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Charleston – Janice Bostic stood Wednesday morning on the West Virginia State Capitol steps alongside her daughter, her son, her sister and a family caregiver. Bostic, of Victor in Fayette County, held a neon yellow sign that read, "Give my daughter a chance," with a cannabis leaf as a...

The Senate has voted to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions as the next Attorney General. While many people were concerned about Sessions' past comments regarding race, the marijuana industry is concerned he will roll back advances in legalization made under the Obama administration. National...

DeKalb — A Chicago company wants to open a medical marijuana dispensary in the Aspen Ridge Business Park at 650 Peace Road in DeKalb. Justice Grown, the assumed name of Effingham Medicinal Farms LLC, is asking the city for a zoning change to allow for a dispensary in the multi-tenant building...

Benton City, Wash. It has more security cameras than your average bank and you won't find it on any map. Our cameras got an exclusive first look inside one of the inland northwest's mega-grow marijuana businesses. Inside Experience Organics in rural Benton County is up to 200 pounds of legally...

Marijuana for medical use has been legal in California since 1996, but efforts to regulate it like a normal product have been elusive. For nearly two decades the production, distribution, sale and taxation of cannabis has operated through a patchwork of local rules that can differ from one...

It's 9 a.m. on a Friday and several people are lingering outside Greenfield Company, waiting for the marijuana store to open. After the doors are unlocked, they hurry inside the Clarkston business and show their IDs. A chalkboard menu listing sativas, indicas and hybrids hangs on a brick...

Madison — Democrats pushed for legalizing medical marijuana Monday, hoping to build on momentum after the Republican speaker of the Assembly said he was open to the idea. "We're not criminals. We no longer want to live in the shadows of society," said Steve Acheson, a Gulf War veteran who...

Marijuana legalization backers fear the worst for their fast-growing industry as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote Wednesday to approve a longtime pot opponent, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, as the nation's next attorney general. All signs indicate that Sessions, who last year said...

Two Democratic state lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin. Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, and Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, are sponsoring two proposals aimed at legalizing cannabis for medical use. The first, the Compassionate Cannabis...

Medical marijuana is coming to the Lehigh Valley, and municipalities are getting ready. The board of commissioners in Bethlehem Township on Monday made sure they're prepared with companies already looking to set up grower/processor or dispensary businesses within its borders. It's a step...

Bethlehem Twp., Pa. - Bethlehem Township Commissioners will be weighing in on medical marijuana zoning during a public hearing at its March 6 meeting. Up for discussion and board approval is an amendment to Chapter 275 of the Bethlehem Township Zoning Ordinance, which would allow four types...

New medical marijuana regulations proposed by state health officials would block patients from timely and affordable access to medication, restrict physicians in treating their patients, and potentially undercut the development and distribution of quality medicine, an overflow crowd told Florida...

The City Council voted to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in business and industrial districts citywide Monday. In a 6-3 vote, the council amended the city's zoning ordinance to allow dispensaries within business and industrial districts. The amendment prohibits dispensaries from opening...

The National and Labour parties only support pharmaceutical cannabinoids and have no intention of allowing medical cannabis in its natural form, the Cannabis Party says. National is considering reducing the bureaucracy for pharmaceutical product Sativex, however it will still be too expensive...

Hollister council members Monday night decided to push off adoption of medical cannabis regulations after a visibly frustrated Mayor Ignacio Velazquez spoke on lack of officials' involvement. Council members passed a medical cannabis ordinance at their Dec. 19 meeting, and it went into effect...

Barry County, Mich. - Many people are hoping to take advantage of the new Michigan law passed last year to set up a framework for the state to legalize, regulate and tax a broader range of the medical cannabis industry. With that comes a lot of confusion, though, especially for those hoping...

Supporters of legalising medicinal cannabis are holding a rally at Parliament today in a bid to make it an election issue. A group is gathering on Parliament's front lawn this afternoon, just before Parliament sits for the first time this year. The campaigners want greater access to...

Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 6 called for a statewide referendum on legalizing medical marijuana. State Sen. Jon Erpenbach and state Rep. Chris Taylor unveiled their medical marijuana proposals during a news conference at the Capitol. They were joined by Dr. David Olive, a medical marijuana...

Even as he celebrated the end of a big year for his cannabis-focused company, Terra Tech, Derek Peterson was scrambling to cope with some bad news. On the one hand, in 2016, his Newport Beach business raised close to $20 million to produce and sell marijuana products across the country...

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation moved on Sunday to endorse legislation to legalize the export of marijuana for approved medical use, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked's (Jewish Home) office said. Adoption by the committee, which meets outside the full cabinet every Sunday, means that...