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A bill that would have blocked Oregon employers from firing workers for legal, off-hours marijuana use is dead for the session. Key backer Sen. Floyd Prozanski, a Eugene Democrat, acknowledged Tuesday the demise of Senate Bill 301 in the face of virulent business opposition and skepticism among...

The joint was jumping. The city's annual Cannabis Parade rolled down Broadway on Saturday – with enthusiasts buzzing that the Big Apple should soon go to pot. Some 200 puffers assembled to march from 32nd Street to Union Square, where activists called for legalization and trumpeted the...

Advocates of a global movement to legalize marijuana urged dozens of supporters at a Rehoboth Beach march and rally to lobby state elected officials, especially those in Sussex County, to pass a measure that would legalize the herb in Delaware. Passage of House Bill 110 would tax and regulate...

"Get with the times!" -- that was the message from activists to state lawmakers at the seventh annual Milwaukee Marijuana March Saturday, May 6th. The group wants pot legalized. It was actually an entirely different drug that became the focus of Saturday's event. Supporters of legalizing...

The former U.S. ambassador to Canada warns the new marijuana law could effectively thicken the border as sniffer dogs trigger searches for marijuana that's illegal in the United States, but legal in Canada. Bruce Heyman, who served as U.S. ambassador in Ottawa under former president Barack...

Supporters of legalized medical marijuana are calling on Gov. Rick Scott to order a special session after state lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have implemented a ballot measure approved by 71 percent of voters in November. Under the constitutional amendment, it is up to the Florida...

Dispensaries sell a dizzying array of dried bud, potent extracts and colourful edibles. Licensed grow-ops are filled with hundreds of fragrant plants. Head shops sit packed with elaborate pipes and vaporizers. The number of Denver businesses that produce and sell marijuana, or supply pot...

President Rodrigo Duterte's goal of eliminating illegal drugs in the country through a bloody war is "unrealistic" and is "not feasible," a Thailand-based expert said Saturday. "The current administrative policies around drug control seems to be very much focused on achieving unachievable...

Candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor said at a forum in Newark Monday night that legalizing marijuana is an essential component of reforming New Jersey's criminal justice system. At a debate sponsored by the NAACP and the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, former U.S...

About 300 people met at Alexandra Gardens on Saturday and made their way through the city center. Organized by Cardiff Cannabis Social Club, it called for people to be able to smoke the drug in licensed premises. But Clive Wolfendale, chief executive of drug and alcohol charity Cais, said...

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission has paid $150,000 of the $2.6 million tab it rung up while scrambling to review a crush of applications to grow, process and dispense the drug. A state audit released this week found the commission also circumvented state procurement safeguards...

President Donald Trump signaled he may ignore a congressional ban on interfering with state medical marijuana laws, arguing in a lengthy statement that he isn't legally bound by a series of limits lawmakers imposed on him. Trump issued the "signing statement" Friday after he signed a measure...

Just about everything we know about cannabis comes from tales told. While there is scant science to back up the claims of marijuana's health benefits, Pennsylvania is moving forward to implement its medical marijuana program. That lack of clinical certainty is the primary takeaway from the...

A bill to allow severely ill or disabled patients to use medical cannabis has growing, bipartisan support. But time is running out for passage. UPDATE: After a big bipartisan push on and off the House floor Friday, Public Health Committee Chair Four Price, R-Amarillo, called an impromptu...

With the growing opioid epidemic, doctors are looking into alternatives to addictive prescriptions for treating chronic pain. Some experts believe medical marijuana could help curb the nation's narcotic drug crisis. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reports, Christine Stenquist suffered through a brain...

Searching for a way to ease the pain, some people in California with chronic illnesses are turning to marijuana products instead of opioids. It’s a trend that advocates say may be a way to cut into the nations opioid epidemic. “I would be in the doctor’s waiting room crying in pain,” said...

Two companies have plans to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Squirrel Hill and the Strip District, while a warehouse on the North Side is being targeted for a cannabis growing and processing center. Keystone Relief Centers will go before the city's Zoning Board of Adjustment on May 25 to...

President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama don’t agree on much, but they do have one thing in common: Both say that marijuana legalization should be left to the states. “Reversing course and going against the tide of history would present huge political problems that the new...

The ubiquitous billboards and product labels for Korova Edibles, an Oakland marijuana confections manufacturer, feature a three-eyed cow and a mooing boast: “Unrivaled potency.” Korova’s “20 dose” medical cannabis Black Bar chocolates are supercharged with 1,000 milligrams of THC, marijuana’s...

Tribal lands could be the next frontier for the marijuana industry in Nevada. From across the state, tribal leaders appeared at the Nevada Legislature last week to advocate for a bill that would enable tribes to enter into state compacts allowing the medical and recreational marijuana industry...