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Limited cultivation, both indoors and outdoors, of cannabis for personal use will be allowed in unincorporated areas of Placer County under a new ordinance introduced today by the Placer County Board of Supervisors. The ordinance was introduced by a vote of 4-0; District 5 Supervisor Jennifer...

Houlton, Maine — Officials from several towns across Aroostook County are considering the impact of the legalization of marijuana on their communities, with at least one community imposing an emergency moratorium to temporarily prevent marijuana dispensaries from setting up shop. Question 1...

Laws passed this year by Nashville and Memphis that gave police discretion to hand out lighter civil citations for possession of small amounts of marijuana violate state statute and therefore can't stand, according to Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery. Slatery issued that opinion on...

Lansing - A proposed residential medical marijuana ordinance needs further review and could be changed several times, based how City Council's Committee on Public Safety meeting went Thursday afternoon at City Hall. Representatives from the city, Lansing Board of Water & Light, the medical...

The Camarillo City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved an emergency interim ordinance in response to the passage of Proposition 64, which legalizes recreational marijuana in California. Under the city's emergency interim ordinance, a 45-day moratorium is in place on non-medical...

Supporters and critics of Mayor Virg Bernero's new home-based medical marijuana ordinance will get a chance to voice their opinions to city council. The city council's committee on public safety is expected to review the ordinance at 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Bernero's proposal...

Lansing - Supporters and critics of Mayor Virg Bernero's proposed ordinance for home-based medical marijuana grow facilities will get their chance to sound off about it Thursday afternoon at City Hall. City Council's three-member Committee on Public Safety is expected to review the matter at...

An opinion issued Wednesday by Tennessee's Attorney General said the Memphis City Council's ordinance that decriminalizes marijuana possession is illegal. Attorney General Herbert Slatery said in the opinion the ordinance conflicts with the provisions of the state's Drug Control Act and the...

East Lansing - City officials are considering ordinance changes that would allow commercial medical marijuana facilities. East Lansing City Council could consider a draft ordinance in December and set the subject for a public hearing sometime in January, Mayor Mark Meadows said. The possible...

The fate of the commercial cannabis industry in Calaveras County remained unclear on Monday, following the defeat of an initiative to enact permanent regulation on the Nov. 8 ballot and a nearly full-on replacement of the Board of Supervisors in January. Despite uncertainty in the wake of the...

Holmes Beach commissioners have determined that enacting rules for marijuana use and distribution is premature. A medical marijuana amendment, up for a statewide vote Nov. 8, could cause problems for the city, if passed. Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer encouraged commissioners to...

Holmes Beach commissioners have determined that enacting rules for marijuana use and distribution is premature. A medical marijuana amendment, up for a statewide vote Nov. 8, could cause problems for the city, if passed. Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer encouraged commissioners to...

Geography and a specific point of law, according to Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner, should be reason enough for commissioners to pass a controversial marijuana ordinance that would apply only in the unincorporated areas of his southeast district. He hopes those details will gain them...

Rocklin, Calif. - In less than a week, California voters will decide whether to legalize recreational use marijuana. Rocklin is one of several communities trying to get ahead of the issue. FAST FACTS: -- Rocklin City Council will approve an emergency ordinance defining public use of...

With less than a week left before California voters decide if recreational marijuana will be legal to use, Campbell is among cities adopting urgency ordinances regulating non-medical marijuana uses before the Nov. 8 election. The city council unanimously voted to adopt an urgency ordinance at...

An attorney who represents the head of a business leasing one of the cannabis processing units closed by a sheriff's raid Oct. 27 said on Wednesday that the action ignores the spirit of the Calaveras County urgency ordinance that regulates commercial cultivation. "The ordinance allows drying...

A site plan for a medical marijuana dispensary - Wayne's second dispensary - was approved recently by the city council. The dispensary would be located on a currently vacant lot on Old Van Born Road with a nearby home being moved onto a new foundation to house the business. "This is a...

Shelby County, Tenn. - The Shelby County Commission has voted down a new marijuana ordinance, WREG has learned. The ordinance, which would have legalized small amounts of marijuana, failed to pass the first reading, effectively taking it off the table for the time being. The City of...

Falls Township - With an eye on the public safety of Falls Township residents and the local business community, the Falls Township Board of Supervisors is considering an ordinance to set regulations for the production and distribution of medical marijuana. "The state has made some changes in...

Shelby County, Tenn. - The marijuana ordinance is officially in effect in Memphis and another one is about to be proposed. The ordinance went into effect on Monday in Memphis. Keven Franks is a firm believer in second chances. "I feel like all over the world deserves a second chance...