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Long Beach, Wash. - Call it the greening of the Washington coast. Freedom Market, a new retail pot shop just opened in Ilwaco Oct. 1, and the town already hosts one licensed grower - Vancouver Weed Co. Seaview will see its first retail weed business, Mr. Doobies, open in November. Long Beach...

As in many states, Maine marijuana laws have relaxed in the past 15 years, and now, on November 8, voters will face the question of legalizing the cultivation, use and possession of marijuana by those 21 or older. The medical marijuana law was passed in 1999, and a 2009 ballot initiative...

Could recreational marijuana hurt the medical marijuana community? A new report from GreenWave Advisors believes that legalized retail marijuana will disrupt the emerging medical sector. In states where recreational marijuana has been legalized, medical marijuana patient counts have dropped...

Could recreational marijuana hurt the medical marijuana community? A new report from GreenWave Advisors believes that legalized retail marijuana will disrupt the emerging medical sector. In states where recreational marijuana has been legalized, medical marijuana patient counts have dropped...

Juneau, Alaska — The board regulating Alaska's fledgling legal marijuana industry is expected to approve licenses this week for the state's first retail marijuana outlets. The Marijuana Control Board is expected to consider dozens of license applications for marijuana businesses and discuss...

As Colorado's enforcement capabilities toward medical and retail marijuana continue to evolve - most notably in the area of plant inventory and tracking technology - cities have begun to follow suit on a smaller scale. One of the cities taking these steps will be Lafayette, as officials on...

Grand Junction, Colo. - The town of Palisade will hold a town meeting today to discuss the proposal of recreational marijuana. Recreational marijuana will hit the ballot again this year, that's after it was turned down by just four votes when it first was on the ballot in 2014. This year...

Palisade, Colo. After months of debate, the town of Palisade has officially come to a resolution on submitting new ballot language concerning retail marijuana. Town officials say they're hoping this new resolution will give voters a better chance at expressing their thoughts come November...

The Evans City Council this week opted to hold off on decisions about allowing retail marijuana outlets in the city. In a work session Tuesday night, the council decided not to make any formal decisions on the idea of lifting an existing ban to allow retail outlets in city limits, after...

Craig City Council entertained discussion on retail marijuana at its biweekly meeting Tuesday night. The topic was brought forward by the Committee to Grow Craig, which recently circulated a petition to get an ordinance on the November ballot that - if passed by voters would allow recreational...

After lengthy discussion Monday, two tax items on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly agenda each were postponed: an increase to the sales tax cap and a tax on retail marijuana. The retail pot tax discussion is an item that carried over from the second meeting in July. During that...

Worcester, MA - Two more medical marijuana dispensaries will open in Worcester, after City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. announced he has provided letters of non-opposition to Mission Massachusetts, Inc. and Medicinal Alternatives, Inc. Mission Massachusetts will locate a retail and...

Worcester, MA - Two more medical marijuana dispensaries will open in Worcester, after City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. announced he has provided letters of non-opposition to Mission Massachusetts, Inc. and Medicinal Alternatives, Inc. Mission Massachusetts will locate a retail and...

Marijuana shops across the U.S. are getting some work done - a nip here, a tuck there and sometimes an entire face-lift. Call it "Extreme Makeover: Dispensary Edition." Pot shops, once sparsely decorated storefronts run by people more worried about DEA raids and federal seizures than LED...

The Apple store is considered a prime example of a killer retail store - a beautifully designed space that attracts customers to come in, hang out and buy expensive products. Each Apple store, on average, makes about $4,799 per square foot, a recent report finds. But some marijuana dispensaries...

The upcoming ballot may have a question regarding an extra tax on marijuana. The tax may be in the form of an excise tax or an extra sales tax. According to the memorandum, counties are specifically authorized to impose an excise tax on the first sale or transfer of unprocessed retail marijuana...

As the March 31 deadline approaches for retail marijuana hopefuls to apply for licenses, some local medical dispensary owners say they feel left behind by a law that merges the medical and retail industries. "We thought medical wouldn't be messed with, that medical would be intact," said Eric...

During a Jan. 4 Battle Ground City Council meeting, council members voted unanimously to limit the number of marijuana retail stores in the city to one. Since October 2015, a moratorium has been in place on the issuance of business licenses and building permit applications for cannabis retail...

Despite apprehension from some around the table, the planning advisory committee has lit up bylaw amendments aimed at sheltering the city from improper medical marijuana production and sale. City council will now have to decide if the committee recommendation to clearly define how and where...

With almost a year left until Election Day 2016, a slew of proposals to legalize marijuana are already being floated in California, ushering in a referendum not just on whether to legalize pot in the world's eighth largest economy, but how. "A lot of money is going to be spent and it's going...