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Maine wants tips on how best to regulate adults' use of marijuana. The state's financial and agricultural departments are asking for the public's thoughts on Maine's retail marijuana marketplace and the public health, budgetary and enforcement concerns of implementation. Comments are due...

With legalized recreational marijuana sales fast approaching, San Francisco is set to create a new Office of Cannabis to handle cannabis permits and complaints and serve as a centralized resource for the public and businesses. The new office, part of the city administrator's office, would be...

When it comes to embarrassing political headlines, Maine is usually miles ahead of Massachusetts. That's thanks in large part to Governor Paul LePage who's known for, um, his bombastic style. But on at least one issue, Maine political observers and lobbyists say, the Pine Tree state has...

With cannabis and marijuana products proposed to be legal, there are more questions than answers as to how the Fort will be affected come Canada Day 2018. During the June 27 regular city council meeting, the city's senior legislative officer, Robert Stephenson provided council an update on...

Arrests for the public use of marijuana in the District nearly tripled in 2016 and are on track to remain high in 2017, public records show. More than 400 people were arrested in 2016 for public consumption of marijuana, according to D.C. police arrest records obtained through a Freedom of...

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...

With cannabis laws changing so rapidly across the United States and Canada, a lot of people are struggling to keep up with what's legal and what's not. This can be especially confusing as laws and regulations vary from state to state, and because there are different rules pertaining to medicinal...

Ed Keating is co-founder of Cannabiz Media, a database that keeps track of more than 16,000 licensed marijuana businesses nationwide. As the chief data officer, it is Keating's job to oversee data research on cannabis markets across the U.S. Oregon, he says, is one of the most...

The legislature's committee on marijuana legalization and regulation will hold public consultations across the province in July, the government announced Monday. The committee made up of members of the government and opposition will use the report produced by the working group, which was...

The state's House of Representatives marijuana bill contains a provision that could theoretically allow people to smoke joints in public if a city or town allows it. The intention is to give municipalities power to allow cannabis cafes, smoking weed at special events, or to allow people to...

Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines, released with the endorsement of key medical and public health organizations, provide 10 science-based recommendations to enable cannabis users to reduce their health risks. The guidelines, based on a scientific review by an international team of...

The legal age limit for recreational marijuana use in New Brunswick should be set at 19, a provincial working group recommended Wednesday in a report that also calls for sales to be handled by something similar to a Crown corporation. Health Minister Victor Boudreau said the province's Liberal...

Though a vote won't be held for more than seven months, a Senate committee Monday heard testimony for five hours about the prospects for legalizing marijuana in New Jersey. There were far more supporters of the bill at the hearing than opponents — though some of those who testified noted...

In a unanimous vote, the Reno City Council approved the city's first recreational pot business licenses Wednesday, paving the way for four shops to begin selling to adults on July 1. Mynt Cannabis Dispensary, Sierra Wellness Connection, Blum Reno and The Dispensary were awarded licenses under...

Medicinal cannabis has recently attracted much media attention in Jamaica and across the world. With the exception of a few countries, cannabinoids remain illegal — known for their adverse effects rather than their medicinal application and therapeutic benefit. However, there is mounting...

After Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan decided to move forward with a softer approach towards cannabis use in March, the changes passed by the Knesset now finally take effect. The new cannabis decriminalization policy, which treats cannabis use as a misdemeanor, has now come into...

The Rolla Public Library didn't allow a Phelps County man to hold a meeting in one of its rooms because he advocates for legalizing medical marijuana, according to a lawsuit filed here by the ACLU. The Rolla Public Library director denied Randy Johnson's request to reserve a room there...

The legislation approved by the lawmakers this past week puts Vermont on the right path toward legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Gov. Phil Scott should sign the bill and become an active partner in creating an approach that, as the bill states, "increases public safety and reduces...

America's policymakers evidently didn't learn anything from the disaster that was alcohol prohibition. (Jeff Sessions clearly didn't!) In fact, for a country whose citizens constantly assert a belief in individual liberty, we rank right up there on the forced prudery scale. As any historian or...

Michigan may be the next state joining the roster of others decriminalizing the use and possession of small amounts of marijuana. Though efforts to get the issue on Michigan's ballot last year fell short, this year may be different. A push for a 2018 ballot initiative is "expected to take a...