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Cannabis is California's new green crop — green in every sense of the word — green plants and greenbacks. Studies show that legal weed sales are expected to grow in North America by 26 percent a year through 2021, nearly a $22 billion market. And that may be low. CALIFORNIA CANNABIS ACT In...

The Town Council on Monday will consider whether to enact a one-year moratorium on recreational marijuana sales in the town. The idea is at the Palmer Planning Board's request. The planning board, during a public hearing in July, said the board required additional time to establish proper...

Town officials have begun drafting proposals to place before voters at Town Meeting next May that would regulate — or possibly prohibit — the operation of recreational marijuana shops in Sudbury. The Planning Board is aiming to decide on a way forward by early 2018, allowing time to place an...

The state commission set up to study the possibility of legalizing recreational marijuana met again Wednesday. The panel heard from representatives from states which have already implemented recreational marijuana. The panel heard from Andrew Freedman, who helped steer Colorado through the...

In March, Los Angeles voters endorsed a plan to bring order to the city's long-unruly marijuana market while clearing the way for recreational sales to begin next year, making L.A. the biggest city with legal pot sales in the country. But it's taken months to work out the fine print. On...

A medical marijuana card used to be the key to buying and possessing pot in Oregon. But the rise of recreational marijuana is making the cards primarily valuable only as a discount card, and not a necessity to buy, said Sam Elkington, owner of Track Town Collective in Glenwood. The card...

I know for a fact that medical marijuana patients are going to save a hellava amount of taxes with a medical recommendation. Any other solid reasons why Californians must buy a medical card even if recreational marijuana is legalized in 2018?:thanks: in advance, yo!

Cannabis businesses in California can't be within 600 feet of schools. Shops have to close by 10 p.m., and they need 24-hour video surveillance. Those regulations are in the new rule book for California's cannabis industry, which state regulators released Thursday. "I feel a big sigh of...

Sebastopol could become the first place in Sonoma County to establish local rules governing the recreational cannabis trade, allowing adults without prescriptions to buy marijuana by next year. City Council members Tuesday will consider putting draft rules for the non-medical marketplace on a...

Canada faces one last hurdle to becoming the first G7 nation to legalize recreational marijuana. Canada's Cannabis Act was introduced in the Canadian Senate Tuesday, its last legislative stop. The bill enjoys wide public support and the backing of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "I think it...

City councilors had a sharply divided reaction Thursday to a proposal to enact a local six-month moratorium banning the sale of recreational marijuana, with some councilors saying the city and the state already have had more than a year to come up with regulations but failed to do so. Other...

East Longmeadow's Town Council quietly approved a zoning bylaw that effectively bans recreational marijuana in town. After a brief public hearing, at which no one from the public stepped forward to speak in favor or against the zoning amendment, councilors unanimously passed the new zoning...

Voters in April will decide whether recreational marijuana businesses should be banned in town. The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted 3-2 to include the referendum question in next April's town election. Selectman John Carroll -- who has frequently spoken out against allowing retail...

A ban on recreational marijuana is the modern-day Prohibition, according to advocates who want the drug to be as mainstream as alcohol is for adults. And that's unlikely to change anytime soon. Michigan voters could soon make their state the ninth place to legalize recreational marijuana–or...

Orange County residents could be able to buy recreational marijuana in Santa Ana as soon as New Year's Day, after the city became the first and only jurisdiction in the county to allow commercial pot shops. The Santa Ana City Council voted Nov. 9 to begin the process of licensing up to 30...

By unanimous vote, the Anderson City Council extended their existing moratorium on the business of non-medical marijuana business within city limits. Citing the need to better understand the legal ramifications of California municipalities allowing legal recreational marijuana, the council...

Nevada's recreational marijuana continued its strong start through the third full month of sales, data released Monday by the Nevada Department of Taxation show. The state's licensed and regulated cannabis dispensaries sold approximately $27.7 million in recreational marijuana in September –...

Illinois will see legal recreational marijuana eventually, according to one industry expert. Chris Stone is the CEO of HCI Alternatives in Springfield. He said legal recreational marijuana became almost inevitable after Illinois lawmakers approved medical marijuana back in 2013. "When you...

On the night of the 2012 presidential elections, the story of Barack Obama's re-election ran head-to-head with news of the groundbreaking legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado. Memes abounded, most featuring a cloud of smoke over the city of Denver bearing the caption, "Meanwhile in...

A divided City Council asked the city attorney Tuesday to prepare an ordinance allowing the sale of marijuana for adult recreational use in Long Beach – six or seven months from now. California voters approved use of marijuana recreationally last November, and state regulations go into effect...