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San Francisco's two-year community college plans to roll out a cannabis curriculum following California voters' decision last year to legalize recreational marijuana. As City College of San Francisco rejoices over the seven-year reprieve on its accreditation announced Friday, the institution...

The increasing supply of legal marijuana is turning into a major buzz kill for growers as prices plunge – and an opportunity for companies that can help cut production costs. Prices are tumbling as formerly illicit cultivators emerge from the shadows to invest millions of dollars in massive...

Lawmakers will watch the actions of the newly created state Medical Marijuana Commission over the next several weeks to see whether further changes are needed to the voter-approved constitutional amendment on the drug. If lawmakers believe that significant changes are needed, expect to see...

A budding new pot company is planting 80 billboards around Greater Boston, launching an app and hiring "student ambassadors" at MIT, Harvard, Northeastern and Boston University to help spread the word about its weed work. California-based W*edmaps is trying to get ahead of the "green rush"...

Waterboro – Even as the Maine Legislature begins on Tuesday examination of a bill that would delay most aspects of the newly approved recreational marijuana law until February, 2018, Waterboro selectmen will soon mull whether to ban retail pot establishments altogether. While statewide the...

Bundaberg's One Nation candidate says it's time to make medicinal marijuana available to those in need and she will will advocate for ready and affordable access to the drug, if elected to the seat of Bundaberg. Dr Jane Truscott said the drug had been shown to be effective in providing relief...

Legislators in more than a dozen states have introduced measures to loosen laws restricting access to or criminalizing marijuana, a rush of legislative activity that supporters hope reflects a newfound willingness by public officials to embrace a trend toward legalization. The gamut covered...

Medical marijuana companies are gearing up for interviews with the city of Salinas as it prepares for the coming of the cannabis industry. The city has scheduled interviews with all applicants over the next three weeks with a committee made up of city staff and consultants. The committee...

More and more physicians are acknowledging the medical benefits of marijuana and are enrolling in the state's pharmaceutical cannabis program. While 80 doctors were on board when the state's licensed growers first began supplying medical marijuana to the dispensaries in September 2014, there...

Rock Hill - When the seizures hit, 14-year-old Isabel Jurado can't come out of them. Her parents and caregiver scramble to find the life-saving medications to end the life-threatening episodes which, each time they come, further weaken her body. Isabel, also known as Izzy, can't tell...

Searsport – Searsport voters could see a few unusual items on the town meeting warrant this year, including questions seeking funding for a town-wide revaluation and approval of a moratorium on marijuana retail businesses. Town Manager James Gillway said the last revaluation took place more...

Fort Myers - If you're legally using medical marijuana in Florida, you won't be arrested but you could be fired by your employer. There is a real gray area that many employers are concerned about and employment attorneys are warning employers not to over-react. Kynse Leigh Agles own and runs a...

Manatee - Ever since he was 17, Micheal Shea has been addicted to learning about cannabis. He has spent the last few years networking and learning everything he can. "Cannabis is my passion," the 22-year-old Manatee County resident said. Now the Braden River High School graduate is turning...

Imagine a group of young professionals enjoying a dinner party. It's time for dessert and everyone moves from the dinner table to the living room. A digestif is served alongside a handful of luxury chocolates that have a slightly sweet taste and a low-dose of THC that kicks in within 15 minutes...

Washington – Think pot is now legal in California? Try telling that to the National Park Service rangers ready to bust people caught with marijuana in Yosemite, Redwood, Death Valley and other federal lands across the state. The federal government says it's not backing off on citing people who...

Nashville – Willie Nelson wants his friend Loretta Lynn, who recently revealed that she tried marijuana for the first time at the age of 84 for her glaucoma but didn't like it, to give pot a second chance. "She's got a lot of guts," Nelson said during a recent interview with the Associated...

Palmer – The Mat-Su Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to pass an ordinance regulating local marijuana businesses with a conditional-use permit. The ordinance included two amendments that will immediately impact local marijuana businesses. The biggest immediate impacts, borough-wide, are...

The sponsors of two measures to legalize marijuana say the issue will get "a full and deep discussion" from New Mexico lawmakers this year because of growing public acceptance and Democratic control of the Legislature. Both proposals would legalize marijuana for recreational use by anyone 21 or...

Harrisburg — There was little obvious sign of the newest addition to the state's agricultural landscape at the Pennsylvania Farm Show this week. While the costs of cultivating medical marijuana make it an unlikely business venture for most farmers, its production is expected to get a lot more...

A petition to ban commercial marijuana cultivation is set to go before the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors by the end of the month. Rebecca Turner, registrar of voters, said if county supervisors call for a vote by Feb. 3, an all-mail election will take place May 2 to determine the fate...