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Swansea - Lucrative and not problematic were the adjectives Selectmen Chairman Robert Marquis cited when discussing his board's goals on medical marijuana projects being proposed within the town's designated manufacturing zone. In addition, he'd like to see Sears Road upgraded and access to the...

The state's medical marijuana program has been up and running for nearly eight months, and now some lawmakers are looking to expand the program in 2017. Eleven Legislative Service Requests (LSRs) for the upcoming session – requests submitted by legislators to have bills drafted – relate to...

Massachusetts' new recreational marijuana industry is expected to offer many opportunities for MJ-related entrepreneurs — provided state lawmakers don't slow or extensively revamp the program and municipalities permit retail shops. Last month, 54% of Massachusetts voters approved ballot...

The Calaveras County Planning Commission on Thursday denied five appeals by would-be cannabis farmers seeking to register commercial cultivation sites, including one from a man who rented a former gymnastics studio at the old Calaveras County airport near San Andreas that was eventually raided...

"You're on camera." Mike Harris nodded up at the corners of the ceiling, where spherical black lenses glinted in the weak winter light. The rest of the room at Croy's Enterprises on Pine Street outside Soldotna, a combined marijuana retail, grow and manufacturing business with a planned pipe...

The state Department of Health recently defined their stance on chronic pain conditions for inclusion in the state's medical marijuana program, with advocates lauding the move to provide clarity on the issue. According to a department memo, the agency is regarding chronic pain as "any severe...

The end space inside the strip-style retail building at U.S. Highway 20 and Dean Swift Road in Bend was blank Wednesday, empty except for contractors putting the finishing touches on walls and floors. But the owners of Plantae Health, a cannabis business with a Deschutes County farm and...

The use of medical marijuana in hospitals remains in limbo nearly a year after state-sanctioned companies began dispensing it from licensed locations around the state. That leaves people like Jennifer Livesey and her daughter, Carson, in limbo as well. Livesey said Carson, 16, needs to be...

Phoenix — Medical marijuana users cannot be convicted of driving while under the influence of the drug absent proof that they were actually impaired, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. In a major setback for prosecutors, the judges pointed out that Arizona, unlike some other states, has...

Amanda Gammisch wasn't sure where to start when she became interested in medical marijuana after a brain cancer diagnosis. Her primary care doctor in St. Petersburg didn't know much about it. Neither did her oncologist. Her chances shrank even more when she moved to New Smyrna Beach from the...

Voters may have spoken on marijuana legalization, but the forecast for when Mainers could legally enjoy the drug remains hazy, at best. Carrying out the will of the voters — albeit a slim majority of them — on legalization will be one of the most arduous tasks facing lawmakers returning in...

Jason Wamsley thought he found the perfect location for his new Kelso marijuana store, tucked into the Talley Way industrial area away from residential or public places. He's leasing the 2200 Talley Way building from Scott Hensrude, who bought the building for $450,000 on Nov. 10. But shortly...

Caregivers' ability to grow hundreds of marijuana plants - which some claim is supplying the black market in Colorado and outside the state - is about to be uprooted. Beginning Jan. 1, the maximum number of plants marijuana caregivers can grow will drop from 495 to 99 - one of the most sweeping...

Portland, Maine - At least in the minds of profit-hungry Maine entrepreneurs, the marijuana-spiked buns are already in the oven. Maine voted in November to legalize recreational marijuana, but that law has not yet taken effect. And Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, who is President-elect Donald...

Springfield, Mo. - A Springfield high school student is going against his school's administration after he says he was wrongly accused of smoking marijuana and unfairly punished. Seventeen-year-old Gavin Devic, a senior at Parkview High School, says the punishment he received is too severe for...

Regina Police Chief Evan Bray says there are no plans to let up on policing marijuana while it's still illegal. Bray said there has been discussion about its impending legalization, one of the Liberal promises made in the 2015 federal election. But the law will continue to be enforced in...

A judge has temporarily barred a marijuana dispensary from operating across the street from Lincoln High School in Riverside. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Sunshine Sykes ruled Dec. 19 that the business, Presidential Collective, must stay closed until Jan. 20, when a hearing is set to...

Portland – Towns and cities around Maine are taking a cautious approach to the new state law that legalizes marijuana and are considering moratoriums on the sale of the drug within their limits. Maine voters approved the referendum in November, and the secretary of state's office signed off on...

Maryland patients are several months away from being able to legally obtain medical cannabis to treat chronic conditions. But scammers are already trying to make a buck off patients desperate for the relief from the new drug, according to regulators and industry officials. State officials...

When your research involves illegal drugs, you have to get a bit creative. That's why researchers at the University of Colorado have designed and built a mobile laboratory that will allow them to study the effects of dabs – doses of high-potency, concentrated cannabis – with a three-year...