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Will that be an evening cocktail – or some cannabis – with your dinner tonight? According to a recent survey, more and more Californians with medical marijuana prescriptions are trading in their after-work glass of vino for the drug, often in vaporized form – something advocates say offers a...

Marijuana consumption has been increasing among women, according to a new study conducted by Eaze, a service that allows medical marijuana users to purchase home-delivered products from their favorite dispensaries. One out of every three marijuana consumers were women, according to the company's...

Conservative voters are more likely to support legalizing medical marijuana than raising gas taxes, at least ahead of using a $1 billion surplus to pay for transportation projects. Fifty-two percent of Republicans surveyed recently by Tennesseans for Conservative Action say they support...

Boston, Mass. — Legislative proposals to limit the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana is infuriating pot advocates in Massachusetts who say lawmakers are trying to gut key provisions of voter-approved recreational use of cannabis. Among the proposals is a measure to cut in half — from a...

Annapolis, Md. – Two marijuana bills -- one legalizing pot and the other taxing it -- will be introduced sometime this week in Annapolis. If the bills become law, people thinking they can throw seeds in the ground and grow marijuana are in for a rude awakening. Bill supporters believe...

Of all the industries that attract American women to their senior ranks, the marijuana business may not immediately spring to mind as a likely magnet. But women fill 36 percent of executive positions in US companies that grow, test, sell, and market pot products in this ballooning...

Arizona's more than 114,000 medical marijuana patients smoked, ate or otherwise consumed more than 29 tons of the drug last year. That's more than half of a fully loaded tractor-trailer's worth of pot. Or, looking at it another way, it's the equivalent in weight of more than 58,600 bags of...

A new analysis shows November's statewide ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana got strong support across the county that wasn't reliant on low-frequency voters casting ballots because of the presidential race. The measure, Proposition 64, got majority support in 16 of the county's...

Cannabis consumers could be paying more Colorado marijuana tax come July 1. As with any proposed tax increase, the prospect has been met with some concern amid the news that one of the state's pot taxes would increase 50 percent. At issue is a proposal floated this week by Colorado Gov. John...

Pittston town officials have postponed a special town meeting scheduled for Jan. 25 to consider a proposed moratorium on marijuana-related businesses in town. Instead, a public hearing is now scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 1 to consider an outright ban of those businesses, and a special town...

Concerns have been raised that a proposal by Gov. John Hickenlooper to raise marijuana taxes would divert sales to the illegal market. It's an interesting theory, considering the governor's office has made curbing so-called "gray" and "black" market sales a priority. But former state Sen. Pat...

Colorado students viewed the legalization of marijuana favorably, medicinal or otherwise, and generally felt that the medical use of marijuana is acceptable in the treatment of conditions approved by the Colorado Medical Marijuana Registry. Nearly half (49 percent) felt that it had significant...

Boston - Legislative leaders have made clear they are not through with making changes to the voter-approved recreational marijuana initiative, but it remains to be seen whether future action amounts to an overhaul of or a mere tinkering with the new law. A committee of House and Senate...

A Pew Research Center survey of nearly 8,000 police officers finds that more than two-thirds of them say that marijuana use should be legal for either personal or medical use. The nationally representative survey of law enforcement, one of the largest of its kind, found that 32 percent of...

Local legislators were sworn in for another two-year term Wednesday and said they face what could be a difficult session dealing with contentious issues. Refining a law passed by voters that legalized recreational use of marijuana will be high on the to-do list, the lawmakers said. Dealing...

Boston – Marijuana won't be legally sold in Massachusetts for another 18 months, yet lawmakers are already being pushed to hike taxes amid warnings of a flourishing black market if rates are set too high. A voter approved law, parts of which went into effect Dec. 15, allows residents 21 and...

Proponents of legalizing and regulating recreational marijuana received some good news Tuesday, as a new market research study pegged the total value of legal North American sales of the drug in 2016 at $6.7 billion. That was a 30 percent rise over the previous year, according the report...

The legalization of recreational marijuana in California has proven to be monetarily successful, but new opportunities have risen, the warehouses in which the cannabis is grown is creating a gold rush. This is because cannabis grown indoors is usually more consistent and has higher...

A study released this week shows that Oregon residents, by an overwhelming majority, feel working with the marijuana industry does not damage the reputation of financial institutions. The survey also indicates banks and credit unions might enhance their standing and attract new customers in...

Marathon City Council members on Tuesday approved an ordinance to pass a three-month moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city while the state Department of Health writes rules to regulate them. Councilman Mark Senmartin brought it up in response to state constitutional...