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Americans for Safe Access Executive Director Steph Sherer was in Sacramento on Monday to tell members of the national organization that advocates for medical marijuana patients that, "The mainstream is coming to our door." "Fourteen years ago there were less than 30,000 medical marijuana users...

Indiana has tried for decades to eradicate a cousin of the marijuana plant. But that long-time attempt has now come at a cost, as industrial hemp has the potential to become a new cash crop for farmers. The Hoosier state's reluctance to reconsider its attitude toward ditch weed also has it...

Morristown — A Morris County author just released his fourth cocktail book, but this time he's substituted the bitters for something a little different. Morristown "Cocktail Whisperer" Warren Bobrow's "Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails, and Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy...

Hibbing, Minnesota - As the second year of medical cannabis in Minnesota begins on July 1, patients for the first time will be able to get certified to be treated with the drug for intractable pain. A month later, certified patients will be able to start receiving medical marijuana from one of...

Hemp is Back at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, after an absence of more than a century. A small research plot that was planted six weeks ago is growing nicely, testing two hemp varieties: Felina 32, appropriate for grain-based food products, and Futura 75, useful for cloth, rope and other...

Gunter, Texas - About 60 miles north of Dallas, amid green fields in the sleepy town of Gunter - population 1,486 - Texas Cannabis CEO Patrick Moran has optioned to buy a former cotton gin, where he plans to grow the Cannabis sativa plant, known more commonly as marijuana. The businessman and...

Newark - A marijuana decriminalization group is hoping to place an initiative on the ballot this fall that would eliminate penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana in Newark. The proposal by the East Central Ohio Decriminalization Initiative would remove penalties for possessing less...

Is Canada poised to become the next North American destination for cannabis? Canadian leaders could legalize the use of recreational marijuana by as early as next year, according to a Los Angeles Times report. This could pave the way for pot to be sold at pharmacies as well as province-run...

Vancouver - Travis Lane has been growing marijuana since high school, when his first pot plant swiftly withered and died in his bedroom closet. By the time he was 20, he had cultivated a small basement grow-operation. Now in his mid-thirties, Lane owns an online dispensary and runs two...

Delhi Township, Ohio - A 6-year-old girl from Delhi Township is beating the odds battling a rare disease causing seizures. WLWT first introduced you to 6-year-old JoJo Tenbrink in April. The young girl's mother said that with medical marijuana now coming to Ohio, her daughter's health could be...

Delhi Township, Ohio - A 6-year-old girl from Delhi Township is beating the odds battling a rare disease causing seizures. WLWT first introduced you to 6-year-old JoJo Tenbrink in April. The young girl’s mother said that with medical marijuana now coming to Ohio, her daughter's health could be...

For years, Lisa Tollner, co-founder of the California marijuana edibles company Sensi Products, says she's received calls and emails from customers reporting her cannabis-infused Sensi Chew caramels had helped alleviate pain, insomnia, nausea and other ailments. But Tollner wanted more. "These...

The final push is on this weekend to gather signatures on a pair of petitions for medical and recreational marijuana referenda in Knox County. The deadline is Wednesday at the close of business, according to Cliff Rodgers, Knox County's elections commissioner. Rodgers said that roughly 16,500...

The final push is on this weekend to gather signatures on a pair of petitions for medical and recreational marijuana referenda in Knox County. The deadline is Wednesday at the close of business, according to Cliff Rodgers, Knox County's elections commissioner. Rodgers said that roughly 16,500...

Employers, including small businesses, should put in place employee drug policies to deal with legalized marijuana. Employee drug use, which includes marijuana, costs businesses more than $129 billion a year in lost revenue, and can cost a small business up to $7,000 a month in lost...

Fall River - Marijuana will be grown and processed into medicine in a laboratory planned for the city's biotech office park. Cannatech Medicinals Inc., a company based in Fall River, got Phase 3 approval from the state Department of Public Health to build a 30,000-square-foot facility at the...

Fall River - Marijuana will be grown and processed into medicine in a laboratory planned for the city's biotech office park. Cannatech Medicinals Inc., a company based in Fall River, got Phase 3 approval from the state Department of Public Health to build a 30,000-square-foot facility at the...

Lansing - A leader of a campaign to legalize marijuana in Michigan promised a court fight Thursday after the Board of State Canvassers rejected the group's petition to get on the ballot, saying too many of the submitted signatures are outdated. Detroit attorney Thomas Lavigne, a board member of...

Joshua Weitz’s marijuana delivery company was supposed to be the biggest achievement of his life. The San Francisco native began dealing weed when he was 14 years old, and by 2013 he was eager to apply his skills in a legitimate medical cannabis business with a California license. “You get this...

Alaska regulators were applauded Thursday as they approved the first licenses for legal marijuana growing and testing facilities – another milestone for the fledgling industry. Priority was being given to growing and testing operations to ensure that retail stores will have legal product to...