medical-marijuana

New regulations for medical-marijuana dispensaries are up for a County Commission vote during a final public hearing Dec. 19. Commissioners held a first hearing Tuesday on updated medical-marijuana dispensary rules that would follow state law, allowing them wherever pharmacies are permitted...

Potential medical-marijuana production companies might have shied away from Iowa’s new program because of high fees and a relatively small number of patients who could qualify, a top state administrator said Friday. Just one company, MedPharm Iowa, applied for a state license to grow marijuana...

Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen is cracking down on medical-marijuana businesses he says are evading as much as $1.5 million in property taxes each year by failing to report the value of the equipment they use. Only 11 of 109 medical-marijuana businesses this year submitted itemized...

New York's medical-marijuana program isn't producing the high tax revenues that officials anticipated. Gov. Cuomo's administration initially projected $4 million in annual revenues based on a 7 percent excise tax on sales of medical pot, which began in January 2016. But revised estimates...

Leominster - While a specific site plan for a medical-marijuana dispensary has yet to be formally approved by the city's Planning Board, the board's chairman said Tuesday a public hearing on the plan may be held during the City Council's meeting Monday. "The City Council would give them their...

The Arizona Department of Health Services awarded preliminary licenses for 31 new medical-marijuana dispensaries last week, creating a lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurs and (soon) more shopping choices for patients. Most of the 747 applicants lost out on their hoped-for pot of green...

The Arizona Department of Health Services awarded preliminary licenses for 31 new medical-marijuana dispensaries last week, creating a lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurs and (soon) more shopping choices for patients. Most of the 747 applicants lost out on their hoped-for pot of green...

Bexley and New Albany could soon join more than a dozen Ohio municipalities banning or placing a temporary hold on medical-marijuana operations. Both suburbs recently introduced legislation to adopt moratoriums temporarily restricting the activity - New Albany on Sept. 20 and Bexley on Tuesday...

Bexley and New Albany could soon join more than a dozen Ohio municipalities banning or placing a temporary hold on medical-marijuana operations. Both suburbs recently introduced legislation to adopt moratoriums temporarily restricting the activity - New Albany on Sept. 20 and Bexley on Tuesday...

Leominster - The City Council on Monday gave the green light for approval letters for two medical-marijuana companies in the city and tabled a motion for a third. No medical-marijuana company has been approved to open in Leominster, but the city is now a step closer. Officially called...

Leominster - The City Council on Monday gave the green light for approval letters for two medical-marijuana companies in the city and tabled a motion for a third. No medical-marijuana company has been approved to open in Leominster, but the city is now a step closer. Officially called...

For weeks, Bill Myer studied images of Phoenix neighborhoods, pored over zoning maps and drove the streets in search of property that could house a new medical-marijuana dispensary. Myer, of Phoenix, already owns a dispensary in Glendale, but with state officials poised to award a second...

For weeks, Bill Myer studied images of Phoenix neighborhoods, pored over zoning maps and drove the streets in search of property that could house a new medical-marijuana dispensary. Myer, of Phoenix, already owns a dispensary in Glendale, but with state officials poised to award a second...

First in line to cash in if recreational use of pot is approved in Massachusetts, medical-marijuana interests are helping to bankroll the campaign to get voters to say "yes" at the ballot box. Voters in November will decide whether to legalize the drug's regulated growth for recreational use...

First in line to cash in if recreational use of pot is approved in Massachusetts, medical-marijuana interests are helping to bankroll the campaign to get voters to say "yes" at the ballot box. Voters in November will decide whether to legalize the drug's regulated growth for recreational use...

When Deborah Young of Ferndale sent her $60 fee to Lansing this year to register as a medical-marijuana user, she assumed the state would use her money to review her paperwork and print her ID card. The fees are "for the operation and oversight of the Michigan medical marihuana program," says...

When Deborah Young of Ferndale sent her $60 fee to Lansing this year to register as a medical-marijuana user, she assumed the state would use her money to review her paperwork and print her ID card. The fees are "for the operation and oversight of the Michigan medical marihuana program," says...

There's a body of research showing that painkiller abuse and overdose are lower in states with medical marijuana laws. These studies have generally assumed that when medical marijuana is available, pain patients are increasingly choosing pot over powerful and deadly prescription narcotics. But...

Zoned Properties, a medical-marijuana real-estate company, is developing what it bills as the state's first "medical-marijuana business park." The Scottsdale-based company announced on March 17 that it had signed a deal to lease 25,000 square feet of space in a building near 52nd Street and...

Arizona voters approved the state's medical-marijuana program in 2010, and ever since lawmakers have sought to change it. From plans to legalize it for recreational use to banning it on university campuses, the Legislature has made debating medical-marijuana a nearly annual tradition. Here is a...