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Hopes of those in Millbrae looking to capitalize on the commercial marijuana industry may be going up in smoke as embracing the budding industry does not seem a high priority for city officials. Residents poured into City Hall with signs opposing the recently legalized drug during a...

Friend needs help. All I know is it's in a five gallon pot. Probably over watered. Any thoughts?

The Massachusetts marijuana law is getting a rewrite. The state has actually two marijuana laws -- approved by voters -- that Statehouse lawmakers revised, largely behind closed doors. The medical marijuana law passed in 2012 and the recreational marijuana law passed in 2016. The 2016...

Kevin Palmer spins, throws and flips his arrow-shaped sign off of Silverdale Way to advertise Fillabong, a recreational marijuana store a block away from the Kitsap Mall. "My job is not going to evaporate but I'm pretty sure it's going to have an impact of sorts," Palmer said as he took a...

Lawmakers overhauled the rules for recreational marijuana this week, but their changes are raising concerns about legal challenges and whether communities will get enough tax revenue to cover the cost of regulating the new pot industry. The legislation, which is awaiting Gov. Charlie Baker's...

Riverside has long prohibited medical marijuana dispensaries. Now officials may add recreational pot businesses to the ban – at least temporarily. Since November, when California voters legalized adult use of marijuana, the Riverside City Council has not decided whether to allow, tax and...

With marijuana legal in some form in 26 states and the District of Columbia, many of our kids have questions about pot. Rand Corporation behavioral scientist Elizabeth D’Amico offers her humble opinion on how to answer their queries. Among family and friends, I’m regarded as the Dear Abby of...

Voters can decide to ban pot shops in some communities, but that decision will be handed over to local leaders under the final marijuana bill. But some lawmakers question if this compromise is unconstitutional. Voters legalized recreational marijuana last November in a 54-46 vote. But if a...

After months of indecision, lawmakers have finally agreed on how to tax recreational marijuana. It's not the 12 percent tax voters approved last November. But some residents think it could be enough to stop the black market in marijuana. Lawmakers on Monday reached an agreement on...

Locally sourced bat guano and other manure-based fertilizers will power Erich Pearson’s biodynamic pot farm outside the city of Sonoma, which seeks to harness the forces of the earth, the cosmos and the free market. Craft cannabis is becoming a cousin to craft beer in Sonoma County, and the...

A passenger tried to board a flight with bags of marijuana. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the Arcata-Eureka Airport on Friday. A passenger boarding a commercial flight was carrying a large amount of marijuana. Twelve one pound bags were found in his checked baggage. Thirty-six year old...

Drug-sniffing police dogs in Colorado may need new training if they can detect marijuana. A ruling last week by the Colorado Court of Appeals sets a new precedent for drug cases. A three-judge panel ruled that if a drug-sniffing dog is trained to alert officers to marijuana and other...

With a July 1 deadline drifting like a haze of smoke past State House pols, community leaders awaiting guidance on the state's recreational pot laws find themselves unwittingly trapped in their own legislative limbo. Just before Middlesex East went to press this week, a half-dozen lawmakers...

Legal sales of marijuana for recreational purposes are set to begin next week in Uruguay at a limited number of pharmacies to nearly 5,000 people who have registered as consumers. The South American nation's Cannabis Regulation and Control Institute said Friday in a statement that pot will be...

He went into the hospital feeling under the weather. But he's probably feeling even sicker now after Lakewood police confiscated a trash bag he was carrying that was full of marijuana. And he might face criminal charges for it. A 49- to 50-year-old transient went to a free-standing...

Following an overwhelming demand for recreational marijuana, Nevada regulators are set to vote Thursday on emergency rules that would expedite licensing for pot distributors. Dozens of retailers started selling recreational marijuana on July 1 but a unique state law could quickly lead to...

Hey 420 crew. So I've started my very first grow. Grow Tent - 2.2x2.2x5.2 Light - Mars Hydro II 400 Pot - 5 Gallon Fabric Medium - Super Soil Strain - CKS Green Crack Fem So far so good. I went from sprouted seedling to 5 gallon pot. I know, overpotted and watering could be a tricky...

The D.C. Council has given minorities a hand up in the city’s new marijuana business as D.C. Department of Health statistics show that many local African-Americans are struggling with marijuana abuse. The council has passed emergency legislation mandating that medical marijuana dispensary...

When Oregon voters in 2014 approved the ballot measure legalizing recreational pot, they specified that pot use in public places would remain unlawful. But as marijuana growing, processing, retailing and consumption have swelled in Oregon, so has the chorus pushing for the right to toke on...

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer looks into how one cash management company could get an unexpected boost from marijuana. If you thought paper money was near extinction, Brink's, the largest cash management company in the world, proves you wrong, Jim Cramer said. But Brink's, which does...