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More than three-quarters of Iowans support legalizing medical marijuana, but the tide of public opinion remains against legalizing cannabis for recreational use. The Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll shows a surge in support for legal weed of 20 percentage points since 2013. Medical marijuana...

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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is looking for farmers to participate in a pilot hemp program ordered by the state legislature last year. It will be the first time that hemp has been grown legally in Minnesota in 60 years. However, those interested must provide land...

A medical marijuana amendment has a good chance of passing this year, found a new Florida poll released Tuesday. According to the Public Policy Polling survey, 65 percent of registered voters said they support the medical marijuana constitutional amendment. The survey found 28 percent said...

In states that have already legalized medical marijuana, patients come in all shapes and sizes, and they seek relief for a host of physical and psychological disorders. To gain insight into patients in California, a new report from HelloMD – a digital healthcare platform – compiled a...

Support for legalizing marijuana for medical purposes has reached 64 percent among Utahns, a new UtahPolicy poll shows. A UtahPolicy poll last December showed 61 percent support — so Utahns seem to be moving toward medical marijuana legalization. Pollster Dan Jones & Associates asked the...

A proposed 15 percent tax on medical marijuana sales would push the government's take on retail pot in Los Angeles to more than one-fourth of the advertised price. The city's take is already 5 percent, and the state levies normal sales taxes (about 7.5 percent) on weed sales, so your $200...

A new report finds that legal cannabis sales will continue to grow year over year. With $5.4 billion in sales in 2015, this year is expected to bring in $6.7 billion and $21.8 billion by 2020. Crack all the stoner jokes you want, but America's homegrown marijuana industry is expected to bring...

As a journalist, I've been closely following the effort to legalize marijuana in California for at least the past five years. In the wake of Colorado, Washington and Oregon legalizing the recreational use of cannabis, there's an assumption that California voters will follow suit in the November...

In this year's legislative session, one of the more controversial topics to be discussed is whether or not the state should allow any kind of cannabis products to be available for medical use. The discussion was started last year by Sen. Mark Madsen (R-District 13) with SB 259, which proposed...

Despite national news reports of controversy, marijuana growers, legislators and Pueblo residents seem largely supportive of the city's marijuana scholarship tax. College-bound students in Pueblo, Colorado will have access to almost $2 million in additional scholarship funds, thanks to...

The price of recreational marijuana rose by 25 percent Monday after a statewide sales tax went into effect. The rise may surprise people who had gotten used to the tax-free sales at medical dispensaries since Oct. 1. The tax coincides with the first day the Oregon Liquor Control Commission...

The "Cannabis Freedom Act," which would decriminalize marijuana and other cannabis-related products for consumption and sale in Kentucky, is perhaps the most controversial bill to be considered in the state's current legislative session. The bill is modeled after Colorado's cannabis legislation...

The new year brings inspiration and change, but in Oregon it also signals the next phase in the recreational marijuana market. Since the recreational market opened in October, people have been able to buy marijuana from medical dispensaries tax free. As of Jan. 4, that changes. Medical...

Opposition was strongest in suburbia to Ohio's first-in-the-nation effort to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana in a single vote, according to an analysis of final election results. About 7 in 10 voters in the counties that ring Columbus and Toledo voted against last fall's...

Marijuana businesses have long proclaimed that cannabis is drawing visitors to Colorado. Now they have proof. A study commissioned by the Colorado Tourism Office and presented to the office's board of directors on Wednesday shows legal weed as a growing motivator for trips to Colorado –...

Marijuana discussions return to the Gresham City Council on Tuesday as officials plan to recommend to councilors the repeal an existing 10 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana, and instead ask voters to approve a 3 percent tax. The repeal of the 10 percent tax would keep the city in...

Arizona voters are split nearly 50-50 on adult-use marijuana legalization, according to a new poll showing the need for supporters to work together if they want to end pot prohibition next year. Overall, 49 percent of voters support and 51 percent oppose the idea of "recreational" marijuana...

It's been almost two years since Colorado regulated recreational marijuana for sale, and according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Friday, a majority of the state's voters support the decision and say its outcome has been good. Fifty-five percent of Colorado voters surveyed...