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Two men are behind bars after the Troup County Sheriff's Office says they were caught trafficking more than 150 pounds of high-grade marijuana. A press release from Sgt. Stewart Smith says Thursday night around 8:45 p.m., a deputy noticed a white tractor trailer passed a weigh station without...

A Pass-around Agenda? Democratic gubernatorial hopeful J.B. Pritzker wants to legalize marijuana as part of his crime-fighting plan, which he unveiled Thursday at the DuSable Museum of African American History. "We don't need more studies on this," Pritzker said. "We need to act. Let's...

Did you know that Virginia had the nation's first marijuana law? That's right, back in 1623, planters were required to grow it because it was needed for ropes and sails. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were among those growing the non-psychoactive strain of hemp (Reportedly, they may...

The Pennsylvania Health Department reported on Thursday that more than 1,000 people registered on the first day of applications for the state's new Medical Marijuana Program. The estimate includes patients and caregivers, according to Nate Wardle, a spokesman for the health department...

On Wednesday, Pennsylvania's health department unveiled a landmark registry for its residents who use medical marijuana. The new website will serve as a one-stop hub connecting patients and caregivers to growers, dispensaries, labs and physicians. More than 100 doctors are already linked to the...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a message for companies trying to hawk marijuana-based products as ones that can "prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure cancer" with zero evidence supporting that assertion: Knock it off, immediately. "Substances that contain components of marijuana will...

Aloha Green is situated in a downtown building whose austere beige-ness belies the company’s more therapeutic purpose: It’s a medical-marijuana dispensary. As soon as I tried to walk inside for an interview, I was met by a metal detector and a large man who demanded to see my medical-marijuana...

Keep your eyes out for a Dodge Sprinter van around Boulder. What looks like a nondescript cargo van is actually a cutting-edge marijuana research lab. It's nicknamed the Mystery Machine or the CannaVan, and researchers are using the mobile lab to drive around federal drug laws. That's...

Veterans tend to be an older, more conservative group, but that doesn't stop them from advocating for a radical change in direction from the nation's outdated policies on marijuana. The American Legion represents many conservative veterans, but that doesn't stop it from taking progressive...

An Italian court has acquitted a man of cannabis possession because he is a Rastafarian and was using the drug to meditate. The 30-year-old was arrested in May last year after police found eight grams of cannabis in his pocket and a further 50 grams at his home. A prosecutor called for him...

Texas will soon have its first working grow facilities for cannabis. Compassionate Cultivation, one of the companies licensed to grow and produce medicine under Texas's limited medical marijuana program, said in a news release Wednesday it would start planting cannabis plants this week...

Tennessee Democrats have voted to support resolutions calling for the legalization of medical marijuana, wider health care coverage and a $15 minimum wage. The state executive committee passed the resolutions aimed at expressing the positions of the state Democratic Party. State lawmakers...

HealthWise Foundation presented its site plan for a medical marijuana dispensary Wednesday in the first of what is of what is expected to be several Planning Board public hearings. Attorney James A. McMahon of HealthWise Foundation Inc. is seeking site plan approval for the vacant property at...

Congresswoman Dina Titus voted for the marijuana legalization measure on Nevada's ballot a year ago. Since then, she has been fighting on Capitol Hill to get the federal government to respect the decision she and a majority of her constituents made to end prohibition. The Las Vegas Democrat has...

The city of Morro Bay is just one of 482 cities in the state frantically working on local cannabis regulations before a January 2018 deadline. California voters approved Proposition 64 last November, making the use of recreational marijuana legal for adults 21 and older, and jurisdictions...

Tax collections top $3.7 million since sales began Alaska is continuing to make more money from marijuana, according to new figures from the Alaska Department of Revenue. The state collected $723,757 in taxes from marijuana farms in September, according to excise tax director Kelly...

1. Over the summer, experts said the big unknown in Pennsylvania's bid to launch a medical marijuana industry would be whether doctors would sign on. Poor participation could make it difficult for patients to find a practitioner willing to recommend marijuana. And fewer patients could drive up...

Since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, seven other states and the District of Columbia have followed suit. Next year, California, Maine, and Massachusetts will begin sales, potentially tripling the size of the legal pot market. By the end of 2018, 20 percent of Americans will...

Most people have heard of the Federal Marijuana Patients, but most people do not understand how that whole system works. I have been studying Supreme Court Cases, and DEA Administrative Law for the past few years, so I will explain the process. So I will start with the Federal Marijuana...

Buying legal marijuana in California could be pricey enough to keep the black market healthy. Between customers, retailers and growers, taxes on cannabis may reach as high as 45% in parts of the state, according to a Fitch Ratings report. Those high taxes may keep consumers away from legal...