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Sonora Mayor Connie Williams expects to learn a lot about marijuana legalization when she travels to Silicon Valley today for a two-day conference on the topic. The city council voted 3-1 at a meeting Tuesday night to cover the $200 trip for the "Silicon Valley Marijuana Awareness...

Marijuana was on the minds of many during this week's Hollister City Council meeting. Nine community members spoke on the local medical marijuana ordinance during public comment, but Mayor Ignacio Velazquez made a significant proclamation of his own near the end of the meeting. "I've asked...

Liberty Township, Ohio - As Ohio's new medical marijuana program rolls out, communities across the state are staking steps to temporarily block or ban altogether pot-related businesses from opening. A new law legalizing medical marijuana goes into effect Thursday, a move that some industry...

Liberty Township, Ohio - As Ohio's new medical marijuana program rolls out, communities across the state are staking steps to temporarily block or ban altogether pot-related businesses from opening. A new law legalizing medical marijuana goes into effect Thursday, a move that some industry...

But, the buzz kill for public entities earmarked to benefit from the sin tax is they haven't seen any of that revenue to date. Those slated to receive marijuana tax funds are: Common School Fund — 40 percent Mental health, alcoholism, and drug services — 20 percent Oregon State Police — 15...

New Philadelphia - Medical marijuana is legal in Ohio starting Thursday, but you won't be able grow or sell pot products in New Philadelphia. New Philadelphia City Council members passed an ordinance by a 5-2 vote Wednesday that outlaws medical marijuana cultivators, processors and retail...

New Philadelphia - Medical marijuana is legal in Ohio starting Thursday, but you won't be able grow or sell pot products in New Philadelphia. New Philadelphia City Council members passed an ordinance by a 5-2 vote Wednesday that outlaws medical marijuana cultivators, processors and retail...

A proposed county ballot question that would ask if an existing moratorium on the licensing of any new commercial and medical pot businesses should be extended was shot down Wednesday after an anti-pot advocate claimed the measure was an attempt to confuse voters. Charlene Graham, chair of the...

Cannabis testing is keeping skilled New Zealanders out of the workplace even if the cannabis is used in their own private time or for medical reasons. New Zealand must rely on foreign workers because too many locals are on drugs prime minister John Key said. Defending the nation's record...

Medical marijuana may become legal in the state of Ohio on Thursday, but it won't in Fostoria. At least, not anytime soon. Fostoria City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a one-year freeze on the cultivation, processing and sale of medical marijuana within the city at the request of Mayor...

Medical marijuana may become legal in the state of Ohio on Thursday, but it won't in Fostoria. At least, not anytime soon. Fostoria City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a one-year freeze on the cultivation, processing and sale of medical marijuana within the city at the request of Mayor...

Denver - It's nighttime at the Herbal Cure, a south Denver marijuana shop and grow house tucked into a parking lot beside the highway. Inside is a marijuana bounty: thousands of dollars' worth of cannabis plants, boxes of marijuana-infused chocolate, jars of $360-an-ounce weed with names like...

Local marijuana growers are clamoring to go legit. Back in January the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors passed the Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance, making ours the first county in the state to establish a commercial permitting system. And by the Aug. 23 deadline the county...

People gathered at Gyro Park Sunday afternoon in support of medical cannabis. There were about 30 people in the park at 2 p.m., though it is unclear how many were attending the event, and how many just happened to be there. Prior to the event, one of its promoters Jo Scofield said it was...

People gathered at Gyro Park Sunday afternoon in support of medical cannabis. There were about 30 people in the park at 2 p.m., though it is unclear how many were attending the event, and how many just happened to be there. Prior to the event, one of its promoters Jo Scofield said it was...

It's likely to be a while yet before Penticton city council decides how to deal with storefront medical marijuana dispensaries. After hearing a detailed presentation from city staff at a Sept. 6 committee of the whole meeting, council voted 5-2 to have staff pursue options to regulate...

It's likely to be a while yet before Penticton city council decides how to deal with storefront medical marijuana dispensaries. After hearing a detailed presentation from city staff at a Sept. 6 committee of the whole meeting, council voted 5-2 to have staff pursue options to regulate...

Columbus, Ohio - The head of Ohio's state medical board says he won't participate in establishing rules for certifying doctors under Ohio's new medical marijuana law after taking on lobbying clients associated with the budding industry. Records reviewed by The Associated Press show Mike...

Columbus, Ohio - The head of Ohio's state medical board says he won't participate in establishing rules for certifying doctors under Ohio's new medical marijuana law after taking on lobbying clients associated with the budding industry. Records reviewed by The Associated Press show Mike...

Deep-blue Massachusetts has a recent history of marijuana-friendly votes. In 2008, voters turned out in droves at the ballot box to decriminalize possession of less than an ounce of pot. Four years later, advocates were rewarded with a landslide victory to legalize medical marijuana in the...