marijuana

The first Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Southwest Florida is now open on Cleveland Avenue in North Fort Myers. Trulieve workers say the opening creates easier access to medication for patients suffering from anything from cancer to traumatic stress. "It's just an extra burden on the...

Palm Beach County's first medical marijuana dispensary is now open for business – the latest sign a budding industry that will serve tens of thousands of people is taking root in South Florida. About 50,000 Floridians have already registered to use medical marijuana since voters approved its...

Palm Beach County's first medical marijuana dispensary opened Tuesday, and Steve Buchholz of Lake Worth was among the first customers. Buchholz, 57, said he suffers from chronic knee pain stemming from a high school football injury 40 years ago. "Every step I take every day is painful,"...

Voters in the Town of Ludlow have approved two amendments -- one to the general bylaws, the other to the zoning bylaws -- to permanently prohibit retail marijuana or cultivation facilities from setting up shop in this community of 21,000 residents. The votes took place at the special town...

Obama-era guidance that allows states to legalize marijuana without federal interference remains in effect, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday during a congressional hearing. He also conceded that cannabis is not as dangerous as heroin and that a current budget rider prevents...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, head of the presidential commission on opioids, warned of supposed dangers of marijuana in a letter to President Donald Trump earlier this month about the panel's findings, saying the current push for the drug's legalization could further fuel the opioid epidemic...

Which is worse for you: weed or whiskey? It's a tough call, but based on the science, there appears to be a clear answer. Keep in mind that there are dozens of factors to account for, including how the substances affect your heart, brain, and behavior, and how likely you are to get hooked...

A cannabis company's audacious plan to turn this remote settlement into a marijuana mecca is taking shape. New signs mark the town's borders on the one road in. Fresh gravel lies in the parking lot outside the tiny store. And workers are installing a small pond, the first of many envisioned...

A record high 64% of Americans support legalizing marijuana for recreational use, according to a 2017 Gallup Poll. Support for legalization is rooted in changing perceptions of the drug’s potential harm, as well as the prospect of hundreds of millions of dollars in marijuana sales and excise tax...

Much like the cannabis industry at large, it's been a swift half-decade of maturation for the nation's largest marijuana trade show. About 400 people attended the initial iteration of the Marijuana Business Conference when it debuted in Denver in 2012. Back then, just 16 states had legal...

Famously pro-cannabis San Francisco, where the 4/20 marijuana holiday is celebrated with a group smoke-out on Hippie Hill, is having a surprisingly difficult time establishing regulations for the broad legal pot market coming to California in January. Writing local rules in the weed-friendly...

Guests at Daniel Zuhlke's South Lake Tahoe AirBnB are greeted by a table adorned with flowers, vegan snacks, a crowler of local craft beer – and a bong filled with Tahoe-grown cannabis. Touted as "Tahoe's 1st Vegan Bed, Bud, Brew and Breakfast," Zuhlke's vacation home rental – a one-room...

Revenue from tax on legal marijuana in Canada should go in part towards public education to teach young people about the risks of drugs, says Liberal MP Bill Blair. "Revenue generated from this should be reinvested in research, in prevention, in public education, in treatment and...

Daily use of marijuana as well as past month rates rose for both men and women aged 26 and older in states with medical marijuana laws in effect, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Marijuana use among those younger than 26 years old was generally...

The Nebraska State Patrol seized nearly 50 lbs of marijuana in a traffic stop near Cozad. Shortly after 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 8th a trooper pulled over a 2008 GMC pick-up for a headlight violation. During the stop, troopers detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the...

Minutes after being chosen Monday as the next speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, Craig Coughlin declined to commit to a key goal of Gov. elect and fellow Democrat Phil Murphy: legalizing marijuana. Coughlin, D-Middlesex, said during a news conference that he has "not indicated" whether or...

San Diego County's only licensed commercial marijuana grower plans to at least double production, largely to help meet demand when stores begin selling recreational cannabis in early January. Outco of El Cajon says that it is on pace to produce about 1,000 pounds of marijuana this year, and...

Few if any industries are growing as quickly as legal marijuana, and investors have taken notice. Back in June, a quick look at the largest dozen marijuana stocks at the time showed an average trailing-year return of better than 330%. While this has since tapered off a bit, many marijuana stocks...

Joseph Casias injured his knee at the Battle Creek Wal-Mart where he worked in 2009. Per company policy, he took a drug test. It came back positive. Casias had been using marijuana at home to treat pain from sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor. The American Civil Liberties Union...

One of the first decisions the new Portage City Council will have to make is what do about medical marijuana licensing - or not. The council had scheduled a committee-of-the-whole meeting for Nov. 14 to discuss the issue, but changed that to 6 p.m. Dec. 19 to allow the new council to make the...