marijuana

A 2005 felony drug conviction is coming back to haunt an emerging figure in Maine's marijuana industry and threaten his consulting gig in Ohio. But Trevor Bozeman, a 33-year-old Brunswick chemist, says his experience growing marijuana before it became legal only boosts his value to the...

The grass is looking greener for New Jersey marijuana users. The idea of legal pot was once a pipe dream for those who so indulged. Not anymore. Gov.-elect Phil Murphy has pledged to sign legislation legalizing pot within 100 days of his Jan. 16 inauguration, prompting speculation on what...

An ambitious bill in St. Louis would essentially legalize weed within city limits by barring enforcement of state laws prohibiting marijuana possession – but at a legislative hearing Wednesday, the bill's sponsor, 15th Ward Alderwoman Megan Green, found herself fielding pointed questions about...

This is huge! Like 3,854,082 square miles huge. The Canadian House of Commons last week passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana throughout the world's second geographically largest country. The bill had been introduced by Canada's ruling Liberal government last April, and had the...

States that legalized marijuana may be linked to lower opioid deaths but far more studies need to be done to confirm it, said the director of the National Institutes of Health. NIH Director Francis Collins said there has been a "statistical relationship" between states that legalized...

The felony conspiracy to sell/distribute marijuana charge against Virginia Tech linebacker Tavante Beckett was amended to misdemeanor possession in Montgomery County District Court on Thursday, potentially paving a way for his return to the Hokies football team. The sophomore, who was...

Marylanders interested in buying medical marijuana days after the launch of a state-sanctioned program may already be out of luck. Five of seven licensed dispensaries that have opened since Friday said they have completely or almost run out of flower — the raw part of the marijuana plant that...

Voters at a special Town Meeting Wednesday approved two marijuana-related moratoriums, and a zoning change governing business directional signs. The 45-minute gathering, held at the Topsham Public Library, drew just 21 voters – 0.3 percent of the town’s registered voting population, according...

Dr. Byron Maas surveys a supply of marijuana products for dogs that lines a shelf in his veterinary clinic. They're selling well. "The 'Up and Moving' is for joints and for pain," he explains. "The 'Calm and Quiet' is for real anxious dogs, to take away that anxiety." People anxious to...

In the past five years, eight states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana for adults. Today, 68 million people live in areas where marijuana is treated like alcohol or tobacco. The drug is sold in stores, millions of tax dollars are being raised from its sale, and an...

The United States tax code offers businesses the opportunity to deduct expenses on tax returns, including items such as payroll and rent. That can significantly lower a company's tax bill. Unless you're in the marijuana industry. The reason why? Provision 280E in the Internal Revenue Code. It...

If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. New York, New York, right? Well, not so much with legal marijuana. While medical marijuana is legal in New York, the state has been slower to adapt legalization of recreational marijuana that's already happened in Alaska, California...

A series of deadly wildfires devastated California wineries, farms and small businesses in recent months. Many of these farms and businesses will be able to start rebuilding quickly, thanks, in part to insurance payouts and easy-to-access businesses loans. The same thing cannot be said of many...

The plan to open a medical marijuana dispensary on Route 20 next spring is expected to have little impact on traffic, according to site developers during a second public hearing Wednesday. The HealthWise Foundation Inc. is seeking site plan approval from the Planning Board for a...

Town officials have begun drafting proposals to place before voters at Town Meeting next May that would regulate — or possibly prohibit — the operation of recreational marijuana shops in Sudbury. The Planning Board is aiming to decide on a way forward by early 2018, allowing time to place an...

A Colorado State University researcher is involved in the first-ever study on how dabbing, an intense method of marijuana consumption, affects driving ability. Dabbing, the vaporization and inhalation of cannabis concentrates, gives users an immediate rush, according to a CSU press release...

Many marijuana growers in northern California, America's biggest source of the stuff, had expected this autumn's harvest to be the largest ever. After all, recreational marijuana becomes legal in the state in January. Instead, wildfires in October–spreading so fast they killed 43 people–burned...

Authorities say a woman arriving at a Long Island court to answer a marijuana possession summons was smoking pot when she parked her vehicle in the local police chief's spot. Newsday reports that the 26-year-old woman had been ticketed in May for unlawful possession of marijuana. Police say...

As lawmakers consider whether to legalize recreational marijuana use, some law enforcement officials are suggesting new steps to ensure that marijuana users in Delaware are prohibited from buying guns. William Bryson, police chief for the town of Camden and chairman of the Delaware Police...

The Ohio Department of Commerce didn't know it hired a consultant with a felony marijuana conviction to help score medical marijuana grow license applications but says the past offense didn't undermine the agency's process for awarding the highly sought-after licenses. The department plans...