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East Lansing residents can have a say in proposed changes to local marijuana laws at a City Council public hearing on Oct. 11. In 2015, the city charter was amended to allow possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and use for persons older than 21 years of age on private property, but...

Shelby County, Tenn. - It's only been about 24 hours since the marijuana ordinance passed in Memphis, and another one's already being talked about. But this time, it's at the county level. Commissioner Van Turner says he likes the idea of not everyone going to jail for having a small...

Should Proposition 64 pass in November, recreational marijuana use will be as illegal in the unincorporated areas of the county as the Kings County Board of Supervisors could make it. Tuesday, the Kings County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that would keep existing bans on...

The Memphis City Council voted 7 to 6 on Tuesday to narrowly approve a new ordinance that decriminalizes small amounts of weed. Marijuana is not legal in Memphis now. It did not become the Colorado of the Mid-South. The ordinance means that if someone in Memphis is busted walking around...

The Salem City Council has finalized changes in the city ordinance for possession of small amounts of cannabis. The revised ordinance caps fines at $200 when an amount of 20 to 30 grams is involved. The fine will be $150 for possession of 10 to 20 grams and $100 for 1 to 9 grams. The council...

Nashville police have more discretion to decide how to charge people caught with small amounts of marijuana following action by the Metro Council two weeks ago. Now, council members and others are outlining efforts to track marijuana arrests and citations to try to prevent potential bias from...

This November, city residents have an opportunity to vote on Ordinance 300 - "City of Denver Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program Initiative." If it passes, the ordinance will provide more freedom in where marijuana and marijuana products can be consumed. When Amendment 64 was passed in 2012 it...

In a move to get the jump on the potential legalization of marijuana if a November proposition is approved by voters, the Solvang City Council adopted an interim urgency ordinance essentially banning the drug from within its boundaries. The Solvang Municipal Code already prohibited medical...

Lynwood residents joined in a small, but strong protest against the opening of medical marijuana grow houses in their city. "We just strongly feel that opening a manufacturing cultivation plant would potentially be a distributor for the local dispensaries, we do not want that in Lynwood,"...

Lynwood residents joined in a small, but strong protest against the opening of medical marijuana grow houses in their city. "We just strongly feel that opening a manufacturing cultivation plant would potentially be a distributor for the local dispensaries, we do not want that in Lynwood,"...

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an urgency ordinance that adds a new chapter to the county code to restrict and regulate marijuana cultivation within the county. The ordinance will exempt marijuana crops that can be proven to have been under cultivation as of...

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an urgency ordinance that adds a new chapter to the county code to restrict and regulate marijuana cultivation within the county. The ordinance will exempt marijuana crops that can be proven to have been under cultivation as of...

Nevada City could be the site of the first medical marijuana dispensary in the county as soon as February, if council members choose to move forward with the issue at their meeting today. There are many steps the city would have to take, though, before medicinal cannabis users could walk away...

Nevada City could be the site of the first medical marijuana dispensary in the county as soon as February, if council members choose to move forward with the issue at their meeting today. There are many steps the city would have to take, though, before medicinal cannabis users could walk away...

Hanford — Kings County supervisors took the first step toward regulating recreational marijuana if it becomes legal in November. The supervisors passed the ordinance, which would apply to unincorporated areas of Kings County, with a 5-0 vote at their Tuesday meeting. They are to have a second...

The Supreme Court of Ohio has definitively quashed a marijuana initiative that proponents were seeking to place on November's ballot in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Norwood. Political action committee Sensible Norwood sought a writ of mandamus that would force the Hamilton County Board of...

Warren - A debate has been left smoldering among Warren officials with differing views over changes to the city's medical marijuana ordinance that define the required distance between facilities where it is grown and neighboring residential zones. Members of the Warren City Council met for a...

Warren - A debate has been left smoldering among Warren officials with differing views over changes to the city's medical marijuana ordinance that define the required distance between facilities where it is grown and neighboring residential zones. Members of the Warren City Council met for a...

The Butte County Board of Supervisors will hear reports on Proposition 64 and Measure L and may vote to approve a butane oil resale ordinance at its meeting Tuesday. Proposition 64 is a statewide measure which would legalize adult use of recreational marijuana and Measure L is a local measure...

White Springs - The White Springs Town Council voted to allow Town Attorney Meagan Standard to look into a possible ordinance to control medical marijuana clinics within White Springs in light of Amendment 2. Florida voters will vote on Amendment 2 in November. If approved, it will allow...