marijuana

The Silver State went green in 2017, becoming the fifth state to have legal recreational marijuana sales in the U.S. Of all the eight states, and Washington, D.C., to have legalized recreational marijuana since 2014, the Silver State bravely turned around the fastest sales following its 2016...

More pregnant women seem to be using pot – sometimes to ease the nausea of morning sickness or heightened anxiety – and a new study suggests that this slight rise in marijuana use is most pronounced among those younger in age. The prevalence of marijuana use among a sample of moms-to-be in...

Cannabis entrepreneurs are working to find a place in the Massachusetts market, sometimes treading on legally dubious ground. From a meet-up website that connects pot smokers with home growers to a startup that delivers $55 bottles of fruit juice with a "free gift" of marijuana, some are...

Secretary of State Alison Grimes' New Year's resolution is a bit blunt: Medical marijuana must be legalized in Kentucky to help veterans suffering from PTSD and others who are painfully ill. "This is an issue of which I hoped the commonwealth would have already addressed," Grimes told Courier...

In just a little over six months, the first retail sales of recreational, or "adult use," marijuana will take place. Regulations governing the new legal cannabis industry are on track to be finalized by March, with businesses sending their license applications to the Cannabis Control Commission...

Peter Bernard's Yuletide plans include dressing up in a tuxedo emblazoned with marijuana leaves, donning a green Santa hat and doling out cookie bars made with marijuana to his friends from a big pillowcase. "That's me exercising my right to give marijuana this Christmas," said Bernard, a...

Port Hueneme police uncovered an illegal marijuana dispensary 10 days before the City Council decided to allow recreational and medicinal marijuana dispensaries. David Marruffo, 40, of Oxnard, was arrested in connection with selling marijuana out of the smoke shop he owned at 213 E. Channel...

The first year of Donald Trump's presidency has felt like a hurricane, as the administration worked frantically to unwind rules and regulations on everything from environmental policy to Obamacare. But the nation's burgeoning marijuana industry was able to survive attempts by Attorney General...

Civil disobedience never smelled so good, tasted so fine or felt so naughty. A few days before Christmas, in the Mid-City shadow of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, an estimated crowd of 125 or so Angelenos of all ages and backgrounds drifted in and out of Hit Man Coffee Shop. Their...

When it comes to kids with cancer, most health care providers say they'd help their patients get medical marijuana. That finding stems from an analysis of survey responses from 288 US doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, social workers and registered nurses...

Unions have caught a whiff of a rare opportunity to organize a whole new set of workers as recreational marijuana becomes legal in California. The United Farm Workers, Teamsters and United Food and Commercial Workers are looking to unionize the tens of thousands of potential workers involved...

National Basketball Association (NBA) superstars are endorsing and issuing testimonies on the medical benefits of regulated marijuana use, something the principal author of the medical marijuana bill vowed to cite and present during plenary debates on the measure. Isabela Rep. Rodito Albano...

Although Arkansas voters have approved the sale of marijuana for medical purposes, doctors with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will not be allowed to recommend or prescribe the drug to veterans, and the V.A. will not pay for it. As state officials work on plans to provide marijuana...

It was a telling setting for a decision on whether post-traumatic stress disorder patients could use medical marijuana. Against the backdrop of the nation's largest Veterans Day parade, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in November he would sign legislation making New York the latest in...

California is days away from launching a legal marketplace for adults to buy and sell recreational marijuana. On Jan. 1, the state will carry through on a vision voters endorsed by passing Proposition 64 last year. Yet as legal cannabis moves from campaign pitch to reality – amid lots of...

Dozens of residents across Western Kentucky got up close and personal with U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Tompkinsville, this week during his first marathon meeting with local constituents. Comer has a branch office at Madisonville City Hall, and he invited everyone within the 1st Congressional...

A month ago, it was reported that a 12-year-old girl, Alexis Bortell, was suing an Attorney General in the US for the country's national policy restricting access to medicinal marijuana. Bortell suffers from epilepsy, and after extensive trial and error, she found that cannabis oil is the only...

Having a child with a disability or medical condition who doesn't respond well to treatment can be frustrating and heartbreaking. Parents want their kids to be happy, healthy, and safe, but sometimes, it's not that easy to find the answers. That's why some parents are using medical marijuana to...

Local lawmakers say it's unlikely the West Virginia Legislature will consider legalizing recreational marijuana in 2018, as the state has more pressing issues. Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, R-Ohio, said a move to make the use of cannabis lawful might not even prove financially beneficial...

The lobby of Green Point Wellness looks more like the entrance to a nice spa. Marbled counters. Fancy TVs. Soft benches. All of it colored with minimal green lighting. And while wellness is in the name, the soon-to-be-open location in Linthicum isn't a new place to get a massage. It...