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Chris Martin is a medical-marijuana pioneer. He's also a biker, ex-con, and father of five – a nice guy with a rough side, lots of tattoos, and a head full of business ideas. He got out of prison in February after serving a two-year sentence on a weapons violation related to a 2012 raid on his...

On the night of the 2012 presidential elections, the story of Barack Obama's re-election ran head-to-head with news of the groundbreaking legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado. Memes abounded, most featuring a cloud of smoke over the city of Denver bearing the caption, "Meanwhile in...

The state health department released a pack of proposed rules for the medical marijuana industry, which will be the subject of a public hearing later this month. The rules provide new information about how the industry would be regulated in areas like employment, product tracking and testing...

Michigan residents who want to get into the medical marijuana business had their last shot at a training session Wednesday. State employees took people step by step through the application process. They also explained the monitoring system for tracking marijuana from seed-to-sale. David Harns...

Brenda Lutz ran a medical marijuana provisioning center in Jackson but shuttered it in late September after the Jackson Narcotics Enforcement Team asked her to close. Commercial marijuana establishments like Lutz's have been operating in a gray area since Michigan voters approved a medical...

Leaders of a statewide campaign to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Michigan say they've gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the statewide ballot in the 2018 election. The Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol this week said it's gathered at least 360,000...

San Diego entrepreneurs on Thursday will begin submitting applications to open marijuana production facilities, as the city prepares for the legalization of recreational cannabis sales next year. City Council members voted last month to permit up to 40 businesses to cultivate, process...

Aurora Cannabis Inc. proposed the largest takeover bid in Canada's nascent marijuana market in an attempt to expand its reach into Europe. Aurora said late Tuesday it offered to acquire CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. in an all-stock, C$582 million ($455 million) deal that values the Saskatoon...

The Board of Supervisors delayed another vote yesterday on new regulations for recreational cannabis. As a result, the city likely won't have a legal framework in place when marijuana becomes legal statewide on January 1. The Board was set to consider changes to city regulations for zoning...

The Prince George's County Council on Tuesday passed legislation that could clear the way for a medical marijuana dispensary to set up shop in the office building at 4201 Northview Drive, across Route 197 from the Bowie Town Center. The bill reduced the buffer distance required between a...

A bill to legalize marijuana in New Hampshire was rejected by a House committee on Tuesday after legislators voiced concerns about conflict with federal law and potential health consequences for a state in the throes of an opioid crisis. Proposed before the Criminal Justice and Public Safety...

People from all over the state lined up for hours to be part of the grand opening of Lee County's first medical marijuana dispensary. Tuesday morning, Trulieve, a medical marijuana treatment center, opened a location in North Fort Myers. The store is the company's 12th location. "It's...

City officials said this week they will consider re-establishing a moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses, possibly up to the end of 2018, to allow more time for drafting local regulations. The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission is recommending that communities consider the...

Four leading Democrats and one little-known Republican running for Michigan governor are throwing their support behind marijuana legalization ahead of a potential statewide proposal they could share the ballot with in 2018. "We've seen other states do it wrong. In Michigan, we've got a chance...

New marijuana taxes that go into effect January may increase prices, but probably will not reduce marijuana consumption, said several policy experts and dispensary staff. California voters approved Proposition 64 in November 2016, allowing residents over the age of 21 to possess up to one...

The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to an ordinance banning marijuana sales, distribution and cultivation in unincorporated parts of the county. Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson cast the lone dissenting vote. He argued the board was ignoring the will...

Now that a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey is likely to become law, leaders in the state's 565 municipalities could soon face a choice. Do they allow businesses to produce and sell cannabis in their towns, potentially reaping the benefits of a new industry and millions...

Palm Beach County's first medical marijuana dispensary is now open for business – the latest sign a budding industry that will serve tens of thousands of people is taking root in South Florida. About 50,000 Floridians have already registered to use medical marijuana since voters approved its...

Palm Beach County's first medical marijuana dispensary opened Tuesday, and Steve Buchholz of Lake Worth was among the first customers. Buchholz, 57, said he suffers from chronic knee pain stemming from a high school football injury 40 years ago. "Every step I take every day is painful,"...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, head of the presidential commission on opioids, warned of supposed dangers of marijuana in a letter to President Donald Trump earlier this month about the panel's findings, saying the current push for the drug's legalization could further fuel the opioid epidemic...