marijuana

California voters decided last year that the sale of recreational marijuana should be made legal, beginning on Jan. 1, 2018. But Proposition 64 left many of the details to local governments and state regulators. So the last several months have been a race against the calendar, as officials have...

Carli Jo Bidlingmaier was talking to a group of 20-somethings in a living room in the Bel-Air neighborhood here, weeks before the wildfires. She was explaining that consuming marijuana allows a woman to awaken her "yoni," a Sanskrit term for vagina favored by Hollywood bohemians. "Everybody...

Los Angeles is well on its way to legalizing recreational marijuana after the City Council unanimously approved Wednesday a framework to regulate sales of the drug. Once signed into law by Mayor Eric Garcetti, the new rules will make LA the largest city in the nation to allow the growth and...

The New York State Medical Marijuana Program has continued to expand in recent years, now servicing 38,128 certified patients via 1,349 registered practitioners, according to the New York State Department of Health (DOH). Of the more than 1,000 New York State doctors approved to certify...

Pennsylvania Department of Health officials could decide within the next two weeks whether to allow a Chicago-based medical marijuana company to move its proposed Erie County dispensary. GTI LLC was originally scheduled to open a medical marijuana dispensary at 7789 West Ridge Road, Fairview...

Another issue to legalize marijuana might be heading to the Ohio ballot next year. The effort will be announced Monday. Jimmy Gould plans a new issue called the Ohio Constitutional Amendment for Free Market Adult Consumption of Marijuana. Gould was the key financial backer of the marijuana...

Ohio's medical marijuana program will go into effect in about 10 months. But already there's a push to make all marijuana legal across the board. Ohioans have heard this once before: A constitutional amendment to give voters a chance to approve marijuana use, both medical and recreational...

Local businesses are facing a dilemma now that recreational marijuana is legal in Nevada. The question is, do they hire someone who uses cannabis on their own time? Workforce Connections, an organization that helps people find jobs, says companies are being forced to make changes to their...

JoAnna McKee, a pioneering medical marijuana activist in Washington who went to sometimes difficult lengths to obtain the drug for the patients she served, has died at age 74. McKee passed away Nov. 18, said her longtime friend and fellow activist, Dale Rogers. He was not certain of the...

For the second time in as many meetings, Costa Mesa planning commissioners are set to consider plans to open a medical marijuana business in the city. The proposed operation up for review Monday – called CMX Distribution – would occupy 4,722 square feet of existing industrial warehouse space...

The Honolulu Police Department has been sending letters out to medical marijuana users this year to tell them that they "have 30 days upon receipt of this letter to voluntarily surrender your firearms." That includes a letter dated Nov. 13, signed by police chief Susan Ballard. "Your...

Old Orchard Beach residents can voice their opinion on Dec.19 on a proposed ordinance that would prohibit retail marijuana establishments in town. The Town Council will hold a public hearing during its meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The proposed ordinance would prohibit retail...

The state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs gave an early Christmas present to people who want to get into the lucrative medical marijuana business. The department wasn't supposed to make applications for the five categories of licenses – growers, processers, testers, secure...

Just weeks before California begins issuing licenses to businesses to sell marijuana for recreational and medical use, the state on Friday began accepting applications electronically through a new online system. The state Bureau of Cannabis Control is accepting applications for commercial...

Raphael Mechoulam started his first marijuana project by walking into a police station and asking for some confiscated weed–for research purposes. "I went there, drank coffee with the policemen and got 5 kilos of cannabis, hashish," he said. Decades later, the 87-year-old Israeli chemist...

A company approved to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Lebanon announced approximately when the center will open Thursday, as well as the methods of consumption that will be available. The center will open in mid first quarter 2018, a news release from Wellness Centers of PA said, which...

City Attorney Clyde Robinson is working on an ordinance that would allow medical marijuana facilities to open, but it probably won't be ready for a vote until the first months of 2018. Kalamazoo postponed a decision on how it plans to react to new state laws governing medical marijuana...

Have they opened Pandora's box? Some Deerfield Beach city leaders worry that's what they might've done by allowing marijuana dispensaries in the city. They're now trying to stop medical dispensaries from clustering citywide by keeping them out of commercial areas that also have homes, as well...

Diana Briggs sees this as the start of the end of a four-year battle to convince politicians, and now doctors, to help her son. Friday morning, Ms. Briggs, 47, husband Michael, 48, and daughters Alexis, 21, and Hailey, 12, will drive from their Export, Westmoreland County home to the...

The marijuana industry is truly growing like a weed, and it has investors willing to chase the green rush counting their blessings. Over the trailing year, more marijuana stocks with a market cap of $200 million or more have at least doubled in value than haven't. The impetus for this surge...