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During the first week of March, the Marist Poll conducted the Weed & the American Family survey, funded by Yahoo News and focusing on the impact of marijuana use on relationships and the family. Barbara Brohl, executive director of Colorado's Department of Revenue, told the panel her state's...

Once a month, a cardboard box from Colorado appears at the office of a conservative Christian lawmaker in central Georgia, filled with derivatives of marijuana, to be distributed around the state in the shadows of the law. Operating in ways he hopes will avoid felony charges of drug...

Study to address diversity concerns by state's Legislative Black Caucus. Gov. Larry Hogan has called for a disparity study to examine Maryland's regulated medical cannabis industry. Hogan said the study will be overseen by the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs and is in response to concerns...

Public Health, Delta and Menominee Counties, along with the SAVE council, will be hosting an Informational town hall meeting called Marijuana Legalization: "The Impact." The meeting will be held Thursday May 25, at the Bay College Besse Center Theater at 6 p.m. Guest speaker will be Kevin...

Please join us in welcoming @Ron Strider into his new News Moderator position! :cheer: Being the first person in Nevada to receive his medical Cannabis card, Ron is a long term advocate for our mission and is excited to get involved in helping us make change. He now takes on a brand new role...

Parma, Ohio - Out-of-state investors are ready to make some green in Parma. They want the city to quickly approve the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana. On Monday, Parma City Council heard from Chad Zaki, an investor from Phoenix, AZ with the firm Greenlight Holdings, L.L.C. Zaki...

Please join us in welcoming Sue Sweets, formerly known as @SweetSue into her new News Moderator position! :cheer: Sue is a long term, high profile advocate for our mission and is happy to finally get involved in helping us make change on yet an even deeper level. She now takes on a brand new...

EASTLAKE, Ohio - From community center to marijuana manufacturer? Eastlake City Council unanimously approved the sale of the city's old JFK Senior Center for a potential 50-thousand square foot medical marijuana cultivation center. Katie Bitonti told News 5 she would have a front row seat to...

Taranto, Italy -- Farmers in a region of Italy once known for cheeses have turned to cultivating a type of cannabis -- not to smoke or sell -- but to decontaminate polluted soil. The hemp they're growing contains very little THC -- the compound that makes people high. Vincenzo Fornaro...

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Peru's government says it will present to the opposition-dominated legislature a plan to legalize the medical use of marijuana "for the treatment of serious and terminal illnesses." President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's administration said Wednesday the plan was developed after police raided a...

Jacksonville, Fl. – A medical marijuana treatment center has set up shop in St. Johns County. Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers of Florida has set up a location on Solana Road in Ponte Vedra Beach. The company says it gives patients who meet state requirements medical marijuana...

Tampa - Medical marijuana providers Trulieve will open its first dispensary in Tampa this Thursday. The first company to be granted authorization by the state to distribute low THC and high THC cannabis to qualifying patients at its location at 8701 North Dale Mabry Highway. "This is exciting...

Nevada's medical marijuana portal has been restored after the Nevada Division of Public Behavioral Health investigated a Dec. 28, 2016 breach to its program database where confidential information involving owners and employees of establishments was compromised. The State of Nevada Medical...

Albuquerque, N.M. — Some Republicans and Democrats think taxing marijuana could help solve the state's money problems. Republican Representative Bill Rehm of Albuquerque filed the "Marijuana Tax Act" bill Thursday. He's proposing a $25 tax for each ounce of marijuana distributed. That tax...

Boston - Lawmakers are proposing a controversial bill in Beacon Hill that would apply to those jailed for possession or selling of marijuana. The bill aims to provide amnesty to prisoners who are facing time for marijuana-related charges. Lawmakers said they will have a drafted bill ready...

Little Rock - A decision by Arkansas' voters to let residents with certain medical conditions obtain marijuana to ease their symptoms was an overwhelming choice as the state's top news story of 2016, according to balloting by Associated Press journalists and the news organization's members...

Minneapolis – Adult recreational use of marijuana is now legal in eight states and the District of Columbia, and 29 states have embraced some form of medical marijuana legalization. There's even a pot plant cultivation competition at the annual Oregon State Fair. By 2015, legal cannabis...

Just as Governor Eddie Calvo stated his position on legalizing recreational marijuana on Guam, KUAM News has learned that officials from Adelup met with stakeholders today to get more feedback. The governor's legal counsel Sandra Miller says Adelup officials are consulting with organizations...

With the legalization of cannabis spreading to several new states after the November elections, it seems like a matter of time before mass-produced marijuana cigarettes hit the market. One company, Cranfords, has already began selling the product throughout Colorado. Now is the hugely popular...