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A recreational marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas has opened a drive-thru window. The ownership team tells the Las Vegas Sun the fast food-style drive-thru on tribal land near downtown Las Vegas is the first of its kind in the country. Las Vegas Paiute Tribe Chairman Benny Tso said the Nuwu...

Mayor Tory says that municipalities, Toronto included, should “absolutely” receive a portion of the revenue collected through a tax on the legal sale of marijuana. Tory made the comment to reporters on Friday afternoon in the wake of the federal government releasing its proposed tax framework...

The screech of a chair across the floor of a fast-food restaurant made Tom Mertz instinctively jerk his head toward the noise. He felt the pain immediately in his neck. And when he drives, his right leg throbs unless he keeps rubbing it. Everything hurts. At 68, Mertz, who served...

Las Vegas' reputation as a place where you can indulge your vices and have a good time helps it lure some 43 million visitors a year. But tourists heading to Sin City hoping to consume newly legal cannabis have a problem: There are few places in town, other than private homes, where someone can...

The federal government's proposed plan to impose an excise tax on medical marijuana as well as recreational cannabis has left patient advocate groups and Canadian licensed cannabis producers fuming. Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana (CFAMM) and the Arthritis Society said in a...

It's Veterans Day. Banks are closed. People don't receive their mail. And military veterans have myriad options to eat free at restaurants as a thank you for their service. But the American Legion, a major organization of 2.4 million veterans, wants those who served to have access to something...

Portland police on Friday released details about what led police to arrest the principal of a medical marijuana dispensary on drug charges last month. Andrew Bozzuto, 54, of the Northford section of North Branford, was seen in what appeared to be a “hand-to-hand” exchange of marijuana with...

Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the government is monitoring global trends in the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana, but doubted the Bahamas would "follow suit" in the immediate future. However, in addressing the matter from both a personal and a professional...

If New Jersey follows through on plans to legalize recreational marijuana, analysts believe the Garden State could grow into a $1 billion market. Democrat Phil Murphy, who was elected Tuesday as New Jersey’s next governor, vowed on the campaign to legalize marijuana and use a potential $300...

Americans may soon be able to get medical marijuana from an unlikely drug dealer: Israel. Bloomberg reported Thursday that 2018 could be a big year for the country's quest to become a global pot provider. Israel's government is on track to pass regulations that would allow growers to export...

Always a hot topic, the prospect of legalizing marijuana in Indiana -- whether for medical use or to curb opioid addictions -- has picked up steam, whether on one side or another. Here are just a few local organizations or prominent Indiana figures who have recently weighed in on the state...

Jim Gierach can't believe it has taken so long for elected leaders to conclude that drug prohibition doesn't work. Some Cook County lawmakers and state legislators are renewing efforts to legalize recreational marijuana use in Illinois, with a push underway to place a referendum on election...

Authorities have arrested an Oregon man found with pot and a cannabis extract called shatter in a van after an Interstate 80 traffic stop in Lincoln. Court records say Richard Wilkinson, of Damascus, Oregon, is charged with possession with intent to deliver. A man driving another vehicle...

The man who presided over the turbulent launch of Maryland's medical marijuana industry resigned Thursday. Patrick Jameson, a former state trooper who took over as executive director of the Medical Cannabis Commission in April 2016, will stay in his job until the end of the month. Jameson...

With 29 states (plus the District of Columbia) that have legalized marijuana in some form, the U.S. is seeing an explosion of pot-related companies. In 2016, there were between 21,000 and 33,000 cannabis businesses in the U.S. Yet many of these businesses have a hard time just making ends meet...

Canadian marijuana stocks surged Friday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government proposed a tax of one dollar a gram of legalized recreational marijuana. The government said Friday the tax shouldn't exceed C$1 (79 U.S. cents) a gram or 10 percent of the producer's price, whichever is...

Recreational marijuana users in Burbank may soon be able to cultivate their own plants at home. The Burbank City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to approve the first reading of an ordinance that would amend the city's ordinance that oversees the use of cannabis to better align with state...

Alexis Bortell is hardly the first child whose family moved to Colorado for access to medical marijuana. But the 12-year-old is the first Colorado kid to sue U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions over the nation's official marijuana policy. "As the seizures got worse, we had to move to Colorado to...

One year after Massachusetts voters passed a ballot question legalizing marijuana, legal pot sales remain several months away.One year after Massachusetts voters passed a ballot question legalizing marijuana, legal pot sales remain several months away. One year after Massachusetts voters...

It's looking like the Garden State is about to plant some new greenery. Following Democrat Phil Murphy's victory in New Jersey's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, marijuana legalization in the state could very quickly become a reality. The incoming governor, who won his race in a landslide...