marijuana

In anticipation of Governor-elect Phil Murphy's making good on his campaign promise to legalize marijuana, the Borough Council is taking a closer look at its smoke shop ordinances and considering new regulations. "Before this happens, we need to have something in place," Borough Manager...

Legalization of marijuana in eight states -– including Nevada – in last year's election has opened the floodgates for pot businesses to make money. That's according to more than a dozen business owners whose products are both directly marketed at buyers in the pot sector, and in similar...

There was a time when Marin County was a capital of cannabis hipsterism, a New Age outpost of ganja in a weed-hostile world, but when recreational sales of marijuana become legal Jan. 1, the county that rarely abstains will be sitting out. County officials recently rejected all 10...

Medical marijuana dispensaries are temporarily prohibited within the Hamilton city limits, but just down the road outside of Victor, Heirloom Remedies is providing patients with cannabis and the general public with an eclectic range of quirky products and services. It's an under-the-radar...

Let the voters decide. That's what Patrick Gorman of Palo Cedro says about the Shasta County Board of Supervisors' prohibition of commercial cannabis sales when recreational pot becomes legal throughout California on Jan. 1 and also of the county's previously existing ban on medicinal marijuana...

The Council approved an amendment by a 4-1 vote that regulates cannabis activity in the city and expands the eligible area for the establishment of delivery services. During its Nov. 21 meeting, the Council approved changing the eligible area for cannabis delivery service businesses by...

New Jersey's incoming Democratic governor has promised to legalize marijuana, but just how speedy Phil Murphy and the Democrat-led Legislature can be remains murky. The effort's top legislative backers say they have a proposal ready to go soon after Murphy succeeds GOP Gov. Chris Christie on...

William Haas has his eye on three machine factory buildings in Buchanan that could be retrofitted to grow and process medical marijuana. Ed Graveline can look around an empty old Clark Equipment industrial site on River Street in Buchanan and envision 11 different rooms, each with its own...

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 this month he'd sign legislation making New York the latest in a...

Back in the last century, when I was a boy growing up in Hampton, a number of things that were considered “social evils” were prohibited by state law and local ordinance. Gambling and “intoxicating spirits” were two of the vices declared illegal, and yet despite the prohibition they were...

The four young men had just started their marijuana harvest in rural Northern California when a dozen sheriff's deputies swooped in with guns drawn, arrested them and spent the day chopping down 150 bushy plants with machetes. "I could do this every day if I had the personnel," Calaveras...

New Jersey's incoming Democratic governor has promised to legalize marijuana, but just how speedy Phil Murphy and the Democrat-led Legislature can be remains murky. The effort's top legislative backers say they have a proposal ready to go soon after Murphy succeeds GOP Gov. Chris Christie on...

Two upcoming elections will test the influence of companies that grow and sell medical marijuana, and plan to sell recreational cannabis next year in San Diego. Local voters strongly approved the recreational use of marijuana when they voted "yes" in big numbers for Proposition 64, last...

A Yamhill County judge has denied a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by a vineyard owner against aspiring marijuana growers. The vineyard owner, Momtazi Family LLC, claims marijuana odors would damage wine grapes with "foul-smelling particles." The Capital Press newspaper reports...

The possible legalization of marijuana for recreational use in New Jersey is one of the biggest issues Gov.-elect Phil Murphy plans to pursue after he takes office on Jan. 16, 2018. Questions swirl around it. When could it be legal? How would one get into growing and selling marijuana? Where...

The state Gaming Policy Committee is going to pot this week as top gaming policymakers, including Gov. Brian Sandoval, will discuss whether there's a possible point of entry for recreational marijuana among Nevada's tourism assets. It's going to be a tough sell, given Nevada regulators'...

Packers tight end Lance Kendricks was cited in September for possession of marijuana, a charge that just came to light Saturday. It's the second time this week news surfaced of a Packers player being arrested on drug-related charges earlier this fall, following news reports on running back...

There's hardly a more receptive or captive audience for marketing an intoxicant than the beleaguered commuters crowded onto a rush-hour Muni bus (except perhaps the ones packed onto a rush-hour BART train). But unlike many of the dopey regulations proliferating ahead of California's legalization...

It's an old cliché, but one doesn't find beer distributors gunning each other down in the town square in battles over market turf. Whisky distillers don't dump pollutants in streams and rivers — and bars and restaurants that serve cocktails tend to be safe places that follow modern building...

"Winter is coming," murmur House of Stark characters in "Game of Thrones." So is recreational pot in Massachusetts. Has your community taken its measure? It's an issue that should bring the same laser-focused attention for the Valley as the apprehensions about a harsh season bring to the...