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Oregon continues to tweak its marijuana testing rules, hoping to ease a backlog and get flowers, oils and cannabis-infused snacks and treats into the medical and recreational markets. The Oregon Health Authority issued yet another set of revised rules recently that in essence reduce the...

Toronto – It's Sunday afternoon and Toronto's Centre for Social Innovation is packed full of marijuana enthusiasts perusing tables of goods. Everything from marijuana-infused barbecue sauce to medicated body rubs is available at Green Market, where artisans peddle their various craft cannabis...

Springfield - The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission is preparing to work with local planners in the region in drafting model regulations for the retail sale of recreational marijuana. Timothy Brennan, executive director of the regional planning commission, said his agency has been contacted...

Toronto — It's Sunday afternoon and Toronto's Centre for Social Innovation is packed full of marijuana enthusiasts perusing tables of goods. Everything from marijuana-infused barbecue sauce to medicated body rubs is available at Green Market, where artisans peddle their various craft cannabis...

The Elko Daily Free Press is counting down the days until marijuana is legal in Nevada by answering questions concerning the law. Q: How much control will local governments have over recreational marijuana? A: As the law is written, local governments can't prohibit the legal use and...

Newburyport – A majority of voters statewide this year approved making recreational marijuana legal, but city officials say they are proceeding cautiously as they plan for the increased use of pot. The measure went into effect Dec. 15, and the initial planning meeting to deal with its use...

It's Sunday afternoon and Toronto's Centre for Social Innovation is packed full of marijuana enthusiasts perusing tables of goods. Everything from marijuana-infused barbecue sauce to medicated body rubs is available at Green Market, where artisans peddle their various craft cannabis products...

Recreational cannabis may become legal for adults in New Hampshire if Senate Minority Leader Jeff Woodburn has it his way. The Democratic legislator has planned to introduce a new marijuana measure that would legalize recreational use of the plant for adults, similar to the state's approach to...

Boston — Top state leaders are already thinking about ways to tighten the new recreational marijuana law to make sure all sales are taxed and that people, especially children, are safe. The lucrative marijuana industry is coming to Massachusetts. It will be at least another year before retail...

This November, California (along with Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts) joined four other states in legalizing recreational marijuana. The momentous decision was somewhat belated; California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996 even as culture writ large continued to view it...

After Oregon voters approved recreational marijuana use for adults in 2014, there was no place to legally buy it until October of the following year. That's when a law kicked in that allowed dispensaries to sell to people without medical marijuana cards. The system gave the state time to set up...

Gov. Eddie Calvo's proposal to legalize and tax recreational marijuana on island could move forward in 2017 as he intends to work with lawmakers on drafting legislation in the upcoming term. Recreational marijuana is easier to regulate than medical marijuana, he said, and it could boost tourism...

Boston – A voter-approved law allowing adults to possess, grow and use limited amounts of recreational marijuana took effect Thursday in Massachusetts, but it will still be at least another year before the state issues retail licenses to sell the drug. For now, that leaves recreational users...

The message from elected officials at a workshop this week on the state's new recreational marijuana law was to delay recreational establishments from opening within town borders, while getting a read on public opinion. The act, which was passed as a ballot question during the November...

Mesquite City Council held a lengthy discussion about the sale of recreational marijuana in the city, before agreeing to table the discussion until Jan. 10. The item being discussed was the consideration of repealing section 2-14-1 (8) of the city's municipal code which reads: "It is the...

Boston – Having spent nearly three decades crusading for relaxed marijuana laws in Massachusetts, Bill Downing is greeting the state's new recreational marijuana law with a mix of satisfaction and trepidation. The voter-approved measure took effect on Thursday, making it legal for adults to...

San Diego, CA — The City Council today slapped a 45-day moratorium on recreational marijuana activities in San Diego, such as commercial cultivation or sales. The temporary ban will buy time for city officials to set up land use and public safety regulations. San Diego began permitting...

San Diego - The City Council Tuesday slapped a 45-day moratorium on recreational marijuana activities in San Diego, such as commercial cultivation or sales. The temporary ban will buy time for city officials to set up land use and public safety regulations. San Diego began permitting...

Publicly traded stocks of Canadian marijuana companies headed higher Tuesday after a federal task force issued recommendations on the sale of recreational pot. On the TSX, shares of Canada's largest producer, Canopy Growth – the first pot company with a market capitalization above $1 billion...

Medical marijuana patients in Portland can have pot delivered to their doors, so should recreational users be given the same privilege? Portland's City Council will hear a proposal Wednesday, Dec. 14, that would legalize the delivery of recreational marijuana through licensed dealers. A vote...