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Jeff Staker is a former Marine who served in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He's taught leadership classes to non-commissioned officers at a military academy and worked as a law enforcement officer at Grissom Air Reserve Base, where he currently serves as a firefighter. With that kind of...

Durham - A continued push by community groups could make the Durham the first city in North Carolina to formally make misdemeanor marijuana enforcement its police force's lowest priority. Self-Help Credit Union President Randy Chambers and members of the Fostering Alternatives Drug...

First in line to cash in if recreational use of pot is approved in Massachusetts, medical-marijuana interests are helping to bankroll the campaign to get voters to say "yes" at the ballot box. Voters in November will decide whether to legalize the drug's regulated growth for recreational use...

First in line to cash in if recreational use of pot is approved in Massachusetts, medical-marijuana interests are helping to bankroll the campaign to get voters to say "yes" at the ballot box. Voters in November will decide whether to legalize the drug's regulated growth for recreational use...

Jefferson City - A proposal that would allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana for patients with certain illnesses won't get on the ballot in November without court action, its backers said Monday. Though Secretary of State Jason Kander has until Tuesday to announce which proposals...

Jefferson City - A proposal that would allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana for patients with certain illnesses won't get on the ballot in November without court action, its backers said Monday. Though Secretary of State Jason Kander has until Tuesday to announce which proposals...

An administrative law judge paved the way for another nursery to get a medical-marijuana license, striking a blow against the Florida Department of Health during a contentious hearing Monday. Administrative Law Judge John Van Laningham virtually guaranteed that he intends to recommend that...

An administrative law judge paved the way for another nursery to get a medical-marijuana license, striking a blow against the Florida Department of Health during a contentious hearing Monday. Administrative Law Judge John Van Laningham virtually guaranteed that he intends to recommend that...

Consider the hemp store owner who was told she had weeks to live after suffering massive liver failure. Or the cannabis chef plunged into a miasma of pain-killing narcotics after his car careened off an I-805 overpass. Or the life-and-death leap of faith Edgar Garcia is taking as he tries...

Consider the hemp store owner who was told she had weeks to live after suffering massive liver failure. Or the cannabis chef plunged into a miasma of pain-killing narcotics after his car careened off an I-805 overpass. Or the life-and-death leap of faith Edgar Garcia is taking as he tries...

With the vote on whether to allow Californians to spark one up legally three months away, a number of lawmen have spoken out against an initiative that if given a thumbs up by voters, would make recreational use of marijuana legal. Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriff's President Tom...

Albuquerque, N.M. - New Mexico's state auditor is investigating the state Department of Health for making chronically-ill patients wait for their medical marijuana cards. Health officials admit that for the last several months, people have waited up to 60 days for their cards. By law, they're...

Albuquerque, N.M. - New Mexico's state auditor is investigating the state Department of Health for making chronically-ill patients wait for their medical marijuana cards. Health officials admit that for the last several months, people have waited up to 60 days for their cards. By law, they're...

Tampa - It's been two years since Governor Rick Scott signed the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act into law, and patients are just now receiving the first medical marijuana doses. One of those medical marijuana prescriptions was delivered Monday to Richard Murphy, a Bay Area man who suffers...

Tampa - It's been two years since Governor Rick Scott signed the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act into law, and patients are just now receiving the first medical marijuana doses. One of those medical marijuana prescriptions was delivered Monday to Richard Murphy, a Bay Area man who suffers...

Crown Point - Carla Wirick's doctor says she would be a perfect candidate for medical marijuana. It would alleviate the pain from her spinal injury, he told her. It would help her be more active. It would allow her to stop taking narcotic painkillers. But despite the fact her doctor is a...

Crown Point - Carla Wirick's doctor says she would be a perfect candidate for medical marijuana. It would alleviate the pain from her spinal injury, he told her. It would help her be more active. It would allow her to stop taking narcotic painkillers. But despite the fact her doctor is a...

When Deborah Young of Ferndale sent her $60 fee to Lansing this year to register as a medical-marijuana user, she assumed the state would use her money to review her paperwork and print her ID card. The fees are "for the operation and oversight of the Michigan medical marihuana program," says...

When Deborah Young of Ferndale sent her $60 fee to Lansing this year to register as a medical-marijuana user, she assumed the state would use her money to review her paperwork and print her ID card. The fees are "for the operation and oversight of the Michigan medical marihuana program," says...

Deschutes County expects a wave of marijuana businesses will apply for licenses from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to grow, process and sell recreational marijuana, once the county ban on marijuana businesses is lifted Sept. 1. "My best ballpark guess is 25 to 50 applications over the...