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Denver — Two years after legalizing recreational marijuana in the state, Colorado is nearing another milestone: 3,000 business licenses for pot. The number of marijuana business licenses has increased by about 70 percent in the two years since recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado...

Spencer - Selectmen approved a proposed medical marijuana facility in town Monday, but not without protest. Passions were high right up to the moment Spencer's Board of Selectmen voted in favor of the facility that was made legal in 2012. Specifically, the board voted for a letter of...

The Elko Daily Free Press is counting down the days until marijuana is legal in Nevada by answering questions concerning the law. Q: Should I keep my medical marijuana card? A: The simple answer is yes. Even though recreational marijuana use will be legal Jan. 1, people with medical...

Denver - Marijuana sales in Colorado surpassed the $1 billion mark for 2016 after October amounts were released by the Colorado Department of Revenue. The figure is from the legal sales of recreational and medical marijuana at Colorado shops. In 2015, sales just missed the $1 billion mark...

Tax collections from the sale of recreational marijuana were down by more than $1 million in Oregon for the month of November, according to the Oregon Department of Revenue. Last month, the state collected approximately $6.4 million from recreational marijuana sales, a 17 percent decline from...

Marijuana reform advocates have been celebrating since seven states elected to legalize cannabis on Election Day victories – but where exactly is the legalization movement heading in the next couple years? Tom Angell, founder of the pro-legalization nonprofit Marijuana Majority, predicted...

West Springfield - Mayor Will Reichelt has called for delaying implementation of the state's new recreational marijuana law to give West Springfield time to plan and craft zoning changes necessary to accommodate the regulations. Question 4, the Nov. 8 election ballot measure to legalize, tax...

The morning after Election Day, California appeared to be on a very different path than much of the nation. But in voting to legalize recreational marijuana, Californians were very much in step with the rest of the country. In addition to California's Proposition 64 - which passed relatively...

Worcester - With the state legalization of recreational marijuana scheduled to take effect Dec. 15, the City Council wants to know what options it has to manage the distribution, sale and siting of recreational marijuana facilities in the city. The council Tuesday night unanimously requested...

Gustine - The passage of Proposition 64 in November legalizes recreational marijuana in California, but cannabis is still subject to local codes which in some cases are more restrictive than the broader framework of state guidelines. In one exception, the ballot measure imposes a lower limit...

A group of Colorado State University professors recently received a $186,500 grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to study the impact of legalized, recreational marijuana on young adults. Brad Conner, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, is the...

Salisbury - As local officials address three requests to site medical marijuana dispensaries in town, questions are surfacing on how the recent legalization of marijuana for recreational use will impact the situation. In late October, Salisbury selectmen met with representatives from...

Boston - Massachusetts officials aren't expecting any quick financial windfall from the state's new recreational marijuana law. State Treasurer Deb Goldberg and Revenue Commissioner Michael Heffernan told lawmakers at a budget hearing on Monday not to anticipate any revenues from recreational...

Portland, Ore. - "I wish we would have taken some of the steps your state has taken; we'd be so much further along," Oregon State Sen. Ginny Burdick said to a group of Nevada lawmakers and business owners during a recent fact-finding tour of Portland's recreational marijuana industry. "Nevada...

Billerica - You'll be able to smoke marijuana in your home in less than 10 days if you're at least 21 years old, and cities and towns can't do anything about it. However, communities can have some control on the sale of recreational marijuana within their borders, an option that Billerica...

The Medford City Council has approved changes to zoning laws allowing the sale of recreational marijuana within city limits. The council voted unanimously Thursday night with six members in favor to allow permits for Oregon Liquor Control Commission-licensed marijuana dispensaries in...

Southwick, Mass. — As the legalization of recreational marijuana was voted in favor by the state of Massachusetts during the Nov. 8 election, people throughout the commonwealth will begin to see the effects of the new law rather shortly. Starting on Dec. 15, anyone who is 21 years or older...

With the majority of Inland voters supporting the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in November, local governments in the region, which have generally preferred blanket bans on even medicinal marijuana, will need to have discussions on what to do moving forward. The passage of...

In less than three weeks, New England will enter uncharted waters - more specifically, uncharted waters for the East Coast of the United States. Amid President-elect Donald Trump's pick of marijuana legalization opponent Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Massachusetts will become the first...

In the recent US presidential and congressional elections, voters across the country were asked not only to choose the next president and lawmakers in both Congress and state legislatures but also to decide on more than 150 local issues. Among them, the referenda in the state of California...