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Springfield - A City Council subcommittee has scheduled a meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 3, to review formal agreement reached between Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and the owners of a medical marijuana dispensary planned on Cottage Street in East Springfield. The council's Health and Human Services...

Will legalizing weed increase the probability that people smoke weed? Yes. Duh. But it could still be a great idea, with the right taxes. Don't take my word for it - take the word of this new paper by researchers in Australia, published in the American Economic Review. The paper takes a stab at...

Pot is everywhere in Miami. Its scent wafts from bus stops, floats through open windows, and cascades out from under lifeguard stands on the beach at night. Spend more than a week here and you will, at least once, wonder if the server delivering you overpriced cocktails is stoned out of his...

New York, NY - More than two in three military veterans say that medical cannabis should be legalized, and 75 percent believe that VA physicians should be able to recommend marijuana therapy to eligible patients, according to the results of the 7th annual membership survey of Iraq and...

New York, NY - More than two in three military veterans say that medical cannabis should be legalized, and 75 percent believe that VA physicians should be able to recommend marijuana therapy to eligible patients, according to the results of the 7th annual membership survey of Iraq and...

Seaside - A ballot initiative that proposes a 3 percent tax on the sale of marijuana products by Seaside recreational marijuana retailers was approved unanimously by the Seaside City Council on Monday. As a result, voters will have one more question to decide this November. Retail sales would...

A medical marijuana amendment continues to have strong support throughout Florida, according to a new poll. The survey - conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research on behalf of the United for Care campaign - found 77 percent of likely Florida voters said they supported the ballot initiative. The...

A medical marijuana amendment continues to have strong support throughout Florida, according to a new poll. The survey - conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research on behalf of the United for Care campaign - found 77 percent of likely Florida voters said they supported the ballot initiative. The...

Local law enforcement and a marijuana dispensary employee disagree about the THC timeline. "Modern weed is not your Woodstock weed," said Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor, refering to the 1969 music festival. "Weed at Woodstock had 3 to 6 percent THC." Tetrahydrocannabinol levels in modern...

Denver — Legal marijuana does not positively or negatively impact tourism in Colorado, according to state officials. The Colorado Tourism Office revisited the marijuana tourism question after a report presented in December 2015 stated that marijuana laws influenced vacation decisions nearly...

In some circles, it's the windfall that wasn't. More than $8.4 million has flowed into Boulder County communities thanks to tax revenue generated by the sale of marijuana since legal sales began two-and-a-half years ago. And though the money has been welcome, it has not been the cash cow...

Bend, Oregon — A 3 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana is being considered by The Bend City Council for the November ballot. The tax would be the first sales tax in Bend. The City Council must approve the tax and then it will go before Bend voters in November. Presently, there's...

The Sacramento City Council will vote Tuesday on a potential ballot measure that would raise taxes for recreational marijuana shops. If approved by council, the ballot measure will be put before voters in November. The ballot measure would give city council the ability to place a business...

Little Rock, Arkansas - Medical marijuana has a high chance of becoming legal in Arkansas. According to a Talk Business and Politics poll, nearly 60 percent of Arkansas voters support legalizing medical marijuana. The issue narrowly failed in 2012. Four years later, the majority of voters say...

Little Rock, Arkansas - Medical marijuana has a high chance of becoming legal in Arkansas. According to a Talk Business and Politics poll, nearly 60 percent of Arkansas voters support legalizing medical marijuana. The issue narrowly failed in 2012. Four years later, the majority of voters say...

In some circles, it's the windfall that wasn't. More than $8.4 million has flowed into Boulder County communities thanks to tax revenue generated by the sale of marijuana since legal sales began two-and-a-half years ago. And though the money has been welcome, it has not been the cash cow...

A new poll indicates that unless younger and more liberal Arizona voters come out in droves in November, things aren't looking very good for the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol's ballot initiative. In a recent survey conducted by MBQF Consulting and OH Predictive Insights, 1,060...

Halfway through 2016, Colorado's employment growth is meeting expectations and the the economy continues to outperform the nation: Employment is growing faster here, housing is hotter and incomes are higher, according to a report released Thursday by the University of Colorado Leeds School of...

Santa Cruz, Ca - Most elected officials won't touch marijuana reform but Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom dived in Wednesday, telling 90 people at Chaminade Resort why they should support Proposition 64, which he called the "most comprehensive legalization initiative to be placed in front of voters."...

Arizonans may get to decide in the November election whether to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. Supporters of a campaign to legalize marijuana for recreational use submitted 258,582 petition signatures to the Secretary of State's office in late June. They need 150,642 valid...