marijuana

A special legislative commission is looking into the potential effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island as the state's northern neighbor readies to allow recreational marijuana sales. Bills to legalize and tax recreational marijuana in Rhode Island have stalled in previous...

The University of Virginia has completed its first successful harvest of hemp plants in collaboration with a private plant biotechnology company. The harvest – coming after the first year of a three-year, $1.1 million sponsored research agreement between UVa and biotech company 22nd Century...

New Jersey is warning parents to look out for people slipping their kids marijuana-laced candy while trick-or-treating. But with no apparent evidence that's ever happened, advocates for legalizing the drug say it's nothing more than a Halloween scare tactic. The state attorney general's...

Potential medical marijuana businesses in Niles could literally fail the smell test. A provision for field olfactometer testing in the proposed zoning rules requires that a business not score higher than seven on a smell scale. If it does – and fails to fix the problem in 72 hours – the...

San Francisco. The very evening I arrived in downtown San Francisco, I was shocked to see the big marijuana sign on the moving bus. In bold, colorful letters, the sign celebrated the words, Marijuana Is Here. And indeed, it is, very much so. Next January, recreational use of marijuana becomes...

Ready or not, California kicks off recreational marijuana sales on Jan. 1. And, mostly, it's not. Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many cities still struggling to fashion local rules for pot shops and growers. Without the regulations, there could be limited options in many places for...

Medical professionals, state legislators and local advocacy groups will be under one roof Thursday night. The topic? Medical cannabis. The Compassionate Care Act was introduced last session. It would allow medical cannabis for people with certain medical conditions like multiple sclerosis or...

A Sun City dispensary has opened Arizona's first medical marijuana drive-thru. All Greens, located near Bell Road and 99th Avenue, originally opened its doors on May 2, but introduced the drive-thru on Friday. To commemorate the event, All of Greens invited the public to celebrate the...

Calaveras County Sheriff's Office Marijuana Enforcement Team's this past week raided three properties in Mountain Ranch and one in San Andreas that netted nearly 600 plants, over a thousand pounds of marijuana and several arrests — most disturbing was the human waste found near a ground well...

A Kent County judge is expected to issue a written opinion on whether charges will stand against two former corrections officers who used marijuana butter. Judge Dennis Leiber heard oral arguments Friday, Oct. 27 in a case involving former Kent County corrections officers Michael Frederick...

The town's openness to marijuana dispensaries appears to be attracting more business. Ipswich Pharmaceuticals requested at this week's selectmen's meeting a letter of non-opposition to open a registered marijuana dispensary in town. Selectmen denied the request pending discussion with the...

Voters in Madison will have one eye on the ballot box in November and one eye on Gov. Paul LePage as the question of marijuana sales is addressed locally and statewide. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Madison Town Office to vote "yes" or "no" on this question: "Shall...

A press release from the campaign manager for Representative Dan Johnson of Bullitt County said that he is filing a bill for the 2018 General Assembly that if passed, would allow local jurisdictions to hold local option elections to decide whether to allow marijuana growth, possession, and...

As California prepares for legalized recreational marijuana to hit the market next year, San Mateo County officials are asking the public for input on a draft ordinance allowing indoor commercial cultivation. The Board of Supervisors agreed to proceed with rules and a licensing system to...

Metro-east residents who cross the Mississippi River and get busted for weed face stiffer penalties in Missouri than they do in Illinois. But maybe not for long. A St. Louis alderwoman has proposed a bill that would direct police not to spend their time and energy enforcing marijuana laws on...

Enforcing Canada's new legalized marijuana comes with a high price tag. The federal government will spend C$546 million ($426 million) over the next five years to implement its new cannabis laws, according to the latest budget forecast. Agencies such as Heath Canada and the Royal Canadian...

Somerville's first registered medical marijuana dispensary held its grand opening Friday morning. Sage Naturals is located at 240 Elm St., a 5,000-square-foot retail space underneath bfresh market in Davis Square. This is the non-profit's second area dispensary, behind a location on Mass. Ave...

A man who lost someone he loved to breast cancer years ago is making his way around the county teaching people about the effects of medical marijuana. His destination today was Mulberry. He went for a seminar on cannabis as medicine. "I've been traveling the world for the last five years...

It used to be a place to deposit your green. Now it's where you buy it! Drive-thru pharmacies have made picking up your prescription meds more convenient for decades. In Sun City, Ariz., shopping for marijuana will now be just as easy. All Greens Dispensary opened Arizona's the first...

Police raided an illegal medical marijuana dispensary in El Monte on Friday morning and arrested a Santa Ana man, authorities said. The bust took place about 10 a.m. at the dispensary, 10755 Lower Azusa Road, Unit J, El Monte police Sgt. Roger Cobian said. The investigation began, "in...