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Boutique hotel group Standard International and cannabis-infused confection maker Lord Jones have announced a partnership that includes opening a retail shop in the lobby of the Standard Hollywood early next year. There are also plans to create co-branded THC-derived products and expand to...

Ohio police departments are learning how to interpret the law and medical marijuana in the new year. So they are turning to experts from Colorado for direction on arrests, cases and how to handle the drug in the field. Blue Ash Police Chief Paul Hartinger said medical marijuana presents a...

When it comes to weighing the options for regulating medical marijuana through the law passed this year, Dunedin city commissioners declared local governments face a "conundrum" and "a false dilemma." They said they would welcome a dispensary in the city and want residents to have it as an...

State Sen. Scott Wiener, who has adopted the cannabis industry as one of his major concerns, is taking aim at new state regulations for recreational marijuana that will allow for big growing operations in California. "By not limiting the amount of land that can be cultivated by any one...

It's very likely the Bay City Commission approves an ordinance next month that regulates medical marijuana and allows them to start welcoming the industry to town. That much is apparent based on the conversations in City Hall on Monday, Nov. 20, when the commission heard a presentation on the...

Business interests have long tried to pack legislative bodies with members who are sympathetic to their work, but electing marijuana-friendly members to the county Board of Supervisors has never been so important to the cannabis industry. Recreational marijuana sales begin on New Year's Day...

In a historic moment for Townsville a Defense veteran has been dispensed medical cannabis to medicate post-traumatic stress syndrome for the first time. Lee Donnollan will be given the medication for the first time in Townsville under the special access scheme which gives patients access to...

When John Dress went to the eye doctor in February, he was mostly concerned with what style of frames to get. He didn't expect to find out he has a rare cancer that could threaten his life and would wind up costing him his job as he searched for a cure or treatment. Dress, 53, had spent 11...

Palmetto Harmony, a CBD oil product based in South Carolina that WBTV first featured two years ago, will now be advertised in television commercials on all major national networks beginning Monday. Janel Ralph is the CEO of Palmetto Synergistic Research, the company that makes this strain of...

A 20-year-old from St. Charles who was on home monitoring on three pending felony drug cases when he was charged with having cannabis oil mailed to him to later sell was sentenced Monday to 6½ years of probation. "I don't trust you," Kane County Judge John Barsanti said as he sentenced Braham...

Columbia Township would be happy to have a medical marijuana dispensary operate in its community. Administrator C. Michael Lemon said the Columbia Township Board of Trustees passed a resolution Nov. 14 that clears the way for a medical marijuana dispensary to open in the township. The...

Sorry, Milford. Delaware's next medical marijuana dispensary will be located in Smyrna. New York-based Columbia Care has confirmed plans to open its future retail location in Kent County's northern-most town — days after the site was leaked on Facebook by a patient advocacy group. "It's...

This border town's plans to open a marijuana dispensary within city limits have hit a snag, which could delay a planned opening in early 2018. In an interview with FOX 13, West Wendover Mayor Daniel Corona said the city ran into a "hiccup" with how they awarded a dispensary license. "We...

Organizers of a ballot drive to legalize the use of marijuana for recreational purposes in Michigan submitted 365,000 signatures to the state Monday, which appears to be more than enough to qualify the initiative for a statewide vote in 2018. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol...

Australia's newest "superfood" - hemp - is now available after being legalized to be sold as food in Australia after 20 years in the making. And with hemp seed oil to hemp seed beer, the industry is hastening to bring more products to the shelves for consumers. The new regulations came...

Two state senators say they see no reason why Gov. Scott Walker won't sign into law a bill that would make it legal for Wisconsin's farmers to grow industrial hemp. Both the state Senate and Assembly approved a bill earlier this month that would establish a pilot program to allow farmers to...

Along a quiet country road in Boring is a sign warning people that the cannabis plant they're seeking isn't worth the headache. "From people driving by and thinking, Oh great, I'm going to go sample this myself," said Barry Cook. "I've lost 500 to 600 plants." Cook runs Boring Hemp...

In compliance with the Compassionate Use Program, the first dispensary will soon open in Schulenburg, Texas. Knox Medical officials said the Department of Public Safety makes weekly inspections as they prepare to open. Founder and CEO of Knox Medical, Jose Hidalgo, said they chose...

Florida is moving forward with the outsourcing of medical marijuana identification cards despite a protest on how the contract was awarded, health officials said Monday. The Office of Medical Marijuana Use signed a contract on Monday with Veritec Solutions LLC, which it planned on awarding...

Illinois will see legal recreational marijuana eventually, according to one industry expert. Chris Stone is the CEO of HCI Alternatives in Springfield. He said legal recreational marijuana became almost inevitable after Illinois lawmakers approved medical marijuana back in 2013. "When you...