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Nevada's recreational marijuana industry hit a new high, selling more than $37.9 million in October. The state has earned nearly $20 million in marijuana tax revenue since the adult-use market launched in July. "We are pretty on target with projections, maybe a little over," Department of...

The Silver State went green in 2017, becoming the fifth state to have legal recreational marijuana sales in the U.S. Of all the eight states, and Washington, D.C., to have legalized recreational marijuana since 2014, the Silver State bravely turned around the fastest sales following its 2016...

Port Hueneme police uncovered an illegal marijuana dispensary 10 days before the City Council decided to allow recreational and medicinal marijuana dispensaries. David Marruffo, 40, of Oxnard, was arrested in connection with selling marijuana out of the smoke shop he owned at 213 E. Channel...

On Jan. 1, at 6 a.m., Mayor Jesse Arreguín will stand outside the Berkeley Patients Group at 2366 San Pablo Ave. and cut a ribbon that officially opens sales of recreational cannabis in Berkeley. Arreguín won't be purchasing any marijuana for himself, he said, but he will probably be an...

The Bridgewater Town Council has voted to ban the retail sale of recreational marijuana but to allow the cultivation of the product following a long meeting that drew a large crowd. The vote was highly anticipated by residents, who filled the Town Council chambers and spilled into an...

Tax proceeds on Nevada's marijuana sales is continuing an upward trajectory, establishing a new monthly high in October during the fourth month of the state's recreational marijuana program, officials announced Wednesday. The industry brought in more than $5.8 million in October, which...

Brookline officials are asking residents whether the town should ban recreational marijuana shops as part of an online survey. Officials rolled out the three-question survey earlier this month to get public input as they develop local rules to govern recreational marijuana retailers. In...

While communities across Berkshire County are delaying the advent of marijuana businesses, Williamstown is getting ready for recreational sales on day one. That is, provided the town doesn't ban them. Williamstown recently approved zoning bylaws that regulate where pot shops could open, a...

Nevada's budding recreational marijuana industry posted its highest monthly sales totals yet in October, topping $37.9 million. The state Department of Taxation on Wednesday released the October figures, the fourth full month of recreational sales. Recreational and medical marijuana sales...

I'm intrigued by the possibility that by the next time south suburban voters head to polls to choose a president in 2020, recreational use of marijuana could be legal in Illinois. State lawmakers are deliberately studying the issue and weighing many pros and cons. Discussion points include...

Clark County commissioners deliberated more than 90 minutes before delaying a decision on whether to allow local standalone recreational marijuana stores. The discussion was prompted because next year the Nevada Department of Taxation may permit medical stores to open standalone recreational...

530 Cannabis in Shasta Lake is one of the first businesses in California to get a state license to sell recreational marijuana. The store on Locust Avenue, formerly called 530 Collective, was one of 20 in California to receive a temporary commercial cannabis license from the Bureau of...

California's legal cannabis market, opening for business on Jan. 1, is expected to quickly grow to be the largest in the nation and worth more than $5 billion a year. County voting on Proposition 64 that led the state here – to legalizing sales for recreational use – can offer insight into...

California's legal cannabis market, opening for business on Jan. 1, is expected to quickly grow to be the largest in the nation and worth more than $5 billion a year. County voting on Proposition 64 that led the state here -- to legalizing sales for recreational use -- can offer insight into...

Given Governor-elect Phil Murphy's campaign pledge to legalize marijuana for recreational use in his first 100 days, the State of New Jersey is on the cusp of a major new revenue stream–recreational marijuana. Last May, Democratic State Senator Nicholas Scutari introduced a bill to legalize...

Recreational marijuana use will become legal in California in about two weeks, and there's already a flurry of activity to get stores licensed in time. So far, 200 businesses have applied for licenses to legally sell recreational week starting on New Year’s Day – and nearly half of those...

Canada's provinces will be getting the lion's share of the lucrative taxation revenues from legal cannabis. The provinces have agreed in principle to a two-year tax sharing agreement that gives them a 75% cut of those eventual revenues. Canada's governing Liberals are planning to...

Recreational marijuana will get another big push starting today. One of the men behind the failed ballot issue from two years ago has come up with a new campaign. Jimmy Gould, co-founder of Responsible Ohio, at a morning press conference will announce a new ballot issue to change Ohio's...

Shawn Molsberry moseyed past the Emerald Mountain Seeds booth at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds Saturday and was offered a complimentary hit of concentrated cannabis. The 26-year-old Petaluma resident obliged and inhaled deeply on a glass device known as a dab rig, then exhaled a funnel cloud...

Nevada may be cruising smoothly toward its second year of legalized recreational marijuana, but the outlook for cannabis is vastly different in states across the country. Early adopter states such as Colorado and Washington are pulling in big bucks – they're projected to have annual...