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Vermont’s Legislature become the first in the nation Wednesday to approve a recreational marijuana legalization bill. Vermont's bill, which would legalize small amounts of marijuana possession in 2018 and anticipate the possibility of a taxed and regulated legal marijuana market, was approved...

The marijuana industry may be growing a 1,000-year-old plant, but the companies are employing the latest in technology. Here come the robots and drones. A grow facility in Desert Springs, Calif., owned by Canndescent is currently testing using a robot to patrol its outdoor crop. Todd...

The Bangor Township Board of Trustees have thrown their support behind bringing a medical marijuana grow and distribution facility to Bay County. Trustees unanimously agreed at their meeting Tuesday, May 9, to support an investment of a grow and distribution facility. Before any type of...

Some major players in the Canadian cannabis industry are bankrolling smaller Canadian marijuana companies, using so-called "streaming" deals to finance their growth plans. The deals could allow those backers to take leading roles in distributing wholesale and retail marijuana under the...

Local politicians and citizens rallied at the Minnesota State Capitol on April 20 to legalize marijuana. Speakers inside the rotunda implored Minnesotans to add their voices to the conversation and then provided various reasons that citizens should care. House File 926 and House File 927 are...

The recreational marijuana industry is expected to take a sip of less than one per cent initially out of annual Canadian alcohol sales once it becomes legal, a new analysis says. The Anderson Economic Group, a business consulting firm in New York, says legalization of marijuana would sap $160...

When Ana Maria Abba's autistic son started taking CBD oil, which comes from cannabis, the changes were obvious. They lived in California at the time, where medical marijuana is legal. Diagnosed as severely autistic at age two, her son often had unexpected outbursts if he became too excited or...

What do two retired NFL players and a former lieutenant governor have in common? They all hope to transform marijuana into medicine in Central Pennsylvania. With medical cannabis now legal in PA, there's big money at stake for the companies that win one of the 39 permits to grow or sell...

What does the future hold for medical marijuana businesses in Ann Arbor, a city that's been called the cannabis capital of the Midwest? Under new state-licensing regulations, that's something the City Council will have to decide sometime by the end this year, City Attorney Stephen Postema...

The Legislature, Gov. Charlie Baker and Treasurer Deborah Goldberg continue to play a game of cat-and-mouse when it comes to marijuana regulation. On Nov. 8, 2016, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot law legalizing possession and use of marijuana, and authorizing a retail pot industry...

To Michael Larsen and John Chaves, the cannabidiol oil products they plan to sell at Welcomed Science in Garden City offer a legal remedy for pain, anxiety and inflammation. But because the product, known as CBD oil, is derived from marijuana plants, the store likely will prompt law...

Every day in the United States, more than 650,000 opioid prescriptions are dispensed. Federal statistics indicate the opioid epidemic continues to skyrocket. But one local doctor suggests prescribing pot for pain relief may be better for those looking to reduce their dependence on medications...

Three months ago we met Vincent Zuniga, an 9-year-old boy suffering from autism and epilepsy that would cause constant seizures and aggression. Zuniga's parents moved him to Colorado to get legal access to medical marijuana. Since the move, his mother Michelle Walker said she is finally getting...

Retail sales for legal marijuana are growing so big and so fast that the industry has to supersize their operations. Growing and producing marijuana products is now happening on an industrial scale. Retail sales in the U.S. from 20 jurisdictions were $6.5 billion, but according to Greenwave...

Medical marijuana dispensaries won't be banned in the city of Newark – at least not for now. All five members of Newark City Council's economic development committee voted Monday night to table legislation that would have banned dispensaries from being in the city limits. Committee members want...

The state Department of Health is looking to hire staff and write rules on medical marijuana following passage of the state's new law two weeks ago. The undertaking represents uncharted territory for the department and the medical marijuana division's director, Kenan Bullinger, a department...

A possible error in the Congressional spending bill left North Dakota off a list of states with legalized medical marijuana, raising questions about potential impacts for the state as it launches a new program. An amendment in the bill lists states that have legalized medical marijuana and...

Amid several pressing legislative deadlines, some lawmakers are concerned that a bill to expand the medicinal use of marijuana won’t ever get its day on the House floor. House Bill 2107 would expand the “Compassionate Use Act” — a measure that was signed into law in 2015 — and allow the use of...

Though a measure to legalize possession of marijuana passed a major milestone Wednesday, the bill is not on a trajectory to pass this year. The House gave final approval on a 75-71 vote to H.170, a bill that would allow adults to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana and grow small numbers of...

Marijuana proponents on Friday launched a 2018 ballot drive to make Michigan the ninth state to legalize the recreational use of the drug and the first in the Midwest to do so. The initiative has the backing of state-based marijuana advocacy groups and a key national lobbying organization, which...