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There are currently eight states in America that have legalized recreational marijuana. Most experts believe that number is set to grow quickly in the next few years. But which states are most likely to hop aboard the cannabis train next? According to Marijuana Business Daily, three state...

Four of the five members of the board responsible for regulating marijuana in Massachusetts voted in November against allowing recreational use of the drug, leading supporters of legalization to call for assurances the panel would not try to slow implementation of the voter-approved law...

Retail marijuana dispensaries and other businesses related to recreational use of marijuana will be barred from setting up shop in Fresno after the City Council voted 4-3 Thursday to prohibit such establishments. Proposition 64, approved by California voters in November 2016, legalized the...

Bankers, accountants, lawyers, real estate brokers and other professionals hoping to serve Maine's recreational marijuana industry spent much of the $260,000 that has been paid to State House marijuana lobbyists so far in 2017. That figure is sizable by Maine standards, representing about 5...

Along with holding signs near Draper Park Saturday morning, Milford CARES is preparing to host a community forum on recreational marijuana early next month. The forum takes place Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in Upper Town Hall, 52 Main St. Geri Eddins said the Milford Community Against...

Marijuana has a history that dates back thousands of years all the way to Ancient Egypt where cannabis was used for its healing powers. Now, marijuana is consumed for recreational purposes, and many lawmakers are taking action to legalize the drug completely. Many individual states have already...

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider the first marijuana cultivation ordinance in Solano County history, regulating personal medical and recreational uses, as well as setting caregiver standards. "What we are saying is any zoning that allows a house (will) allow the cultivation...

Demand for recreational marijuana in Nevada has been much higher than expected and the state is still facing a supply shortage. While this shortage has been a headache for dispensary owners and cultivators, these companies have seen a 200% increase in the price of marijuana in just one month...

In three of the first four states to start legal recreational pot sales, an increasing number of consumers are choosing bud over Budweiser. That conclusion comes from a study by New York-based investment and research firm Cowen and Co. In Colorado, Oregon and Washington, domestic beer sales...

Every week's there's a new story about how well recreational marijuana legalization has helped states such as Colorado, Washington and Oregon. And now several other states, such as California, Nevada and Massachusetts, have jumped on the train to reap the benefits of legalization. As the trend...

Both sides of the upcoming local recreational marijuana vote made their case at Draper Memorial Park Saturday morning. Representatives from the Citizens for Responsible Cannabis Retail Sales and Milford CARES (Community Against Recreational Marijuana Retail Establishments) held signs and...

In many respects, the marijuana industry has been practically unstoppable. As we stand today, 29 states have legalized medical cannabis since 1996, and voters in eight states have approved the sale of cannabis for recreational use to adults over the age of 21 since 2012. With the exception of...

Without debate this week, the City Council took two actions after receiving a communication for City Solicitor Ellen Callahan Doucette regarding how the city should deal with ensuring safe access to marijuana in light of a recent state ballot question legalizing marijuana. If enacted...

Just over two years after filling out tens of thousands of sheets of paperwork for their medical marijuana licenses, Nevada weed entrepreneurs didn’t have it as bad this time around, according to lawyers in the new recreational industry. While first-time marijuana business owners scrambled to...

A district judge on Friday temporarily halted any effort by the Department of Taxation to license additional distributors of recreational marijuana other than liquor wholesalers. The order sought by the Independent Alcohol Distributors of Nevada was granted by District Judge James Todd...

History was made on Lake Tahoe's North Shore on Saturday, Aug. 5, when NuLeaf Tahoe opened its doors to recreational marijuana customers, becoming the first dispensary on the lake to sell marijuana to anyone 21 years and older. Customers began showing up at 9 a.m. for the store's 11 a.m...

ICC, South America's first fully licensed and government approved producer and distributor of recreational cannabis commenced sales on July 19, 2017 when it began to distribute its two recreational cannabis products (ALFA I and BETA I) via sixteen approved pharmacies in Uruguay. Over 4,500...

As if the scenic beauty and slew of outdoor activities weren't enough, there's now a new way to relax around Lake Tahoe -- buying recreational marijuana. NuLeaf Dispensary in Incline Village opens its doors Saturday, becoming the first and only place to legally buy recreational marijuana in...

The Nevada side of Lake Tahoe is finally diving into recreational marijuana sales this week while the California side waits patiently on the opposite shore. NuLeaf, a medical marijuana dispensary that opened its Incline Village location in July last year, will be the first Tahoe-area...

A traffic safety organization is warning that two recent studies suggest that legalizing recreational marijuana could lead to an increase in crashes, including deadly ones. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says that studies by the Highway Loss Data Institute and researchers...