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As West Virginia lawmakers, doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement officers have said time and time again, there is no silver bullet in solving the opioid epidemic. But in the state with the highest rate of overdose deaths in the nation, officials have often said they want to use every...

Following the legalization of marijuana in nearby Massachusetts, Rhode Island lawmakers have proposed the Cannabis Regulation, Control and Taxation Act – a bill legalizing recreational cannabis use for those age 21 and over. Though this will be the third year that a bill like this has been...

Advocates and lawmakers are skeptical that much more will be done in the state legislature this year to expand access to cannabis oil to treat medical conditions like seizure disorders. "It's only a guess, but probably not," Rep. Emory Dunahoo, R-Gillsville, said. "I hope to see (it) done...

Marin supervisors on Tuesday banned nonmedical cannabis business activities in unincorporated Marin. The supervisors voted 4-0 to take the action, with Supervisor Kate Sears absent. The vote came on the same day that an advisory panel began a series of three public meetings to review 10...

Atlanta - Could medical cannabis fix Georgia's opioid crisis? One University of Georgia professor thinks so. He shared data to support that at a Georgia House of Representatives work session in Atlanta on Wednesday for HB 65. That's the bill that would expand the current medical cannabis law...

He fled the Midwest for the mountain vistas of southern Oregon a decade ago, and now earns nearly six figures running a farm in a river valley surrounded by the green-covered Siskiyou Range. But Michael Johnson – one of those young, creative types which Nebraska cities are so eager to lure –...

Atlanta - Nearly a dozen Georgians testified before a state House panel in favor of a proposal to broaden access to the state's medical cannabis registry. A vote on the idea could come as early as next week. However, the vote would only be the first among the many that it would take to make...

Salt Lake City – Patient advocates acknowledge disappointment that Utah lawmakers have scaled back efforts to draft legislation to legalize access to medical cannabis. But at least now they know they're on their own. During a press conference Friday morning, four state legislators detailed...

A new bill in Washington state seeks to bar the use of Bitcoin in any sales transaction that involves marijuana. The bill's sponsor says there is no way to track the cryptocurrency, while opponents of the legislation say that claim "is simply false." On Wednesday, a state Senate committee...

Indianapolis – When the Indiana Legislature allowed a Senate committee to hear testimony on a medical marijuana-related bill, some proponents saw a glimmer of hope. The measure would create a pilot program allowing some epileptic children to be treated with "hemp oil" derived from cannabis...

The city of Sacramento is inviting would-be commercial marijuana producers to agree to pay 1 percent of revenues into a "neighborhood responsibility" fund intended to support community programs and offset impacts of the businesses. Officials say the plan approved by the City Council this...

The question isn't if medical marijuana works for Kevin Hernandez, a leg amputee who deals with phantom pains and neuropathy. He said it does. Rather, the Albany man and his sister, Christine, are grappling with how they'll pay for it. "He was like, 'Hey, Chris, I'm going to start on this...

The buzz around the cannabis business in 2016 reached an inflection point with medical marijuana companies raising more than $466 million on Canadian capital markets last year. Two years into Canada's commercial medical marijuana market, companies have investor attention. Several players...

Democratic lawmakers announced a push Monday to legalize and tax marijuana for recreational use in Maryland. They announced a pair of bills to make lighting up a legal act. Some of the same lawmakers are also trying to put the issue on a ballot for voters to decide. The pro-marijuana lawmakers...

Augusta, Maine – Marijuana is now legal, so what's next? That question will be answered over the next year in Augusta, where the Legislature and state government have to create all the rules and regulations to manage the growing and sale of the drug. That work began Monday, as the president of...

Salt Lake City – Utah researchers would be able study cannabis for medicinal use without federal approval under a bill that unanimously cleared a House committee Monday. "This is the first step in what I think is the right policy direction for this state," said Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, sponsor...

Annapolis, Md. – Two marijuana bills -- one legalizing pot and the other taxing it -- will be introduced sometime this week in Annapolis. If the bills become law, people thinking they can throw seeds in the ground and grow marijuana are in for a rude awakening. Bill supporters believe...

Santa Maria, Calif - An ordinance banning certain marijuana activities in Santa Maria is causing confusion about what you can and cannot do within city limits. The city council passed the ordinance last summer, a few months before voters statewide approved Prop 64 - legalizing recreational use...

Westborough - Voters at the annual election and town meeting in March will be asked to decide whether the town should prohibit marijuana businesses that are not medical. In November, 54 percent of Massachusetts voters approved the legalization of recreational marijuana use for people 21 and...

Marijuana users and some businesses that cater to them cheered the arrival of legal marijuana in Maine on Monday, even as one Portland celebration event had to revamp its plans because of confusion about what is and is not allowed. An "End of Cannabis Prohibition Party," a private...