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Making medical marijuana legal in the state of Nebraska could one day be in the hands of the voters and not lawmakers. After lawmakers shot down LB 643 this week, a bill to legalize medical cannabis, advocates said they're going to pursue a ballot initiative they had temporarily put on hold...

Republican state lawmakers spent hours Wednesday night discussing a proposal to expand Iowa's limited medical cannabis law, but party leaders Thursday gave little indication as to whether the proposal will receive further consideration this year. And a key Democratic legislator said even if...

The 5th District Court of Appealin Fresno may have dealt a lethal blow against Kern County in its attempt to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries. "This is a game-changer of an opinion," said Deputy Kern County Counsel Charles Collins. "If this decision becomes effective, it would...

With several winners of a lottery to open medical marijuana dispensaries yet to submit their applications and concerns over safety, the city has made some changes to regulations on the new industry. City Council members on Tuesday directed staff to modify deadlines for submitting regulatory...

It took Paul Ellis of Sugar Loaf over five weeks to get medical marijuana for a close family member with cancer - but it wasn't cheap, and it wasn't covered by insurance. "It's a very secretive kind of thing," Ellis said. "I'm hoping that's only because it's so new, that it's only three months...

The city of Phoenix is proposing new distance regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries as Arizona looks to vote on recreational use of the drug in November. Alan Stephenson, planning and development director for the city of Phoenix, said Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and the city council...

Just 18 days after opening its doors, Chilliwack's first medical marijuana dispensary is shuttered, raided by police Tuesday evening. Even before it opened on March 19, WeeMedical Dispensary was warned by City of Chilliwack lawyers it was violating business licence and zoning bylaws. Fines...

It came up several times during debate on the medical marijuana bill Tuesday night. The Legislature could pass Sen. Tommy Garrett's proposal (LB643) and control the use and distribution of the drug, or the people could make the rules if it becomes a ballot initiative. "When this goes on...

Seven Duval County doctors will be able to recommend medical marijuana for qualified patients. The low-THC cannabis applies to people on the compassionate use registry, which includes people with cancer, epilepsy and other conditions with chronic seizures. Terminally ill patients with a...

The estimated timeline for awarding cultivation licenses to hopeful producers in Maryland's new medical-marijuana market remains on schedule for this summer, according to a partner with an applicant trying to start an operation in Washington County. Sterling Crockett, a partner and general...

The Biddeford City Council has enacted a six-month moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries and marijuana growing facilities in the city. During the next six months, city staff and the planning board will examine land use regulations and develop a recommendation for the City Council...

Medical marijuana won't be allowed to grow in Frederick County's agricultural zones – yet. Frederick County Council Vice President M.C. Keegan-Ayer pulled her bill that would have permitted medical cannabis to be grown in facilities in county agricultural zones, if the use had been approved...

After a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana in Ohio was quashed in the November election, some voters may have assumed it would take a while to see a marijuana-related issue show up on the ballot again. With Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Ballot Board's...

A pro-cannabis law firm based in Southern California has filed a lawsuit against the city over its recently enacted ban on all marijuana cultivation within city limits, and is asking a judge to overturn a part of the law that prohibits a medical marijuana patient from growing pot for personal...

The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to decide whether marijuana should reclassified under federal law in "the first half of 2016," the agency said in a letter to senators. DEA, responding to a 2015 letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and seven other Democratic senators urging...

State Rep. Tanner Magee has filed a bill that would remove the 10-pharmacy limit placed on medical marijuana pharmacies that area allowed to dispense the drug to patients throughout the state. The bill appears aimed at quelling concerns raised on March 30, when the bill was up for debate on...

Parents desperate to help their severely ill children walked away angry and in tears Tuesday night after Nebraska lawmakers did not advance a bill that would have legalized medical marijuana. "We learned our kids have a price, and obviously they're not worth it," said Shelley Gillen of...

County commissioners want to restrict medical marijuana distribution sites even before voters get a chance to decide whether to make it legal. Commissioners on Tuesday said they would take another look at regulations first considered in 2014. Those rules would have regulated zoning of...

Outside they waved faux-American flags with pot leaves, unfurled a large banner and shouted familiar rallying cries at passersby. But inside the Legislative Office Building Tuesday the marijuana legalization movement came ready to make a fiscal argument: If Connecticut doesn't act, another...

Proponents of legalizing marijuana in Connecticut urged state lawmakers on Tuesday to act quickly and capitalize on the "novelty factor" of possibly becoming the first New England state to allow recreational use of the drug. Tracy Helin, of Middletown, who is registered to use the state's...