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Could Canada Post become Canada Pot? The Crown corporation is desperately seeking new revenue sources, as mail volumes drop five per cent a year. At the same time, the federal government is equally frantic in its hunt for income, as the economy slows. The suggestion from producers of...

Mike O'Connor and his wife, Kate O'Connor-Masse, were skeptical. Their teen-age daughter was watching a documentary on marijuana use and tried to convince them that the plant wasn't as bad as its reputation. Did she know who she was talking to? "Most people who know me know that I am not very...

Three of the four marijuana-centered lawsuits filed against Colorado officials and businesses were organized and at least partially funded by out-of-state anti-drug organizations and socially conservative law firms, a Denver Post analysis shows. Only one lawsuit, filed by the states of...

In a move ripe with history, four North Dakota farmers have been chosen to be the first to grow industrial hemp on their own farms. Under the Department of Agriculture's new industrial hemp pilot program, these four were selected: Clarence Laub II of Elgin, N.D.; David H. Lommen of Maddock...

For years, medical marijuana advocates have called for the Drug Enforcement Administration to remove barriers to research — and in December, the DEA took a step in that direction for the marijuana compound cannabidiol. That prompted applause from the Pennsylvania Medical Society, which wants...

ether it’s friends or family, people describe the changes they’ve seen in Jess Blake in almost the same words: They’ve got her back. “Having her back after seeing her completely disappear is a great thing,” Blake’s friend Lisa McKhann said last week. “It’s great to have her back,” agreed...

All the trappings of the Buffalo Grove business are in place: bulletproof walls, product locked away in a vault, high-end paintings and welcoming pharmacists. There's just one big problem with the medical marijuana dispensary: virtually no customers. "If this is the trend, with one to three...

Leave the black lights and Jim Morrison posters in the attic. The methodically cultivated marijuana grown at Nevada Organic Remedies is not your father's weed. With a one-of-a-kind watering system, production extraction machine and multiple strains of the plant grown under very specific...

Following the lead of other area cities, the Danville Town Council this week voted to prohibit the cultivation, processing or delivery of medical marijuana, though some council members said they would like to revisit the delivery question later on. Tuesday's unanimous council vote in Danville...

The availability of medical marijuana in New Hampshire is a big step closer to reality after the state gave approval to the first of three locations to cultivate the drug. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Friday that it has started mailing out identification cards to 176...

A proposed medical-marijuana dispensary previously rejected by Chatham residents won approval Friday at a new location in South Chicago. Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza (10th) testified before the Zoning Board of Appeals that the "vast majority" of area residents are "absolutely fine" with the...

In the two years since the Florida Legislature passed a law allowing highly restricted use of medical marijuana to help people with seizures, the measure remains in regulatory limbo with more questions than answers. The low-potency marijuana allowed under the Compassionate Cannabis Act of...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture on Friday temporarily removed a popular pesticide from its list of chemicals cannabis growers may use on their crop. Rodger Voelker, a chemist with OG Analytical, a marijuana testing lab in Eugene, said he recently noticed that abamectin, a common...

In a house at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in a suburb of Colorado Springs, a "marijuana refugee" who may spur a change in Kansas law is now 4 years old and improving cognitively. Otis Reed, whose parents moved from Baldwin City to Colorado in search of a cannabis cure for the dozens of...

It was the material used for the Declaration of Independence draft. And then hemp's cultivation and use in the United States discontinued in the mid-20th Century. But now New York State is bringing it back. "What's really exciting about this is it gives places like the Southern Tier an...

The Camarillo City Council on Wednesday unanimously agreed to prohibit the cultivation of medical marijuana and other commercial cannabis activities in the city. It was the first reading of an ordinance that will amend a city code covering medical marijuana. The ordinance will return to the...

Ohio House leaders announced plans Thursday for a comprehensive review of medical marijuana, while disclosing that backers of an effort to purge old pot-related convictions are withdrawing their proposal from legislative consideration. State lawmakers have been weighing how to address medical...

State lawmakers are currently debating two bills regarding medical marijuana — with one sponsored by Sen. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City. The bill, which is also sponsored by Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, would expand on the 2014 law that allowed Utah residents with epilepsy to obtain hemp oil. The...

Backers of an effort legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts made their pitch to State House lawmakers on Wednesday, offering them a chance to avoid the question appearing on the 2016 statewide ballot. State House lawmakers can act on proposed legislation to legalize marijuana, or they can keep...

A Georgia lawmaker is moving ahead with legislation that would allow state-licensed manufacturers of medical marijuana products to operate in the state. More than 100 House members, including Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, and Rep. Eddie Lumsden, R-Armuchee, have signed the bill, which could...