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There are some nights Aimee Dort said she feels lucky to get an hour's sleep while on her regular pain medications. The 40-year-old Kimball Township resident has a systemic disease that causes chronic pain in different parts of her body. There are days it's difficult to get out of bed, and...

There are some nights Aimee Dort said she feels lucky to get an hour's sleep while on her regular pain medications. The 40-year-old Kimball Township resident has a systemic disease that causes chronic pain in different parts of her body. There are days it's difficult to get out of bed, and...

Bridgeville residents, citing a sharp increase in the number of marijuana grows in their community among other issues, are scheduled to meet with 2nd District Supervisor Estelle Fennell and other local officials on Thursday. Fennell will be joined by representatives from the North Coast...

Valparaiso - Beth Wilson paused Saturday during a marijuana legalization rally outside the Porter County Courthouse, suddenly able to feel the electric pulses generating from a pacemaker-like device beneath her skin. The device goes off every five minutes, helping control the 53-year-old Hobart...

Islambad - We read about people going blind or dying from alcohol, prescription drugs, opiods such as heroin, and other laboratory drugs like methamphetamine, but how many people have you heard of who died from hashish? None. They just laugh a little too much and take a nap. This was said by...

Mankato - After all her work pushing for legalized medical cannabis in Minnesota, MaryAnn Nelson doesn't even have her daughter enrolled in the program. A year ago the Mankato mother and her daughter, Rachael, became something like the faces of the local push for medical cannabis. They and...

Mankato - After all her work pushing for legalized medical cannabis in Minnesota, MaryAnn Nelson doesn't even have her daughter enrolled in the program. A year ago the Mankato mother and her daughter, Rachael, became something like the faces of the local push for medical cannabis. They and...

Mabton City Council members will resume deliberations Tuesday on whether to annex almost 30 acres of land that could be used to grow marijuana. Council members tabled the motion after hearing more than two hours of public comment June 14 on John and Sandy Birldebough's request to include...

Mexico, Missouri - A smartphone camera poked out of his shirt pocket. An attorney stood at his side. And in his right hand was a manila folder containing a printout of a law whose impotence would soon be revealed. "Hi, there," said Aaron Malin to a jailer behind a security window at the Audrain...

Mansfield - A referendum to legalize recreational marijuana likely to be on next November's ballot would give preference to existing medical marijuana facilities. But proponents of a Mansfield medical pot dispensary say they're sticking by their promise to steer clear of recreational weed...

Carson City - Gov. Brian Sandoval said he has never smoked marijuana and is against making recreational use legal in Nevada, citing concerns about its impact on young people. Sandoval said that as a former federal judge, he saw how marijuana use led young people to trouble with the law, and...

Nearly $60 million worth of recreational marijuana was sold in Oregon during the first five months of taxed sales, according to estimated figures released Wednesday by the state. The sales estimate is based on the amount of recreational marijuana tax that retailers paid the state for the period...

Burlington - A retail marijuana license-rights holder in Burlington was recently dealt another setback to open a store after the city denied his remodel permit for a location on Burlington Boulevard. Jason Kitzman, who owns the marijuana store High Society in Anacortes, has attempted to open a...

San Francisco - With a measure to legalize marijuana on California's November ballot, entrepreneurs and investors are rapidly lighting up the weed economy. An ecosystem of startups is expanding to grow, harvest and deliver an expanding array of marijuana-related products and services that are...

Eugene, Oregon - As recreational marijuana cultivation emerges from decades in the shadows in Oregon, residents face a vexing challenge: Where will new licensed farms, processing plants and retailers be allowed to locate? Banned outright in big chunks of the state, recreational marijuana...

Some wear their hair in messy buns and have sleeve tattoos. Some have salon cuts and $2,000 suits. Some are joining blue-collar unions, getting health benefits as they grow and sell a plant they've long loved. Some say they never touch it, but they're standing guard outside shops and fiercely...

From Liberal Party insiders to pharmacists, many Canadians stand to gain from the legalization of pot. But one group of hardworking entrepreneurs is posed to be left in the cold when the $5 billion [$4 billion USD] recreational pot market goes above ground: your everyday weed dealers. And...

Two Louisiana universities have opted in for medical marijuana cultivation. Under current law, the state is allowed to have a single cultivator of medical marijuana. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry granted Louisiana State University and Southern University first right of refusal -...

Two Louisiana universities have opted in for medical marijuana cultivation. Under current law, the state is allowed to have a single cultivator of medical marijuana. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry granted Louisiana State University and Southern University first right of refusal -...

The Kent City Council approved a six-month moratorium against the new four-member cooperatives to grow and cultivate marijuana for qualified medical patients that the state will allow, starting July 1. The council on Tuesday night initially considered an amendment to a city zoning code...