what happens if Prop 205, which seeks to tax and...

Having precisely the impact opponents feared it would— and legislators intended— medical marijuana dispensaries across Montana closed their doors as new state-imposed restrictions took effect Wednesday that limit cannabis providers to three patients apiece, leaving thousands of medical marijuana...

Having precisely the impact opponents feared it would— and legislators intended— medical marijuana dispensaries across Montana closed their doors as new state-imposed restrictions took effect Wednesday that limit cannabis providers to three patients apiece, leaving thousands of medical marijuana...

Lansing - After five completed drafts, city officials are once again set to meet at City Hall to determine where a proposed medical marijuana ordinance stands and how it could eventually be enforced. City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Attorney Jim Smiertka are expected to meet...

Lansing - After five completed drafts, city officials are once again set to meet at City Hall to determine where a proposed medical marijuana ordinance stands and how it could eventually be enforced. City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Attorney Jim Smiertka are expected to meet...

Alaska's gray market marijuana social clubs may have just gone up in smoke. Alaska Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth issued an opinion Wednesday that marijuana social clubs - which include Anchorage's Pot Luck Events and Kenai's Green Rush Events - are illegal. Lindemuth said these clubs...

Beginning Oct. 1, Public Act 16-23 allows minors with select, severe debilitating medical conditions to access medical marijuana. Today, the Department of Consumer Protection opened its medical marijuana registration system for those patients so that they can be fully registered by Oct. 1, and...

Beginning Oct. 1, Public Act 16-23 allows minors with select, severe debilitating medical conditions to access medical marijuana. Today, the Department of Consumer Protection opened its medical marijuana registration system for those patients so that they can be fully registered by Oct. 1, and...