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The Rio Dell City Council on Tuesday will take a look at a medical marijuana land use ordinance that limits industry activities to a site north of the Eel River. The council voted down the original version of this ordinance during a June 21 meeting, Mayor Frank Wilson said. This ordinance...

The Hollister City Council has scheduled Sept. 19 for a decision on Hollister's medical marijuana ordinance, but acting before the upcoming election results doesn't make sense. The primary reason for waiting is to get the Nov. 8 local vote view on Proposition 64, the closely related proposal for...

Memphis, TN - When City Council members sit down Tuesday, there will be a lot on the table to discuss. One of the issues up for debate is Councilman Berlin Boyd's proposed marijuana decriminalization ordinance, which would allow police to decide whether people caught with half an ounce or...

If you support safe, sensible and common sense regulation of medical and recreational marijuana and don't think that the town of Middletown should maintain a black market as the state moves towards regulation, you should attend the Town Council Meeting at 6PM on Tuesday, September 6th. Our...

If you support safe, sensible and common sense regulation of medical and recreational marijuana and don't think that the town of Middletown should maintain a black market as the state moves towards regulation, you should attend the Town Council Meeting at 6PM on Tuesday, September 6th. Our...

Yakima, Wash. - The Yakima City Council will discuss potential revisions to the city's marijuana ordinance during its regular business meeting Tuesday. In July, the council voted 4-3 to require marijuana businesses to abide by a 1,000-foot buffer zone around sites such as schools and child...

Lansing, Mich. - Lansing City Council Member Carol Wood has been working on ten drafts of an ordinance to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries since late last year. She and the Public Safety Committee have finally agreed on a set of rules. "We've been very open about listening to the...

Lansing, Mich. - Lansing City Council Member Carol Wood has been working on ten drafts of an ordinance to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries since late last year. She and the Public Safety Committee have finally agreed on a set of rules. "We've been very open about listening to the...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee on Thursday became the latest to throw its support behind a proposal that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Nashville. Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the ACLU of Tennessee, in a letter Thursday to Metro...

Don't expect to sign up today but Trinity County created a zoning ordinance for commercial medical marijuana cultivation regulation. On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept an urgency ordinance. According to the wording of the ordinance, "[T]here is a concern that if left...

Don't expect to sign up today but Trinity County created a zoning ordinance for commercial medical marijuana cultivation regulation. On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept an urgency ordinance. According to the wording of the ordinance, "[T]here is a concern that if left...

Retaining local control of marijuana is, once again, on the agendas of SLO County's municipalities. In an effort to get in front of Proposition 64 - the Adult Use of Marijuana Act - which, if passed in November, would legalize and tax recreational marijuana in California for adults 21 and...

Lansing - After five completed drafts, city officials are once again set to meet at City Hall to determine where a proposed medical marijuana ordinance stands and how it could eventually be enforced. City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Attorney Jim Smiertka are expected to meet...

Lansing - After five completed drafts, city officials are once again set to meet at City Hall to determine where a proposed medical marijuana ordinance stands and how it could eventually be enforced. City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Attorney Jim Smiertka are expected to meet...

Last week, Colorado Springs City Council passed another new ordinance that will affect home growers of all stripes. "I didn't say the word..." Fire Marshal Brett Lacey joked while presenting it, straightening up to clarify that "this came out of our dealings with marijuana home grows."...

Lansing - After more than 10 months of public meetings and revisions to five drafts of a proposed medical marijuana ordinance, the City Council's Committee on Public Safety appears to be approaching the finish line. The committee could finalize changes to a sixth draft at its Sept. 2 meeting...

Lansing - After more than 10 months of public meetings and revisions to five drafts of a proposed medical marijuana ordinance, the City Council's Committee on Public Safety appears to be approaching the finish line. The committee could finalize changes to a sixth draft at its Sept. 2 meeting...

Memphis, Tenn. - The Memphis City Council has voted to pass an ordinance that will reduce the severity of carrying a small amount of marijuana. Fifty bucks. That's how much people could end up paying if caught or distributing less than an ounce of weed. There would also be the possibility...

Bellaire, Ohio - Bellaire residents have a decision to make. In November, an ordinance will be up for vote that would eliminate the penalty for possession of less than 200 grams of marijuana within village limits. The ordinance is part of an initiative by "Sensible Bellaire," and Director...

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on an urgency ordinance that would put a halt to new marijuana cultivation in the county. Though the board directed county staff to draft the ordinance, there is a strong possibility the regulation will not pass. Four votes are...