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Ross officials are getting numerous inquiries from people who want to open dispensaries or facilities for medical marijuana, so the township is taking steps to determine where such enterprises can be located. Commissioners on Tuesday introduced an ordinance limiting medical marijuana...

Washington – The newly formed House Cannabis Caucus, co-launched by Alaska Republican Congressman Don Young, responded Thursday to a statement from a White House spokesman about potentially increasing federal prosecution of recreational marijuana smokers. White House Press Secretary Sean...

Twenty-five companies have applied for licences to grow and manufacture medicinal cannabis in Australia. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced today medical marijuana could be easier to import to Australia, if requested through a doctor, by fast-tracking importation while local supplies...

The fate of several thousand Sonoma County marijuana growers hangs in the balance this year, their businesses caught between an emergent industry sanctioned by state voters at the ballot box in 2016 and a new local law that bans commercial cultivation in large swaths outside city limits. The...

Medicinal marijuana will be more widely available in Australia within eight weeks, after the health minister fast-tracked importation of cannabis by approved providers. The health minister, Greg Hunt, announced on Wednesday that the government will authorise importation by international...

North Texas — The first step toward legally growing marijuana in the state of Texas could come Thursday. The Texas Department of Public Safety is scheduled to begin accepting applications for licenses to dispense low-THC cannabis under the state's Compassionate Use Act. The town of Gunter...

Regulations are underway for cultivating marijuana for commercial recreational use in Santa Barbara County, following a few actions by the county Board of Supervisors at its Feb. 14 meeting. The supervisors voted to create an ad hoc subcommittee to help develop cultivation regulations, direct...

The Oregon Department of Revenue expects little change in the near future to federal regulations that effectively block legal marijuana businesses from receiving banking services. At a hearing Tuesday of the Oregon House Revenue Committee, Deanna Mack, legislative liaison for the revenue...

The cannabis industry was rattled Thursday after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said he expects the Department of Justice to increase enforcement of federal laws prohibiting recreational pot, even in states where it's already legal. Along with the District of Columbia, eight states...

Bismarck, N.D. – Five out of every 1,000 North Dakotans are expected to use medical marijuana when it's available in the state, a threshold needed to fund planned oversight of the program, the state Health Department told lawmakers Tuesday. Deputy State Health Officer Arvy Smith told the...

Tallahassee, Fla. - The Tallahassee City Commission will discuss moving forward with potential regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries, Wednesday. Tallahassee Growth Management is recommending to move forward with preparing an ordinance. If approved as is, it could do three things. It...

Mt. Bachelor, Ore. - If you hit the slopes at Mt. Bachelor, you might notice some changes. The ski lifts have new signs asking riders not to smoke marijuana. "We've been hearing from some of our customers that they want us to be a little more educational with some of our other guests about what...

Salem – Most Oregon employers would lose the right to fire employees or deny employment to a candidate who uses marijuana during non-work hours, under a bill proposed by lawmakers on the legislative marijuana regulation committee. The controversial legislation makes exceptions for certain...

St. Lucie County – The county's proposed medical marijuana rules would help entice dispensaries to locate here and help erase the stigma of using marijuana for medical purposes, said a Melbourne man who wants to open a dispensary here. County planners Tuesday gave the County Commission a...

Brevard County officials have proposed rules for locating medical marijuana dispensaries within unincorporated areas of the county – rules that are designed to keep them far away from schools, parks and churches. County commissioners on Tuesday voted 4-1 to start the process that could lead...

When Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure in November to legalize recreational marijuana, Josh Miller saw this as a sign that his time had finally arrived. The Rhode Island state senator has a reputation among colleagues as a cannabis crusader – a battle that, so...

THE Andrews Government has harvested Australia's first medical cannabis crop. - Canberra has also given the green light for a commercial company to also start growing plants. The cannabis, planted at a -secret site last April, will be -reserved for children with -severe epilepsy this year...

Ruth Brunn finally said yes to marijuana. She is 98. She pops a green pill filled with cannabis oil into her mouth with a sip of vitamin water. Then Ms. Brunn, who has neuropathy, settles back in her wheelchair and waits for the jabbing pain in her shoulders, arms and hands to ebb. "I...

New York – After a 12-year battle with debilitating abdominal conditions that forced her to stop working, marijuana has helped Lynn Sabulski feel well enough to look for a job. Sabulski is among nearly 14,000 patients in New York state who are certified to use medical marijuana for one of 10...

"This isn't it," said Roger J. Cobb, looking at a marijuana bud between his fingertips. Cobb was standing in the rain outside of a Big Lake apartment building, where he'd just been given some marijuana to identify. The question before him: Was this the legendary Alaska cannabis strain...