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After months of investigation, Colorado police Wednesday arrested three people in connection with a marijuana trafficking ring they say used a Greeley business as a front. Randall Zandstra, 55, has been involved in crime long enough to earn his own episode on the crime documentary TV series...

Eighty-two pounds of marijuana were found after a traffic stop on Interstate 80 Thursday night. According to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, around 9:05 p.m., deputies pulled over a vehicle near the 240 mile marker on Interstate 80. Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek said the deputy wasn't doing a...

A Pass-around Agenda? Democratic gubernatorial hopeful J.B. Pritzker wants to legalize marijuana as part of his crime-fighting plan, which he unveiled Thursday at the DuSable Museum of African American History. "We don't need more studies on this," Pritzker said. "We need to act. Let's...

The Pennsylvania Health Department reported on Thursday that more than 1,000 people registered on the first day of applications for the state's new Medical Marijuana Program. The estimate includes patients and caregivers, according to Nate Wardle, a spokesman for the health department...

Under the new regulations, cannabis from imported plants can be used to make prescription drugs at Polish pharmacies. This kind of medicine will, however, have to be first registered with the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products. The Polish Pharmaceutical Chamber said that...

In a special meeting on Monday night, the City Council approved the final language for Ordinance 806, which allows, and regulates, cannabis businesses within city limits. The approved language also includes a chapter regulating residential cultivation of marijuana for personal use. The...

For funding to repair Oak Hill Road Bridge, the city is looking to a medical-marijuana cultivation facility. Mayor Stephen DiNatale announced Tuesday that RevolutionaryClinics, II Inc. donated $25,000 to the city as required through a community-host agreement -- money DiNatale hopes to use to...

HealthWise Foundation presented its site plan for a medical marijuana dispensary Wednesday in the first of what is of what is expected to be several Planning Board public hearings. Attorney James A. McMahon of HealthWise Foundation Inc. is seeking site plan approval for the vacant property at...

The city of Morro Bay is just one of 482 cities in the state frantically working on local cannabis regulations before a January 2018 deadline. California voters approved Proposition 64 last November, making the use of recreational marijuana legal for adults 21 and older, and jurisdictions...

Everyday Advanced Hemp Oil, Bosom Lotion and CBD Edibles Gummie Men may have their fans, but the Food and Drug Administration is not among them. Four companies selling those and dozens of other marijuana-derived dietary supplements have been warned by the F.D.A. to stop pitching their...

Researchers at the University of Louisville harvested its industrial hemp crop ahead of impending frosts. A team with U of L’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research started studying hemp for energy uses in 2016. It got a permit to grow industrial hemp and kenaf after being accepted into the...

Pennsylvania launched medical marijuana registries for patients and doctors on Wednesday with more than 100 physicians approved to oversee use of the drug. Acting Health Secretary Rachel Levine said another 200 doctors are going through the process, which requires four hours of training on...

California already has medical marijuana. Now there's evidence that pot might work as "marital marijuana," revving up sex drives in both men and women. The exact nature of the cannabis-coitus connection remains unresolved, but researchers attempted to cut through the haze with a new study...

Firefighters responded to a call Wednesday morning to find a Sacramento marijuana grow house fully ablaze. Remnants of about 100 marijuana plants were found in the 7400 block of 32nd Avenue, said Chris Harvey, Sacramento Fire Department spokesman, after firefighters arrived on the scene...

State and federal law classified marijuana as one of the most dangerous drugs more than 45 years ago, citing its "high potential for abuse" and a lack of medical value. But a groundbreaking decision by a state appeals court on Tuesday said the Christie administration must revisit marijuana's...

One of the state’s most powerful lawmakers is planning to file legislation in the upcoming General Assembly session to “take steps toward decriminalizing” the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, said at a Virginia Crime...

Every now and then, the culture experiences a watershed, a moment when we look up and say, wow, things really have changed. I know you think I am talking about sexual harassment, but I'm not. It's far too early to say whether the torrent of revelations about sexually predatory men will shame...

Jon Bozung realized Friday morning that a few eager entrepreneurs had begun to line up outside the Leoni Township Hall. In the time it took him to gather a few items to join them for what would be a days-long campout, the coveted first six positions were gone. Bozung, of Michigan Center...

City Council voted Monday to approve new zoning requirements that will prevent the sale of medical marijuana in about 95 percent of the city. The legislation, approved 15-1, limits the location of marijuana dispensaries, cultivation sites, production and refining facilities and research...

A Virginia lawmaker says he's working on a bill to decriminalize marijuana. The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that Senate majority leader Tommy Norment does not support full legalization of the drug. But the Republican said possessing it would be a civil offense subject to a ticket or a...