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Will medical marijuana become legal in Utah next year? Early polling suggests wide support for a proposed medical cannabis ballot initiative. A poll by the Salt Lake Tribune and Hinckley Institute of Politics found that 75 percent of Utah voters either strongly or somewhat support the...

A soon-to-open medical marijuana dispensary and cultivation facility plans to hire dozens of workers and hopes to be doing business by the end of the year. Hampden Care Facility will host a job fair Nov. 4, and will eventually hire dozens of workers, said Ian Kelly, operations manager, and...

Police raided an illegal medical marijuana dispensary in El Monte on Friday morning and arrested a Santa Ana man, authorities said. The bust took place about 10 a.m. at the dispensary, 10755 Lower Azusa Road, Unit J, El Monte police Sgt. Roger Cobian said. The investigation began, "in...

Medical marijuana patients in Florida who are already experiencing long delays in receiving their identification cards are in for more bad news. A company that was not selected to take over processing and manufacturing the cards has filed a protest over the process. Automated Health Systems...

Police raided an allegedly illegal San Diego marijuana-delivery service, confiscating dozens of pounds of cannabis and arresting three people, authorities said Friday. San Diego police narcotics-unit officers served search warrants about 7 a.m. Thursday at the East Village and Pacific Beach...

Seven years ago, Chris Marr was finishing his first term as a state senator from Spokane, serving as Majority Whip and Vice Chair of the Transportation Subcommittee. Today he is a lobbyist and marijuana industry consultant living in Olympia. "I normally call what I do 'strategic and...

Over the strong objections of the county's environmental advocates and the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), the Planning Commission has voted to allow hundreds of existing marijuana growers to continue cultivating before they finish the permitting process. At the Oct. 19...

Residents who use marijuana for medical treatment will be able to purchase cannabis locally, but buying and smoking pot for fun isn't in the cards for now. That's the intent of guidelines being considered by the Alameda City Council when determining how to license marijuana sales...

Owners of Peake ReLeaf have found a place to set up a medical marijuana dispensary in Rockville. Warren Lemley, Peake Releaf's president, said the company is leasing space alongside a pizzeria and craft beer and wine store in a shopping center at 12303 Twinbrook Parkway. Peake ReLeaf—named...

Prior to 1937, marijuana was considered medicine, and its versatile parent plant, hemp, was grown and refined for the production of paper, textiles, clothing, biofuels and more. But that all changed with a variety of state and federal bans, and today, most cannabis products remain illegal...

Municipalities in Ontario will find out in the coming weeks if a provincially run cannabis store could be located in their community. In a letter sent to the province's municipalities Friday, Finance Minister Charles Sousa said Ontario's store roll out aims to achieve the right geographic...

A private equity fund co-chaired by a former BlackRock Inc. executive is planning to raise $250 million to invest in marijuana businesses in places such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas and midtown Manhattan. MedMen Opportunity Fund II, which looks for companies that cultivate, manufacture and sell...

University of Florida Health doctors have begun a new study looking at the health effects of marijuana on people with HIV, including its potential as an alternative to addictive opioids. The doctors will be monitoring the patients and their marijuana use. They will be exploring both negative...

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern suggested that the league should remove marijuana from the NBA's banned substances list, but a representative from the league said Wednesday that it's not going to happen. NBA executive vice president of communications Mike Bass said the league had no...

Former NBA commissioner David Stern may have had serious influence on the league for 30 years, but that's not the case anymore – at least when it comes to marijuana. In a documentary produced by Uninterrupted, titled "The Concept of Cannabis," Stern said he believes marijuana "probably should...

Three Delaware County men were arrested on felony charges after state police investigated an illegal marijuana-growing operation in the town of Meredith, said authorities who seized about 100 pounds of processed marijuana and seven long guns. Richard Lane, 59, of Walton; Edward Lane, 48, of...

U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a longtime opponent of marijuana legalization. But in an interview on Thursday he was guarded about the Trump administration's plans to push back against the growing number of states that are ending cannabis prohibition. "I can't comment on the existence...

The New Brunswick government says it will enter the legal-cannabis retail market by having NB Liquor set up a network of tightly controlled, stand-alone stores starting next July. Up to 20 stores will be established with strict policies in place: they will be located at least 300 meters away...

Pikesville residents gathered Tuesday in a Towson hearing room, waiting patiently on benches to voice their fears about and opposition to a proposed medical cannabis dispensary in their community. The dispensary might be a magnet for crime, they told a zoning appeals board Tuesday. There...

Meet Sue Cox: Former police officer, grandmother... and committed cannabis user. The 64-year-old said the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis have left her dependent on the illegal drug for the pain relief she feels it gives her. Mrs Cox, from Cwmbran, Torfaen, served with Gwent...