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Medical marijuana products sold in Arkansas would have to include detailed labels with information about their laboratory analysis, dosage, source and warnings under a draft of rules being prepared for the launch of the state's medical pot program. The proposed rules, which the state...

Salem, OR - Following reports of new marijuana testing regulations being cumbersome and leading to some processing plants ceasing operations and furloughing workers, state officials announced new testing standards Friday. The issue stems from rules that became enforceable on October 1 that...

Kelly Brown wants you to know she does not live in her mother's basement. Brown said she is a mother, a wife, an employee, has bachelor's and master's degrees and likes to read. "There's many different aspects about me," Brown said. "I just happen to use cannabis." Brown, who lived most of...

Phoenix - Claiming the state is hoarding funds, two medical marijuana users want a judge to reduce the annual charge for the legally required registration cards. In legal papers filed here, the attorney for Yolanda Daniels and Lisa Becker points out the Department of Health Services collected...

Ausgusta, Maine - Maine's Department of Labor will be holding a series of workshops next month to educate residents about legal marijuana in the workplace. The workshops will teach employers how to spot on-the-job impairment. Marijuana will be legalized in Maine if the results from...

On a quiet, rain-soaked block of Geary Boulevard in the Inner Richmond last month, in the back lounge of a chic medical marijuana retail store called Harvest, a middle-aged pot farmer named Lourdes was doing brisk business. A constant stream of well-to-do patrons with medical pot cards milled...

Michele Lazor was on bed rest for about five years, for about 22 to 24 hours a day, and was taking 50 pills a day, she said, to deal with her disease. Lazor, who is from Troy, suffered from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, in which people "usually have overly flexible joints and stretchy, fragile...

New Bedford - Medical marijuana could be growing in the city's industrial park as early as the spring if a Newton-based nonprofit wins approval from the state's Department of Public Health. Mayor Jon Mitchell announced Thursday that the city has successfully negotiated a Host Community...

The owners of Alaska's smallest marijuana retail shop are hoping for an early spring opening, and they're closer now to that goal than they were are the start of the week. On Wednesday night, the Juneau Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit that will allow Fireweed...

San Jose, Calif. - Every July 4, Augie, a 4-year-old Chihuahua mix, would go into freak-out mode. He trembled. He refused to eat, sleep or let anyone pick him up. His owners tried giving him Xanax for his fireworks phobia. "He would act like your worst drunk friend at a bar who picks fights...

Natalia Karoway is a trained herbalist, but the entrepreneur wants to expand her client offerings to include traditional cannabis treatments. So, she's hitting the books to beef up her resume at the Northeastern Institute of Cannabis in Natick, Massachusetts. "I really wanted to have some...

A crowd of more than 200 people representing both the wine and cannabis industries turned out Thursday at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds to listen to a discussion on possible business collaborations between the two, once marijuana is legalized for recreational use in California. The message...

Tallahassee - More Floridians voted for medical marijuana than for President-elect Donald Trump. Now, the drug's future in the state rests in the hands of legislative leaders who were not among its most vocal supporters. Amendment 2, which passed with 71 percent of the vote, allows the state...

Manatee County - Speaking from her wheelchair in a voice that struggled to make itself clear, Cathy Jordan on Thursday tried to impress upon the Manatee County Commission why medical marijuana is needed by people with chronic conditions such as herself. "I offer my services to you for...

The Oregon Health Authority may announce changes today to the regulations on pesticide testing to address widespread discontent within the legal marijuana business community. Thursday, spokesman Jonathan Modie said he did not know specifically what the changes would address. "These are growing...

The owners of large-scale medical marijuana operation in Collingwood are hoping to be up and running next year. Georgian Bay Bio Med has received approvals for a 120,000-square-foot facility on Mountain Road that will produce marijuana. "We'd like to get started as soon as possible," said...

Minneapolis - More Minnesotans will soon have access to medical marijuana. The Minnesota Department of Health added post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, as a qualifying condition on Thursday. The state also gave the green light to allow manufacturers to begin producing topical formulas...

Saginaw Township, MI - On the heels of state officials regulating medical marijuana dispensaries, Saginaw Township officials have decided they do not want such facilities in the township. The township Board of Trustees on Monday, Nov. 28, passed an ordinance preventing facilities involved in...

Pine Creek Township, Clinton County - Part of an old modular home plant could soon be the home of a medical marijuana processing facility. A Colorado businessman is hoping the state approves his application next year which would be the first of its kind in our area. It's in its...

Montebello - Proposition 64, approved by voters more than three weeks ago, allows you to grow up to six marijuana plants inside your home. But in this city you're going to need to get a permit first. The City Council on Wednesday voted 3-1 vote approved an ordinance imposing regulations on...