marijuana

Marijuana use is becoming commonplace in the United States. Over the past two decades, 29 states have legalized its use for recreational or medical purposes, and latest estimates suggest there are 22 million current users. A Gallup poll found that, in only three years, the percentage of...

Business interests have long tried to pack legislative bodies with members who are sympathetic to their work, but electing marijuana-friendly members to the county Board of Supervisors has never been so important to the cannabis industry. Recreational marijuana sales begin on New Year's Day...

In the wake of nationwide plans to legalize marijuana by July of 2018, Canadian provinces are now in the planning stages for prevention campaigns, minimum age requirements, and the implementation of roadside testing. “Our priority right now is to ensure that we can legalize cannabis by July...

If you're under the impression that marijuana and hemp are grown the same way, Garry Meier wants to put that notion to rest. A recent report released by Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy about legalizing and regulating marijuana suggested Saskatchewan hemp farmers could help facilitate...

In January 2017, at the Virginia General Assembly, Republican state Sen. Jill Vogel submitted medical marijuana bill SB 1298 to the Senate and House. The bill listed 12 conditions that would benefit from cannabidiol or THC-A oil treatment: cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis C...

Mayor Joseph Sullivan favors a ban on retail establishments for recreational marijuana but wants the town to wait a year before deciding on production facilities. Sullivan had submitted a proposal to the town council last month which would ban retail sales and production of recreational...

Sorry, Milford. Delaware's next medical marijuana dispensary will be located in Smyrna. New York-based Columbia Care has confirmed plans to open its future retail location in Kent County's northern-most town — days after the site was leaked on Facebook by a patient advocacy group. "It's...

By unanimous vote, the Anderson City Council extended their existing moratorium on the business of non-medical marijuana business within city limits. Citing the need to better understand the legal ramifications of California municipalities allowing legal recreational marijuana, the council...

This border town's plans to open a marijuana dispensary within city limits have hit a snag, which could delay a planned opening in early 2018. In an interview with FOX 13, West Wendover Mayor Daniel Corona said the city ran into a "hiccup" with how they awarded a dispensary license. "We...

Nevada's recreational marijuana continued its strong start through the third full month of sales, data released Monday by the Nevada Department of Taxation show. The state's licensed and regulated cannabis dispensaries sold approximately $27.7 million in recreational marijuana in September –...

Organizers of a ballot drive to legalize the use of marijuana for recreational purposes in Michigan submitted 365,000 signatures to the state Monday, which appears to be more than enough to qualify the initiative for a statewide vote in 2018. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol...

Avid shoppers wait until Cyber Monday to get the best online deals on everything from electronics to apparel during the holiday season. And now medical marijuana joins the roster of things for sale on this mega online shopping day. Vireo Health of New York ("Vireo"), one of five companies...

Florida is moving forward with the outsourcing of medical marijuana identification cards despite a protest on how the contract was awarded, health officials said Monday. The Office of Medical Marijuana Use signed a contract on Monday with Veritec Solutions LLC, which it planned on awarding...

Illinois will see legal recreational marijuana eventually, according to one industry expert. Chris Stone is the CEO of HCI Alternatives in Springfield. He said legal recreational marijuana became almost inevitable after Illinois lawmakers approved medical marijuana back in 2013. "When you...

While the marijuana industry is booming thanks to legalization, there are still some areas of concern. Particularly when it comes to banking. And thanks to congressional Republicans, those issues will persist. Republican congressional leaders have blocked consideration on a bill that would...

Three companies applied to sell medical marijuana in Sandusky County by Friday's statewide application deadline, the state's Pharmacy Board announced Monday. There were 370 permit applications filed for medical marijuana dispensaries throughout Ohio. The three Sandusky County applicants were...

In the latest step to establish a legal medical marijuana industry in Ohio, the state received 370 applications for dispensary licenses, including 50 from six area counties: 19 in Montgomery, 11 in Butler, 10 in Clark, five in Warren, four in Greene, one in Champaign. The next step will be to...

San Francisco's Municipal Railway, citing public complaints and uncertainty over future regulations, is proposing to ban both medical and recreational pot advertising on city buses, streetcars, cable cars and transit shelters. The Municipal Transportation Agency began allowing advertising of...

Most of San Diego's pot farms and marijuana manufacturing sites will be concentrated in three areas of the city: Mira Mesa, Kearny Mesa and near the Mexican border. Of 78 proposals submitted Thursday to open such businesses in San Diego, 67 are in one of those three areas. That's primarily...

Malta's government has proposed allowing all doctors in the country to prescribe medical marijuana. The government published draft legislation on Monday that would loosen an existing regulation with so many restrictions that not a single Maltese had ever been treated legally with marijuana or...