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Premier Mike Baird says his government has been working with the chief scientist and will have more to say in the new year about the supply of medicinal cannabis. In Newcastle on Monday, the Newcastle Herald asked Mr Baird how people were expected to take advantage of his "compassionate use"...

A task force makes recommendations on how the Canadian government should approach legalizing recreational marijuana, Ohio writes draft rules for MMJ dispensaries, and cannabis has a big week in Washington DC. Here's a closer look at some notable developments in the marijuana industry over the...

Venice - It took less than an hour for 50 people to sign up for an appointment with the Compassionate Cannabis Care Clinic of Venice, when its full website went live Thursday afternoon. By 9 a.m. Friday, the clinic had 146 people scheduled for their first appointment, said Patrick DeLuca...

On the day after six recreational marijuana storefronts opened in Montreal, police raided several locations. Montreal police confirmed that at least three locations were raided after 5 p.m. Friday. Cannabis Culture owner Marc Emery, the self-proclaimed Prince of Pot, was arrested at...

Marijuana sales might be allowed in Fircrest as early as next year. In a 4-3 vote Tuesday night, the City Council rejected a planning commission recommendation that the city ban all marijuana business. The vote signaled the council's intent to allow pot stores within the city's 1.5 square...

A proposed marijuana grow operation in Cortez's industrial park will not be getting approval from the city council anytime soon. The city council held a special work session Tuesday to discuss the possibility of changing the city code to allow a marijuana grow facility to set up shop in the...

With hopes of eventually helping to curb the opioid epidemic, doctors at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center will soon begin testing whether marijuana is a viable alternative to opioids for pain control in patients with rib fractures. The study will be the first state-approved research on...

In a move marijuana and legal experts call unconstitutional, Indian Wells City Council passed an ordinance Thursday requiring residents wanting to grow marijuana in their home under the voter-approved Adult Use of Marijuana Act to register for a $141 per year permit from City Hall. In order...

The message from elected officials at a workshop this week on the state's new recreational marijuana law was to delay recreational establishments from opening within town borders, while getting a read on public opinion. The act, which was passed as a ballot question during the November...

Forget about April 20. Marijuana liberation day in Massachusetts is now Dec. 15. "This is one of the best days I've had in a very long time," said Mark Reeves of Boston. "Finally, we get to enjoy what God put here for us." And what better way is there to start enjoying weed than growing...

On Wednesday, Steven Ognibene had to take the day off work. The Rochester surgeon needed to drive three hours to the Binghamton area because the type of medical marijuana that could help his 11-year-old son, Vincent, wasn't available locally. It was, though, available at a dispensary in...

Augusta – An official recount of a statewide ballot question legalizing marijuana in Maine is now on hold until after the New Year. The recount was suspended late Thursday after about 30 percent of the total ballots cast had been reviewed with no significant change in the outcome revealed...

Boston – Legal-marijuana activists were in a celebratory mood Thursday as a new voter-approved law took effect in Massachusetts, allowing people 21 and over to possess, grow and use limited amounts of recreational pot. It will be at least another year before marijuana can be legally sold by...

Mesquite City Council held a lengthy discussion about the sale of recreational marijuana in the city, before agreeing to table the discussion until Jan. 10. The item being discussed was the consideration of repealing section 2-14-1 (8) of the city's municipal code which reads: "It is the...

Columbus, Ohio -- Three out of 20 Ohio physicians said they would be "highly likely" to recommend medical marijuana to a patient, according to results from an Ohio State Medical Board survey. The survey was sent to all Ohio-licensed doctors in September, when Ohio's medical marijuana law took...

Seekonk, Mass. - With temperatures falling through the 20s on this landmark day in a state founded by Puritans, store manager Alex Wolowicz prepared for another round of inquiries from eager new plant growers. Pot growers. As of 12:01 Thursday morning it became legal to grow and possess...

Bradenton - Although more than 71 percent of Florida's voters legalized medical marijuana in the November election, uncertainties remain about how the state will regulate it and whether, in the long term, those 6.4 million residents made the right call. At a Manatee Tiger Bay Club forum on...

Cambridge – It's a new day in Massachusetts, with marijuana legalized for recreational use as of midnight. Pot can't be sold legally in the Bay State until 2018, and only with a license to do so—but many are opting to grow their own at home, and one local dispensary is helping them get...

With medicinal marijuana legalized in 28 states and the recent passage of California's Proposition 64 legalizing recreational use in yet another state, a local professor is examining the ramifications that extend beyond the consumer. Jake Brenner, associate professor of environmental studies and...

Buchanan – Following a successful legislative push this past year in Michigan to provide better access to medical marijuana for those authorized to use it, Buchanan could be in line for some of the area's first dispensaries of the drug. "We're getting two to three calls a week," about...