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Former NBA star John Salley recently was in Las Vegas to attend the country's biggest marijuana business conference, MJBizCon. He was there to promote Deuces, a new marijuana venture he is running with his daughter Tyla. Named for his number (Salley wore number 22 for playing for teams...

A case report about the seizure and death of an 11-month old after exposure to cannabis has prompted headlines about "the first marijuana overdose death" this week. Except that's not what the doctors meant. "We are absolutely not saying that marijuana killed that child," said Thomas Nappe...

New Jersey recreational marijuana legalization may be a highlight of 2018; it's possible but unlikely the Trump administration will crack down on the U.S. cannabis industry; and major mainstream corporations are "not going to miss out" on the business opportunities presented by the burgeoning...

The Thousand Oaks City Council this week introduced an ordinance that will allow one medical marijuana retailer and one marijuana testing facility in an industrial-zoned part of town. The ordinance is scheduled to be adopted at the council's Nov. 28 meeting and will become effective 31 days...

Legal cannabis could be just a click away for Quebecers once Canada's new marijuana law comes into effect, Radio-Canada has learned. The Quebec government plans to table its own legislation to manage legal marijuana sales Thursday, Radio-Canada has confirmed, and it intends to manage online...

Cannabis businesses in California can't be within 600 feet of schools. Shops have to close by 10 p.m., and they need 24-hour video surveillance. Those regulations are in the new rule book for California's cannabis industry, which state regulators released Thursday. That gives new and...

As Nevada's budding marijuana industry digs in, the United State's industry as a whole continues to grow at a rapid pace. The cannabis industry is blooming, and so are all of the businesses that support it. The world's largest cannabis industry trade show, the Marijuana Business...

New Jersey recreational marijuana legalization may be a highlight of 2018; it's possible but unlikely the Trump administration will crack down on the U.S. cannabis industry; and major mainstream corporations are "not going to miss out" on the business opportunities presented by the burgeoning...

To some, the marijuana industry still evokes images of grungy dreadlocks, Rastafarian symbols and shady underground markets. But as more states look to legalize either medical or recreational marijuana, many in the industry are looking to replace those stereotypes with a more clean-cut look...

Quebec will have zero tolerance for driving-while-high under its plan for legalized marijuana use and sale. Under draft legislation introduced Thursday, the province's Liberal government would authorize police to test saliva samples from drivers and allow police to immediately suspend the...

New Jersey may have decided more than just the governor's race in the election held this month. They have put the Garden State on the path to becoming the eighth U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales. As pointed out last month, a vote for Democrat Phil Murphy meant a vote for...

The incoming Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly has yet to indicate whether or not he supports legal marijuana. Speaking at a news conference after he was voted in on Monday, Craig Coughlin, a member of the Assembly since 2010, said he wants to make sure it makes sense before he decides. "As...

The Michigan appeals court again has reversed a decision and reinstated charges against a man who was accused of running illegal medical marijuana dispensaries in the state's Thumb region. The court says James Amsdill knew the legality of marijuana sales was unclear and was also aware that...

Last November, Massachusetts legalized recreational marijuana. In the year since, this budding industry has had to face a slew of different challenges, obstacles and naysayers. With the first dispensary set to open in July, the state is still in the process of figuring out how this new industry...

On the night of the 2012 presidential elections, the story of Barack Obama's re-election ran head-to-head with news of the groundbreaking legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado. Memes abounded, most featuring a cloud of smoke over the city of Denver bearing the caption, "Meanwhile in...

The state health department released a pack of proposed rules for the medical marijuana industry, which will be the subject of a public hearing later this month. The rules provide new information about how the industry would be regulated in areas like employment, product tracking and testing...

Michigan residents who want to get into the medical marijuana business had their last shot at a training session Wednesday. State employees took people step by step through the application process. They also explained the monitoring system for tracking marijuana from seed-to-sale. David Harns...

Brenda Lutz ran a medical marijuana provisioning center in Jackson but shuttered it in late September after the Jackson Narcotics Enforcement Team asked her to close. Commercial marijuana establishments like Lutz's have been operating in a gray area since Michigan voters approved a medical...

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission suspended the license of an Oregon marijuana processor Wednesday, more fallout from what authorities last week initially thought would be a routine traffic stop in Nebraska. Richard Wilkinson, 38, of Damasus, was driving a van pulled over by police because...

Leaders of a statewide campaign to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Michigan say they've gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the statewide ballot in the 2018 election. The Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol this week said it's gathered at least 360,000...