marijuana

In just two weeks, Californians are free to partake in recreational marijuana. But just because it's going to be legal doesn't mean the products sold initially are going to be safe. For a six-month period, marijuana could remain full of toxins despite recreational legalization Jan. 1. If...

Green Thumb Industries is one step closer to opening its Montour County growing facility as part of the state's medical marijuana program after the Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced GTI and Pennsylvania Medical Solutions, LLC, Lackawanna County, were approved to begin growing and...

The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia this week became the latest academic player to announce it was getting into marijuana research. The school is pairing with Franklin BioScience, a large grower out of Denver, to create more consistent marijuana products and develop a cannabis...

Less than 10 miles cost Marlena McConnell a night in jail and possible extradition back to Pennsylvania from her home in Mobile, Alabama. McConnell, who was 22 at the time, was traveling south on Interstate 81 in Franklin County late one night in October when she pulled onto the shoulder of...

As the Golden State gears up for recreational marijuana use to become legal, law enforcement officials and employers will eventually be able to use a tool to check if people are driving or working under the influence of weed. That's because an Oakland company is developing a breathalyzer to...

During the summer of 2016, Micah Jensen told his mother, Bonnie, he wanted to spend his birthday free of the severe migraines that had been plaguing him for months. Micah has autism and temporal lobe epilepsy, which causes recurrent, unprovoked seizures. But the migraines were new and getting...

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is cosponsoring a bill to decriminalize marijuana across the nation and penalize states with high arrest and incarceration rates for pot-related crimes. The Marijuana Justice Act of 2017, first introduced in August by Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, would remove...

Doctors with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs still can't recommend medical marijuana, but they are being encouraged to talk more about it with military veterans. That's what a new V.A. policy being rolled out this month says. The directive urges government doctors to "discuss with...

The only medical marijuana safety compliance facility in Southwest Michigan will be allowed to stay open while it seeks a state license. Kalamazoo's City Commission has yet to consider an ordinance allowing five types medical marijuana facilities legalized by the state. Monday, it passed an...

While some states have removed criminal penalties for marijuana, and many others have legalized it for medical and -- more rarely -- recreational use, the drug remains forbidden at colleges in such states. That's because of a hovering federal threat, but one that has never been realized --...

As we approach the end of 2017, it's not clear whether Congress will renew the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, which prohibits the Justice Department from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. James Higdon, writing in Politico Magazine, argues that the demise of the spending rider...

Investors have been eager to enter the Canadian marijuana space as the country moves towards launching its recreational cannabis market next July. Despite uncertainty of the legalization bill's fate in the Senate, the Canadian marijuana market is booming. M&A activity is heating up and stocks...

Add the Buckeye State to the list of those that have attracted medical marijuana growers. The CEO of a medical marijuana company that broke ground on Ohio's first cultivation facility in Yellow Springs last week described the Dayton-area community as tailor-made for his new venture. "If we...

A Valparaiso man faces a felony charge of obstruction of justice after police said he allegedly ate a partially smoked marijuana cigarette and had bits of marijuana stuck to his teeth. Deputies with the Porter County Sheriff's Department arrested Kyle D. Reineke, 28, of the 300 East block of...

The number of doctors who have applied for permission to dispense medical marijuana is edging upward, as the estimated summer start of the program gets closer. In October, only two doctors had submitted applications for the permit required to offer medical-grade pot to patients. Two months...

Medical marijuana is now available in Maryland, more than four years after the General Assembly passed a law legalizing it. Standing up the industry — with growers, processors, dispensaries and doctors — took longer than expected. The law needed to be tweaked, rules to needed to written and...

A Boise man was arrested Saturday on U.S. Highway 97 near milepost 143 in Oregon when police say they located over 40 pounds of marijuana and marijuana extracts in the man's vehicle. Oregon State Police from the Bend Area Command stopped a white 2008 Ford Crown Victoria for numerous traffic...

Prominent pot activists Jodie and Marc Emery have pleaded guilty to a number of drug-related charges in a Toronto court. Marc Emery pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana for purpose of trafficking, trafficking marijuana and possession of proceeds of crime more than $5,000. Jodie Emery...

For some parents who are at their wits' end finding ways to ease their kids' autism symptoms, medical marijuana has offered a relief other medications and treatments apparently can't. This past year has seen several parents of children with autism speak out, especially as more states qualify...

Cultivate Holdings in Leicester looks like it could be a hip new coffee shop, with its wood details and open-concept, airy layout. But Cultivate isn't a café, even though its staff says their product is "farm to table." Cultivate is Worcester County's first medical marijuana dispensary...