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In a surprise move, Alaska's marijuana control board has abandoned plans for cafe-style regulations that would have allowed marijuana to be consumed in some retail stores. Had the regulations been approved, they would have been the first of their kind in the United States. The 3-2 vote to...

Calgary's elected officials will gather on Monday for an education session on marijuana, as the legalization of weed looms in Canada. Mayor Naheed Nenshi said council will hear from experts including officials from American municipalities that have already lifted pot prohibition. "We...

Gov. Brian Sandoval is counting on $90 million in tax money from the newly formed recreational marijuana industry in Nevada, according to reports. In his State of the State speech, Sandoval said a proposed tax on marijuana sales could raise about $69 million for schools. The marijuana...

Seattle, Wa - Inside this retail marijuana shop in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, an unlikely union unfolds between lovers of cannabis and canines from Emerald City Pet Rescue. "If I didn't already have two at home, he would be coming home with me. He's so sweet, he's so calm and gentle!"...

When Dr. Jessica Collins McCain returned to her hometown of Fort Pierce to practice medicine in 2015, one of her first patients was an older man with rectal cancer. "His only question was, 'How can I control my pain when I can't even sit comfortably,'" said Collins McCain, a general...

The City of Calexico becomes the first city in the Imperial Valley to pass an ordinance regarding permits for cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and distributing. The Calexico City Council met on Wednesday, January 25, to discuss the implementation of the first reading of an ordinance that...

An Afghanistan veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD) wants medicinal cannabis to be recognised as an effective and legal treatment for his condition. Lawnton's Michael Harding said he was medically discharged from the Royal Australian Army with PTSD and conversion disorder in...

It should be a routine call, scheduling a visit from the cable guy to set up internet access. But nothing's routine when you're running a medical marijuana company. "There's this flurry of activity that starts with the account manager with a headset on in a cubical," said Jeremy Unruh...

Boston, Mass. — Legislative proposals to limit the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana is infuriating pot advocates in Massachusetts who say lawmakers are trying to gut key provisions of voter-approved recreational use of cannabis. Among the proposals is a measure to cut in half — from a...

At all the doors she knocked on while campaigning in Lincoln's District 27, and among all the people she talked to, Sen. Anna Wishart never heard a negative comment about medical cannabis. Her opponent in the campaign, Dick Clark, recalled district residents as he walked door-to-door bringing...

Little Rock, Ark. - Another medical marijuana commission meeting, another full room. Cultivation and dispensaries was the topic last week and this week. A final decision has now been made, according to marijuana commission member Travis Story. "We decided that starting off with the...

About 100 people turned out Jan. 31 in Eastlake for an informational meeting on bringing a medical marijuana cultivating facility to the city. The proposed site for the facility is the former JFK Community Center property at 33505 Curtis Blvd. It has been unused for about 15 years. Buckeye...

A Long Island company is eyeing office space in Setauket for Suffolk County's second medical marijuana dispensary. Nepenthea LLC, a consortium of about 10 local doctors, hopes to open the facility at an office building on Technology Drive, a tree-lined strip of medical and science-based...

As medicinal marijuana grows to a billion dollar industry in Canada, producers are tapping Simcoe County for our knowledge in farming and agriculture. We're home to two Health Canada licensed producers – in Creemore and Stayner – and at least three more companies plan to set up within our...

Smoke it if you've got it. A bill filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes Wednesday to scrap the existing regulatory framework for medical marijuana would let patients registered with the state's Compassionate Use Registry smoke the medicinal herb. "It specifically allows it," the St. Petersburg...

Lynn Township – Put it out there that you're planning to grow medical marijuana in the neighborhood, and people sit up and take notice. More than 40 Lynn Township residents gathered at the Lynnport Community Fire Company Wednesday night, sitting on folding chairs as TruVo Health Care CEO Jeff...

Houston – Marijuana is currently on the list of substances banned by the NFL but several former players are hoping to change that. A cannabis convention was held Wednesday night at the Revention Music Center in Houston ahead of Super Bowl LI and Jim McMahon, former NFL quarterback and...

Medical marijuana sales could begin this summer on Maui after one of the island's two licensed dispensaries received approval Wednesday to begin cultivation. The state Department of Health issued "Notices to Proceed to Acquire and Cultivate Marijuana" to Maui Grown Therapies and Aloha Green...

Santa Fe - New Mexico would have about 250,000 potential customers of cannabis should the state legalize adult recreational use of cannabis, an economist told the Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee on Wednesday. And those consumers would purchase roughly $412 million worth of the...

Atlanta - The controversial fight to expand Georgia's medical marijuana law got off the ground at the state capitol Wednesday. The goal for supporters is to allow more patients to use a low THC cannabis oil. 11Alive News was the only local station inside the first hearing for the expanded bill...