marijuana

One of a parent's favorite sayings to a child is, "Just because everyone else is doing it doesn't mean it's a good idea." But in the case of legalizing the sales of recreational marijuana products, it's time for the Clark County council to rethink its position and not just parrot that same...

California is just days away from the legalization of recreational cannabis. With the changes, CHP is preparing to handle drivers under the influence of marijuana. Some say they drive better while high on Marijuana, they say it helps them focus. The law says otherwise. "When you start...

A handful of lawmakers are proposing changes to some of the state's policies on marijuana in 2018. In September, possessing three-fourths of an ounce of marijuana became a violation rather than a crime. Those caught get a $100 fine and no jail time. But before the law changed, people were...

Hampden Care Facility Inc., having received local approval for a medical marijuana dispensary in East Springfield over a year ago, plans to open in early spring, its top executive said this week. "We are just really excited to be able to open our doors," CEO Mark Zatyrka said. "It's full...

Some 10,135 patients have registered to participate in Pennsylvania's nascent medical marijuana program so far with 1,188 of them certified by physicians to participate in the program, according to the state Department of Health. "Patients have started to receive their medical marijuana...

Key lawmakers will meet with Gov. Paul LePage on Friday to try to reach agreement on how to change an adult-use marijuana bill so it would gain his support. Members of a special committee that drafted the bill after state voters approved legalization in 2016 said they were optimistic that...

When Harrison Township votes on its medical marijuana ordinance next month, there is expected to be little opposition to the plan to allow a couple of dozen cannabis businesses into the Macomb County community. "At last check, we had 18 legitimate grow operations in the community. At a...

Canadian marijuana companies were still feeling the Christmas cheer on Wednesday, as some pot producers saw big gains in their stock prices on the first day of trading after a holiday break. Smiths Falls, Ont.-based Canopy Growth Corp., Canada's largest licensed producer of cannabis, closed...

Just because it's legal (or becoming legal), doesn't mean that you should do it during pregnancy. This applies to eating raw shellfish and soft cheeses, rubbing used kitty litter on your face, and smoking pot. But a study just published in JAMA found that marijuana use among pregnant women in...

The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, where local authorities licensed a company to deliver pot only to have state police arrest two employees who were trying to do just that with nearly a ton of weed. The workers for Old Kai...

When Elias Zaldivar was an 18-year-old college freshman and decided he was in the market for marijuana, he knew just how to get it, and it didn't involve canvassing the corridors of his campus in search of that stoned-out dude who sold pot from his dorm room. Instead, he went straight to a...

A new gold rush is sweeping California as the state prepares to launch legal marijuana sales Monday, bringing the powerful and largely underground economy finally into public view. Marijuana has long been one of California's most important cash crops, albeit one many visitors would never see...

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has signed on to the Marijuana Justice Act, first proposed by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in August of this year. "I'm proud to join forces with Senator Booker to fight this administration's attempts to shift our country into reverse when it comes to federal marijuana...

It's been 21 years since Californians made it "legal" to use marijuana for alleviating severe medical symptoms by passing Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act. But it took seven more years for Senate Bill 420, the Medical Marijuana Program Act, to be signed into law, allowing patients...

More and more students across the county that are hoping to find a career in cannabis are turning to a 'Marijuana Major.' College students from more than 38 states and several spots around the globe are now studying 'Medical Plant Chemistry' at Northern Michigan University. Legal issues...

More than twenty years after I first attempted to quell a migraine headache with a bong hit, I have become a card-carrying medical-marijuana user. Well, not exactly. This is New York State. You can't get actual marijuana, only extracts. This makes it impossible to access what could be my best...

California legalizes marijuana for recreational use Monday, but that won't stop federal agents from seizing the drug – even in tiny amounts – on busy freeways and backcountry highways. Marijuana possession still will be prohibited at eight Border Patrol checkpoints in California, a reminder...

A local man was cited for marijuana possession early Monday morning after deputies found him asleep behind the wheel of his parked and running car, according to a Sheriff's Office report released Tuesday. A pair of deputies was patrolling a parking lot in Okatie when they noticed a...

The term "medical marijuana dispensary" conjures all the coziness of a hospital gown. Denise and Lyndsey Odachowski want to change that. Their mother-and-daughter pharmacy, which deals exclusively in the newly available drug, pops with splashes of green paint and sunny photographs of the...

The renewed battle over marijuana prohibition in the United States is a fight the federal government appears set to lose, much as it could not sustain the 13-year prohibition against alcohol. Cannabis has been legitimized for medical or recreational use in almost 30 states and the District...