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New York's medical-marijuana program isn't producing the high tax revenues that officials anticipated. Gov. Cuomo's administration initially projected $4 million in annual revenues based on a 7 percent excise tax on sales of medical pot, which began in January 2016. But revised estimates...

Indianapolis – Each year, Sen. Karen Tallian (D-Portage) submits a marijuana bill. Each year, it is shot down. Still, she perseveres. The work of a legislator is often grueling, frustrating and time-consuming. Passions and principles catalyze pen to paper and are authored into bills that...

Carson City - The Department of Taxation is closer to receiving nearly $890,000 for startup costs needed to begin regulating and taxing the new recreational marijuana industry in Nevada. The three-person Nevada Board of Examiners approved $887,491 from the Interim Finance Contingency Account...

Vireo Health of New York has been approved by the state to launch a medical marijuana home delivery program, the first of its kind in New York. The company announced Wednesday morning that its "from our greenhouse to your front door" program will serve homebound patients. The program will...

The amount of medical cannabis that licensed producers in New Mexico are allowed to grow would more than double under a bill filed in the state Senate, and patients in the state program would be permitted to possess more marijuana. "The bill will help guarantee that there is an adequate supply...

It's a scene that continues to unfold in Washington state: A helicopter hovers low over the trees, deep inside a park in the Cascade Mountains; a SWAT team dressed in Kevlar rappels from the chopper to the ground; other officers, federal agents and state environmental officials move toward the...

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says fees and taxes on the state's medical marijuana program should pay for its regulation, and that he doesn't want lawmakers to eye the new program as a way to raise money for tax cuts or other budget needs. Hutchinson said Wednesday he doesn't want the state to...

Sunbury, Pa. – Pennsylvania farmers are being invited to participate in a newly developed pilot research program that will contribute toward a better understanding of what could be a new cash crop in the commonwealth and across the country. "Hemp has a long history here in Pennsylvania, and...

November brought not only the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, but also a nationwide trend toward marijuana legalization, both recreationally and medicinally. But not in New Mexico. While some people are looking longingly to the financial boon of the green boom of Colorado, the Land...

The state's medical marijuana program has been up and running for nearly eight months, and now some lawmakers are looking to expand the program in 2017. Eleven Legislative Service Requests (LSRs) for the upcoming session – requests submitted by legislators to have bills drafted – relate to...

Medical marijuana could finally become a reality next year in Maryland, one of the states slowest to make the drug available for purchase after legalizing sales. In 2016, regulators awarded long-awaited licenses to grow, process and sell cannabis while grappling with fallout from those shut...

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) announced today that Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center's medical marijuana research program has been approved by the state. The primary goal of the research program is to compare the effectiveness of medical marijuana versus...

The state health department plans to start accepting applications for growers and dispensers in Pennsylvania's newly-formed medical marijuana program on February 20. The holder of a dispensary permit can open up to three locations. The nearest main dispensary will be in Butler County, a Region 5...

Seven states passed marijuana initiatives on Nov. 8, which ordinarily would have injected new life into the push to expand Georgia's tiny medical cannabis program. But those advocates must now wonder whether the incoming Trump administration will quash their enthusiasm. While the...

Harrisburg, Pa. — Pennsylvania health officials said they'll be accepting applications to grow and distribute medical marijuana, but not from Mercer or Lawrence counties. The medical marijuana program divided the state into six regions. Region 6, where Mercer and Lawrence counties are located...

Well it has been two years since the medical marijuana (Med Mar) program here in New York state has been active and I thought it would be a good time to review a couple items especially in light of recent changes promulgated by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) which is the agency...

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) announced today that Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center's medical marijuana research program has been approved by the state. The primary goal of the research program is to compare the effectiveness of medical marijuana versus...

After a successful first year growing industrial hemp, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture is seeking producers for year two. The 70 acres planted this year were part of a pilot research project to determine whether the crop could be successful in North Dakota. And according to the...

Bismarck, N.D. – North Dakota's Agriculture Department is seeking participants for the second year of an industrial hemp research program. Three farming operations in three counties grew 70 acres of hemp this year under a federally approved research effort. The goal is to determine whether hemp...

Albany – The Cuomo administration has begun interviewing additional medical marijuana growers in hopes of expanding the program in the first half of next year, Department of Health officials said Tuesday. The agency has reached out to an additional five bidders who submitted applications in...