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Washington – Congress is forming a cannabis caucus with high hopes of protecting a pot industry besieged by fears of a potential federal crackdown. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, is helping to lead the creation of the...

Alaska Congressman Don Young said he's never smoked marijuana. But recognizing that his constituents have voted to legalize it, Young says he wants to change federal law to help marijuana entrepreneurs do business. The issue has Young joining forces with congressmen of different stripes. They...

Just about every week, Cranberry's planning and development office gets a call from someone interested in locating a business related to medical marijuana in the township, Ron Henshaw, director of the office, said. "It's mostly about dispensaries, but we have had a few people interested in...

An organization that represents Sonoma County marijuana growers has come out against a cannabis business tax set for a public vote in early March, altering the neutral position announced by the group last week. The nine-member board of the Sonoma County Growers Alliance voted Monday to oppose...

Calexico, Calif. - Calexico City Council voted for a second time on Wednesday legalizing the cultivation and production of cannabis. City mayor Armando Real said, "The cultivation, production, pharmaceutical testing and distribution of cannabis plant, which would have to be sold outside of our...

Montpelier — The Vermont Department of Public Safety illegally discriminated against a man who sought to use medical marijuana to ease symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, according to a recent Vermont Human Rights Commission investigation. The investigation...

While North Dakota struggles with implementing its newly approved medical marijuana status, a U.S. Navy veteran was cited in Morton County for possessing a few grains of marijuana from an out-of-state licensed dispensary. Matthew Crane, 33, of New York, was cited Friday while trying to reach...

San Francisco would have its own independent department of marijuana under legislation headed to the Board of Supervisors. "The goal is to create a single office to manage the onslaught that we are facing come Jan. 1, when recreational pot becomes legal," said Supervisor Jeff Sheehy...

Denver - Grant money from the Department of Education and the tax on marijuana is going to help fight bullying. "It's a three-year grant program so the amount goes up a little bit each year," said Annie Trujillo from New America School in Lowry. Seventy-three schools across 14 school...

Denver – At risk of raising the ire of the White House, Colorado is on the brink of becoming the first state with licensed pot clubs. But the details of how these clubs will operate are as hazy as the underground clubs operating already. Denver officials are working on regulations to open a...

DENVER – At risk of raising the ire of the White House, Colorado is on the brink of becoming the first state with licensed pot clubs. But the details of how these clubs will operate are as hazy as the underground clubs operating already. Denver officials are working on regulations to open a...

In the waning days of his life, Flyers founder and chairman Ed Snider sought pain relief from weed. Nearing the end of his long battle with cancer, Snider wasn't getting the relief he needed or deserved from conventional medications, according to his daughter, herself a cancer survivor. "He...

Denver - At risk of raising the ire of the White House, Colorado is on the brink of becoming the first state with licensed pot clubs. But the details of how these clubs will operate are as hazy as the underground clubs operating already. Denver officials are working on regulations to open a...

State lawmakers on Wednesday began work on a measure that would legalize marijuana for medical purposes — an issue that has risen to prominence in Columbia over the past several years. A subcommittee of the Senate Medical Affairs Committee spent an hour outlining how to proceed in moving S...

Proponents and opponents of marijuana came head-to-head Feb. 15 at the city council meeting as the council tried to figure out how to move forward after the passing of Prop. 64. After a nearly two-hour discussion and a 4-1 vote – with Council member Mark Muir dissenting – the council approved...

The Central Coast has become the home of cannabis oil supply in Australia as moves to get the drug legalised in NSW gather force. The Express Advocate can today reveal one of the nation's biggest underground supply networks is operating in the region as thousands of sick and dying people turn...

Years ago, 1600 Osgood St. was home to Lucent Technologies (and before that, Western Electric), employing thousands and playing a vital role in the budding telecommunications industry before the plant's closure. And if Town Meeting voters consent this spring, it will soon be reborn into a...

Vancouver – Garfield Mahood has spent 30 years fighting for the Canadian government to require plain packaging for cigarettes. So, the long-time non-smokers' rights activist says he doesn't have much faith in the government's ability to regulate and restrict the marketing of marijuana...

Marin residents voted by a 72 percent majority to legalize medical cannabis in 1996 and last November voted by an 89 percent majority to legalize recreational cannabis, but county residents are demonstrating little enthusiasm for having a dispensary located near them. Preparing for a public...

Some of the Kenai Peninsula's marijuana operations are up, running and trying to integrate themselves into the business community at large. Since last summer, eight marijuana businesses have opened on the peninsula, and nine more are in the works. Most of them are outside the cities – the...