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A company that opened Florida's first medical marijuana dispensary in Tallahassee is considering expanding its operations to South Florida. Trulieve has sent inquiries to Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, along with other communities across Florida, asking about zoning regulations...

As some states across the country consider full legalization of marijuana, the potential monetary windfall is a major argument for making the drug legal. In Oregon, where pot is legal and taxed by the state, the state has pulled in some $25.5 million in marijuana taxes thus far in 2016. That...

The Texas Public Safety Commission, which manages the DPS, will take a step today that few expected would be possible five years ago...it will begin to put together the regulations to govern the first legal production of marijuana in the state, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. The Commission...

The Texas Public Safety Commission, which manages the DPS, will take a step today that few expected would be possible five years ago...it will begin to put together the regulations to govern the first legal production of marijuana in the state, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. The Commission...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's refusal to decontrol marijuana has raised the hackles of doctors, patient advocacy groups, cannabis entrepreneurs, and potheads almost everywhere. Under the agency's recent directive, marijuana remains an illegal, controlled substance like heroin and...

Phoenix - Before long, recreational marijuana could be legal in Arizona. Proposition 205, which would legalize marijuana in the state, passed a legal hurdle last week when a judge rejected a challenge to the initiative by anti-legalization group Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy. The...

Vancouver - B.C. municipalities are appealing for a share of future taxes to help cover the costs of regulating pot dispensaries, as marijuana looks set to become legal in Canada by next spring. The cities of Duncan, Nelson and Prince George have each put forward resolutions to the Union of...

New federal rules today will allow Canadians to grow their own medical marijuana, provided they follow certain steps. Already, some users are claiming the regulations violate their rights and are demanding the government repeal them. These new regulations, under the Access to Cannabis for...

New federal rules today will allow Canadians to grow their own medical marijuana, provided they follow certain steps. Already, some users are claiming the regulations violate their rights and are demanding the government repeal them. These new regulations, under the Access to Cannabis for...

Nanaimo city councillors want to know how the City of Victoria plans to regulate marijuana dispensaries, but there was agreement, something needs to be done about the pot shops here. Nanaimo continues to see dispensaries open and sell bud to brownies and T-shirts despite still being illegal...

Nanaimo city councillors want to know how the City of Victoria plans to regulate marijuana dispensaries, but there was agreement, something needs to be done about the pot shops here. Nanaimo continues to see dispensaries open and sell bud to brownies and T-shirts despite still being illegal...

A poll released Thursday shows the majority of Floridians support a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, a good sign for supporters of the amendment as they make their final push to the November election. The St. Leo University Polling Institute survey found 68 percent of...

A poll released Thursday shows the majority of Floridians support a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, a good sign for supporters of the amendment as they make their final push to the November election. The St. Leo University Polling Institute survey found 68 percent of...

With nearly a dozen state initiatives legalizing recreational marijuana on the November ballot, the market for legalized marijuana is certain to expand. But, because marijuana continues to be classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), private banks are effectively...

Advocates for legal marijuana in Illinois may want to look to Massachusetts this fall. Or, as one cannabis industry insider said, they may want to look to Massachusetts' neighbors in about a year. Nick Kovascevich, CEO at the cannabis investing service Kush Bottles, said that if marijuana...

The nascent marijuana industry faces a number of issues in four states where the drug has been legalized for personal use. Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska all have enacted legislation that permits the growth and sale of cannabis through recreational marijuana dispensaries. Business...

Rastafarians are associated with reggae music, dreadlocks, Bob Marley and of course marijuana. Rastas often refer to weed as "The Holy Herb" and consider it to be sacred. Do Rastas smoke marijuana just to get high, or does it have some other meaning in their culture and religion? The...

Boston - As proponents gathered outside the State House Wednesday, Aug. 3 to urge support for marijuana legalization and condemn arguments against it as rooted in fear, opponents of a ballot question to allow the adult use of marijuana released a list of 119 members of the Legislature opposing...

Phoenix - The Arizona Department of Health Services is going to grant 31 new licenses for the sale of marijuana in the state. 750 applications are in and applicants are forking over $5,000 for each one. Marijuana as a business in Arizona will grow, especially if voters pass Prop 205 and make...

The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners met Thursday night to vote on a one-year moratorium for all medical marijuana facilities within the county. The Stonegait Institute was out in front of this issue, informing the public of what was going on, and sending activists to the meeting to...