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Massachusetts was one of four states to legalize recreational cannabis at the ballot box Nov. 8, and some lawmakers are taking the cause of freedom even further. Sen. Jamie Eldridge is working to craft a bill that would free some of those in jail for cannabis possession and sales, as well as...

Memphis, TN - Tennessee lawmakers will have a more spirited debate about legalizing medical marijuana in the state in 2017. Shelby County commissioners aimed to put support for medical marijuana in their legislative agenda Monday, but instead sent it back to committee. Commissioners said they...

Gov. Eddie Calvo on Tuesday introduced a measure to legalize marijuana on island. "I am introducing this bill, not because I personally support the recreational use of marijuana, but as a solution to the regulatory labyrinth that sprouted from the voter-mandated medical marijuana program,"...

Foxborough - At Harvest Moon Hydroponics, a shiny tent in the window holds everything a budding indoor gardener might need. Dangling from the top, a fluorescent light fixture shines down on a collection of young plants. An instrument lying on the floor measures the temperature and humidity. A...

In a state that just legalized the recreational use of marijuana, can field sobriety tests used to determine whether drivers are drunk also be administered to demonstrate that a person is too high to operate a motor vehicle? The state Supreme Judicial Court on Friday took up that question in...

The online ad for Green Light District — a pot shop in a brick office building 5 miles from Disneyland — was clear: Anyone 21 years and older was welcome to buy weed with only a "valid ID." During a visit to the unlicensed Anaheim dispensary Tuesday, a worker behind tinted glass in the lobby...

A Dauphin County company working in the medical marijuana pharmaceutical industry is proposing one of the first processing facilities in the south central region be placed in Business Campus One in Penn Twp., Perry County. PA Options for Wellness has approached the business park operators...

The process for licensing retail marijuana shops would be delayed by six months under legislation that surfaced first on Dec. 28 in the Senate before clearing both branches, the result of which could push the legal sale of marijuana, authorized by a successful ballot campaign this year, well...

Lincoln – Nebraska finds itself in rarefied air when it comes to medical marijuana. It's one of a handful states – a list that includes South Dakota, Kansas, Indiana and West Virginia – that prohibit all forms of medicinal cannabis. Twenty-eight states offer comprehensive medical marijuana...

While some activists are planning to give away marijuana on Inauguration Day, other entrepreneurs are taking a different approach: making a ton of money from it. According to Governing.com, 29 states and the District of Columbia have or will soon have laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Use...

Steamboat Springs – One of three groups hoping to open a marijuana grow facility in Hayden says a tax imposed by the town has created a roadblock. "At the current excise tax, we are absolutely on hold," developer Jon Peddie said. "We're moving ahead and hopefully will come up with something...

Tampa — Vials of cannabis-laced sprays, lotions and tinctures line display shelves a few steps from handbags specially designed to tote marijuana products. A stylish kitchenette and table is on the opposite side of this Surterra Wellness Center medical marijuana showroom, space used to host...

Correctly predicting that California voters would approve the legal use of marijuana, San Jacinto has been aggressive in setting up ordinances to regulate how recreational pot will be grown and sold in the city. The latest piece of its plan was designating an area where marijuana could be...

James Nowacki, an outspoken government critic from Gary who has spent the past six days making a 160-mile walk to the Indiana Statehouse, completed his trip Friday, arriving in midmorning at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Nowacki, who has said he wants to spend the next few days lobbying the...

A Halifax marijuana dispensary has been locked out by its landlord, but owner Shirley Martineau vows to reopen Auntie's Health and Wellness in a new location. "I'm shocked," Martineau said Friday when CBC News told her the store was shuttered. "They accepted the rent." Martineau said she...

Fairbanks – Fairbanks' three marijuana stores are sold out and closed until they get more supply as the cannabis industry continues to evolve. "The cultivators are working as fast as they can," said Cary Carrigan, executive director of the Alaska Marijuana Industry Association. "It's a...

It's a scene that continues to unfold in Washington state: A helicopter hovers low over the trees, deep inside a park in the Cascade Mountains; a SWAT team dressed in Kevlar rappels from the chopper to the ground; other officers, federal agents and state environmental officials move toward the...

Lawyers have warned the ACT government against legalising medicinal cannabis without easing the territory's controversial drug-driving laws. Assistant health minister Meegan Fitzharris has announced plans to establish a medical cannabis scheme as soon as practicable. But current...

Maryland's would-be medical marijuana growers face a conundrum known as the "immaculate conception" problem: How do you grow legal marijuana plants when it's a felony to obtain the seeds? The first step in growing state-sanctioned legal marijuana is to break the law, a paradox that has...

Lawmakers are going back to work at the Roundhouse in 11 days, and it could bring changes to the medical marijuana program. A state senator wants to increase how much cannabis a patient can have at one time as demand for this program increases. Rachael Speegle is a registered nurse and the...