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Milford - Robert Fiore's childhood onset epilepsy is long under control, but he made it his mission to legalize medical marijuana for those under 18 in Connecticut after watching the CNN special report, "Weed," which featured the remarkable change cannabis oil made in a young girl with epilepsy...

Vienna, W.Va. AP - Hemp seeds are being distributed to approved growers in West Virginia for a research project on the crop. State officials say it took two years to create rules governing the project. Applicants must pass background checks before being licensed to participate. The planting of...

Mayor John Tory made no apologies for last week's raids of medical marijuana dispensaries across the city, in which 90 people were charged with trafficking-related offenses. "I have no problem with the legislative course we're on, decriminalizing marijuana but the distribution system is out of...

Johannesburg - Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema on Monday said he supported the legalisation of dagga. "We have no problem with marijuana being legalised. It must be legalised. It must be dealt with professionally so that it is not abused and used for wrong purposes," Malema told...

Liberal MP Adam Vaughan says that 'the law's the law'. Joe Cressy, Toronto city councillor for Ward 20 and chair of Toronto Drug Strategy Implementation Panel, says issues the government must consider in legalizing marijuana include access, distribution, age appropriateness, marketing, pricing...

Cop, inspectors visit stores in crackdown Detroit's crackdown on marijuana storefront shops could lead to about 150 fewer shops than existed in the city at the height of the industry, Mayor Mike Duggan said. Teams of city inspectors and police officers have begun visiting stores to enforce...

Cop, inspectors visit stores in crackdown Detroit's crackdown on marijuana storefront shops could lead to about 150 fewer shops than existed in the city at the height of the industry, Mayor Mike Duggan said. Teams of city inspectors and police officers have begun visiting stores to enforce...

Massachusetts regulators are pledging to crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries after several shops placed low-income patients on waiting lists for discounted products – creating delays that run afoul of state law. A Globe review found that the delays were often months long, effectively...

Massachusetts regulators are pledging to crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries after several shops placed low-income patients on waiting lists for discounted products – creating delays that run afoul of state law. A Globe review found that the delays were often months long, effectively...

Oroville: There is some agreement among people on both sides of the two marijuana-related issues going before voters June 7. Proponents and opponents of Measures G and H recognize that the two items are modifications to current ordinances that will remain in effect regardless of the outcome...

In a sign of marijuana's growing normalization in Canada, two major life insurance companies have decided to treat cannabis users as non-smokers, reversing a long-standing policy and offering many of them far cheaper premiums. Like their competitors, Sun Life and BMO Insurance have for years...

Racine, Mo. - The land where Tom and Darlene Poor live has been handed down in Tom's family since before the Civil War. Family members, who live like a community, maintain cabins together and grow vegetables in a shared garden. Their place is quiet, the lone exception this day being the Poors'...

Racine, Mo. - The land where Tom and Darlene Poor live has been handed down in Tom's family since before the Civil War. Family members, who live like a community, maintain cabins together and grow vegetables in a shared garden. Their place is quiet, the lone exception this day being the Poors'...

A day after Toronto Police swept through the city’s marijuana retailers, arresting around 90 people and seizing hundreds of kilograms of drugs, Chief Mark Saunders faced pointed questions from a crowd of protesters over the police’s decision to crack down on the trade. At a tense press...

Drug raids targeting illegal marijuana grow operations shipping to out-of-state markets have made headlines in Colorado, but Colorado Springs has seemed untouched. That's about to change. Judgment day is coming, said Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers. He expects hundreds of busts in coming...

Political leaders agreed Friday to extend Illinois' medical marijuana pilot program to July 2020 and added post-traumatic stress disorder and terminal illness as qualifying conditions. Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Republican leadership agreed to the extension, according to the bill's Democratic...

More than 100 people turned out for hearings this week on regulation of medical marijuana in the unincorporated county, with dozens expressing concerns about their inability to get the substance for various illnesses. The residents' concerns focused on the lack of access and the desire to...

Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in Oregon last year, there’s been an explosion or pot-related events, from big celebrations like Weed the People and the Cultivation Classic to “yoganja” classes and house concerts. But now all these events are up in the air due to a confluence of...

Toronto police say 90 people were arrested and 257 charges laid after authorities conducted raids targeting 43 marijuana dispensaries across the city on Thursday. Chief Mark Saunders said search warrants were executed after letters were sent out to store fronts on May 18 advising them of city...

Bryce White, a bud tender at Native Roots dispensary, puts marijuana into a bag for a recreational customer on Sept. 16, 2015. Native Roots operates within a Boulder County enclave surrounded by Longmont city limits. Marijuana dispensaries are banned in Longmont city limits. Between a lot of...