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Augusta, Maine – Leaders of the Maine Legislature have agreed to hold a vote in the coming days on a proposed one-year moratorium on the new marijuana law. That law is scheduled to take effect Jan. 30, after which people will be allowed to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana. Legislators say...

Houston - A California man never imagined the world of trouble he could end up in for a prescription he's had for years. Phillip Blanton faces two felony drug charges after his prescribed medical marijuana and edible cookies were found in the trunk of his car during a traffic stop. It happened...

Bismarck–Legislative leadership has introduced a bill that would buy time for lawmakers to pass a comprehensive law governing the process for allowing the prescription, dispensing and use of medical marijuana in the state. Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, said Senate Bill...

Belle Vernon — Rostraver Township has given its approval to a Bethel Park woman's plans to open a medical marijuana growing and processing plant in the Mon Valley municipality. The township's zoning hearing board Wednesday granted an exemption to the local ordinance giving Corinne Ogrodnik...

A House committee recommended bills Wednesday that would delay implementation of the state's newly approved medical-marijuana constitutional amendment and would keep records related to the drug confidential but not subject to a federal privacy law. The action came a day after a member of the...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general did not provide a definitive plan during the first day of his confirmation hearing Tuesday for how he would direct the Justice Department to treat states' legalization of marijuana, but he said just enough to make Pueblo County...

Elmhurst – A medicinal marijuana company with a distribution site by the Queens Center Mall​ has been approved by the state to make home deliveries, bringing pain relief to homebound patients, officials said. Vireo Health, which opened its Queens Boulevard dispensary last January, will...

Before employees light up a joint next to their coworkers smoking a cigarette, the Visalia Chamber of Commerce and the Visalia Economic Development Corporation decided to host a forum to discuss the implications of the recently passed marijuana legalization. It was a packed house Tuesday...

Blue Hill – Maine's recent legalization of recreational marijuana has prompted Blue Hill officials to organize a vote on whether to prohibit retail marijuana establishments. Selectmen Jim Schatz and Vaughn Leach voted at the board's regular Friday meeting to plan a special town meeting to...

On a 3-2 vote, Mesquite's City Council repealed a portion of its municipal code requiring a voter referendum on allowing recreational marijuana growth, sale, and distribution within city limits at its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10. Councilman George Rapson labeled the referendum, passed in 2014...

The Florida House will push to make medical marijuana tax exempt, according the sponsor of the yet-to-be filed bill implementing Amendment 2. While lawmakers are in the early stages of drafting an implementing bill, House Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues said the House does not plan to include a...

Almost three years ago, the Mississippi Legislature passed Harper Grace's Law, named after then-2-year-old Harper Grace Durval who suffers from Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy. The legislation allows marijuana oil to be used to treat children in Mississippi who suffer from epilepsy...

Marc and Jodie Emery, the pot power couple and business partners behind Cannabis Culture, have big plans to bring their business back to life in Montreal. Instead of storefront pot dispensaries, their franchisees will likely shift their business mandate from recreational to medicinal...

Watsonville - Uncomfortable with the recommendation of city staff and its own Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee, the Watsonville City Council balked at allowing the manufacture of medical cannabis in addition to cultivation at its meeting Tuesday and decided to table the issue until its Jan...

Pataskala - Even though Ohio's new medical marijuana program remains a still-in-the-works proposition, Pataskala officials recently discussed crafting a response to it. What could that response look like? Well, based on early discussions, it could resemble a red sign with the words "Not...

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has outlined his stance as a firm opponent of marijuana, but during his confirmation hearing Tuesday, he offered only vague answers about how he might approach the drug should he be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general. Although Sessions...

Fitchburg - As one marijuana-cultivation facility puts a halt to plans to move into the city, another prepares to start the application process. Happy Valley Ventures MA, Inc. submitted a request to withdraw its application to open a recreational marijuana facility on 25 Newport St. last...

The Legislature - which along with Gov. Charlie Baker has already delayed full implementation of the legalization law by six months - is expected to amend the law approved by voters in November, with a higher tax rate on marijuana sales at or near the top of the list of likely alterations...

Holyoke – Vacant mill buildings along a series of canals serve as constant reminders of this impoverished city's halcyon days as the Paper City of the World. But the mayor has a distinctly 21st-century plan for the old factories. Alex B. Morse imagines marijuana growing in them. Morse, the...

Columbia – Charleston residents Jill Swing and her 9-year-old daughter, Mary Louise, spent a month in Maine last summer. But the trip was not a summer vacation. During that time, Mary Louise received treatment to control seizures caused by cerebral palsy and epilepsy. They are among the...