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Oakland – Oakland has become one of the first communities in Maine to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the retail sale of marijuana and the establishment of marijuana social clubs. The 5-0 Town Council vote Wednesday does not prohibit the legal use and cultivation of marijuana as approved by...

Mexican advocates for drug reform are voicing alarm about the country's widening gap with the United States on marijuana legislation, as criminal violence surges again south of the border. Tens of thousands have been killed over the years in Mexico, on the front line of a U.S.-led war on...

Cripple Creek, CO - Dr. John Jones lives in Colorado Springs but wants to move his family to Cripple Creek because of the city's culture. A culture he hopes to add to, he's pushing the city council to rewrite ordinances that don't allow places to consume marijuana. "If people to go to Cripple...

Marijuana growers use a lot of pesticides – especially when these mildew- and mite-sensitive plants are grown indoors. But a growing number of farmers and shops are trying to give their customers a satisfying cannabis high without the downer of pesticide-related environmental or health...

Nevada took its medical marijuana program database off the internet this week after the Social Security numbers and other sensitive information involving thousands of dispensary applicants were inadvertently leaked online. A vulnerability affecting a web portal used by the state's medical...

In 2016, more countries legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes. Marijuana, or cannabis, is "the most widely cultivated, produced, trafficked and consumed drug worldwide," according to the World Drug Report, but its legality has long been a topic of debate...

An Arlington police officer is receiving lots of praise from social media after his encounter with a teen boy. According to the video circulating on social media, the officer allowed the teen to do push-ups versus taking him to jail. Arlington police identified the officer in the video as...

Boston — Saying the tax rate on legal pot sales is one area that "really needs some work" in the voter-approved marijuana law, Senate President Rosenberg on Wednesday defended a proposed six-month delay of key provisions in the law and Gov. Charlie Baker called the delay "perfectly appropriate."...

Columbus, Ohio - If 2016 was the year medical marijuana became legal, 2017 will be the year we find out what that means. Ohio's medical marijuana law, signed in June and in effect since September, outlined the framework for a medical marijuana system. But the details -- everything from how...

On Dec. 15 it became legal for individuals to grow a small number of marijuana plants in Massachusetts. On that same date, Aaron Voog stopped having to advise cannabis-curious customers on how to grow "tomatoes." "Now we're able to talk about things like adults in here," said Voog. Voog...

Pueblo, Colo. - Fifty applications for marijuana dispensaries are sitting and waiting for business owners to pick them up at the Pueblo City Clerk's Office. "They can get licensed probably even like April, May if they pass all inspections," said Pueblo City Clerk, Gina Dutcher. The City...

Supporters of marijuana use and outdoor growing of cannabis made their opinions heard at last week's community forum where they found themselves surrounded by like-minded people. The group of about 15 people, joined by a handful of city staff and public officials, attended the community forum...

Monroe – A marijuana retailer wants to come into a city that already has an established ban on pot shops. It may seem like a strange business plan, but a would-be retailer angling for the state license to operate in Monroe says it's not futile even though he can't open shop right now...

American Canyon has extended its temporary ban on outdoor cultivation and other activities related to recreational marijuana, giving city planners – and possibly others in Napa County – time to decide on a collective way to address the issue. The city council last month approved a 45-day...

Danvers – A business dispute over the sale of a building in the Danvers Industrial Park has killed what would have been the town's first medical marijuana dispensary. Alternative Therapies, which opened the first such dispensary in the state in Salem in June 2015, was expected to open one in...

Arkansans hoping to grow medical marijuana will have to pay a $15,000 application fee and a licensing fee yet to be determined, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission decided Tuesday. Unsuccessful applicants will receive half the fee - $7,500 - back. The fee is the maximum allowed under...

The upcoming Montana Legislature is likely to address many questions about medical marijuana, from taxes on its sale to cannabis storefronts, all while waiting to see what the Trump administration will do at the federal level. Montana voters in November passed I-182, a citizen initiative that...

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission today continued creating rules for the licensing of cultivation facilities, one of the two types of businesses envisioned by the medical marijuana amendment approved by voters in November. The five commissioners also have authority over licensing...

State lawmakers voted Wednesday morning to delay the opening date for recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts by half a year – from January to summer 2018. The extraordinary move, made in informal sessions with just a half-dozen legislators present, would unravel a significant part of...

With recreational marijuana use now legal in Massachusetts – and about to become so in Maine – some New Hampshire lawmakers are preparing for what they see as its inevitable acceptance here in the Granite State. In the upcoming session, lawmakers will take up separate measures to decriminalize...