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The city of Ann Arbor is taking steps to ensure its process for licensing medical marijuana facilities complies with the state's new Medical Marihuana Licensing Facilities Act. The state law, which took effect in December 2016, outlines different types of commercial medical marijuana...

Since 2012 federal prosecutors have been trying to imprison three medical marijuana users in Washington, arguing that they grew cannabis for profit rather than relief of their symptoms. In a startling shift this week, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane finally conceded what the...

Berea City Council members voted 4-2 at their Oct. 16 meeting to establish a six-month moratorium on occupancy permits for medical marijuana entrepreneurs who want to establish businesses in the city. Councilmen Gene Zacharyasz and Rick Skoczen voted no, and Councilman Jim Maxwell was absent...

Things are evolving quickly for commercial greenhouse cannabis growers (among others doing business in this industry). For many years, this space was stagnant. However, as of late, things are picking up and the industry is changing for the better. A Closer Look at Technology From the...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he wants to see "more competition" among medical marijuana growers who supply the plant to researchers, in his Wednesday morning testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican, asked Sessions to "clarify" the...

Uniontown's zoning hearing board will hear a request on Thursday from a medical cannabis company for a special exception to operate a state-licensed dispensary where Woodlands World was once located. Maitri Medicinals LLC, which in June was allotted a permit by the state Department of Health...

Because I am a musician, people often assume that I must indulge in the fast-paced life that often comes with playing on the road. But they would be wrong. Coming up in the business in the 1980's, I saw plenty of drugs, but it never really appealed to me. I'm not even much of a drinker. But...

People looking to break into Michigan's medical marijuana industry would need to come with a lot of capital, per recommendations issued by the Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation made public on Tuesday. The Medical Marihuana Licensing Board is charged with issuing licenses to businesses...

Legislation being considered by City Council would welcome the testing, growing and manufacturing of medical marijuana, but prohibit dispensaries within the city. An eight-page proposal to amend the city's development code has the support of Mayor William Judge's administration and the city's...

A politically connected medical marijuana grower has suspended its effort to sell itself for $20 million after the Wolf administration threatened to revoke its cultivation permit. The Inquirer first reported Oct. 3 that Franklin Labs LLC – chaired by Gov. Wolf's former adviser John Hanger –...

A medical marijuana grower/processor in western Pennsylvania became the first state licensee Tuesday to receive the go-ahead to begin production. Cresco Yeltrah in Jefferson County, northeast of Pittsburgh, is one of 12 grower/processors licensed for Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program...

Every person on planet earth is unique–with this individuality comes distinct tendencies and quarks in personalities. For the most part, these character traits should be celebrated, as originality in thought and action is what drives humankind forward. Nonetheless, due to a variety of...

A senior deputy minority leader strongly opposed on Monday the passage of a measure decriminalizing the use of marijuana. Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza of Buhay said the Philippine Medical Association has rejected the House Bill (HB) 6517 outright, declaring marijuana "contrary to the policy...

As Puerto Rico continues to rebuild after Hurricane Maria, one area that is particularly struggling is the medical marijuana industry. And it could cost the island millions of dollars. Puerto Rico legalized medical marijuana last December in an effort to spur economic activity for the island...

The Medical Marihuana Licensing Board will discuss how much marijuana a patient should be able to purchase per day at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 12:30 p.m. The Licensing Board was formed under a 2016 law, and will put forth a licensure process for medical marijuana...

The Wolf administration is threatening to revoke the permit of a politically-connected company which has attempted to sell its license to grow cannabis for $20 million. The Inquirer first reported Oct. 3 that Franklin Labs LLC, headed by former Wolf adviser John Hanger, was circulating a...

The licensed medical marijuana dispensary in downtown Evanston asked to renew its rental agreement with the city for one year instead of three to accommodate uncertainty in the state's medical cannabis program PharmaCann opened a location in 2015 on the ground floor of the city-owned Maple...

Officials are expecting a rush Dec. 15 when Michigan begins offering applications to people who want to start a medical marijuana business and be part of what is expected to be a $700-million-a-year industry in the state. "We may have 50. We may have 1,500. We may have 5,000," Shelly...

The fourth annual Cannabis World Congress and Business Exposition (CWCB Expo) was surprisingly sober. At the Hynes Convention Center, legal cannabis startups mingled with investment groups and established companies trying to get into what they see as a burgeoning market. "It's like the...

Before Israel licensed medical marijuana, people with terminal illnesses would come desperate to a chin-bearded young grower, Perry Davidson. "Back then, I was picking up the cannabis in the garden, going on the bus, wrapping it up so it didn't smell, and physically giving it to the patient,"...