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South Carolina lawmakers were back in Columbia to kick-off their new legislative session on Tuesday and continue their controversial debate over the legalization of medical marijuana. Local marijuana activist Emily McSherry told News 13, after speaking with legislative inside sources, most...

Marijuana can now be purchased legally for medical purposes in New York state, but patients seeking to access the drug might face a challenge finding a doctor who can help them get it. New York's medical marijuana program went live on Jan. 7, with only eight of a planned 20 locations open for...

Following last year's legislative session where hopes of legal medical marijuana went up in smoke, a group of Utah military veterans banded together in hopes of achieving a different outcome in 2016. Sandy resident Drew Reese, part of Utah Veterans for Medical Cannabis, said they'd grown...

If you think about growing medical marijuana, you probably picture pot growing in a field or maybe a green house. Instead, think prison, with a hint of laboratory. At the end of a residential road in Lake Wales, you'll pass a set of railroad tracks and then a 10-foot barbed wire fence...

A bill in the state House of Representatives that would license limited medical marijuana cultivation has the signatures of 60 percent of representatives. Its sponsor, state Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, said he is pleased with the support. Peake's House Bill 722 would let the state license...

The Blair roach project has won a powerful supporter. Premier Kathleen Wynne said she is pleased Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked former Toronto police chief Bill Blair, now Scarborough Southwest MP, to lead the marijuana legalization efforts. "I have a lot of respect for Bill...

The Kootenay chapter of Women Grow, a cannabis advocacy organization already established in Vancouver and Toronto, hosted a well-attended educational evening at the Hume Hotel last week, aiming to "connect, educate, inspire and empower the next generation of cannabis industry leaders." "The war...

State Sen. Richard Ross is in Colorado with several colleagues looking into the impact of legalized recreational marijuana. Ross, R-Wrentham, is on a special committee studying what will happen if Massachusetts voters approve a ballot question making possession of pot legal. Senate...

Citizens will have a chance to tell their state senators what they think about marijuana legalization, in person, this Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said his committee will be at the Bennington Fire Facility, 130...

Citizens will have a chance to tell their state senators what they think about marijuana legalization, in person, this Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said his committee will be at the Bennington Fire Facility, 130...

Nearly 30 South Plains residents gathered in Lubbock Sunday, seeking political coaching as they prepared to rally for changes to Texas' marijuana policy. They attendees requested this training from Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy, a statewide coalition who provide training on...

A medical organization is making recommendations for Hawaii's nascent medical marijuana dispensary system, saying it wants doctors to have a say in the process. "We feel we have to stand up as a medical society to have a clear voice – for the Department of Health, the state, doctors and...

Florida health officials are holding to a deadline next month for the state's first medical marijuana businesses to seek permission to begin growing non-euphoric cannabis, even with hearings in license challenges stacked up through mid-summer. Department of Health spokeswoman Mara Gambineri...

The Oceanside City Council has voted to continue its ban on commercial medical marijuana – including the cultivation, sale or delivery of cannabis. An ordinance approved 4-1 Wednesday reaffirms the Council's position under the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act that removes the...

Don't expect the aroma of reefer to overtake this city any time soon. The City Council on Monday unanimously passed an 18-month ban on commercial marijuana cultivation, though in doing so it made clear it was open to a deeper inquiry into the issue down the line. The ban was precipitated...

The Mount Kisco Village Board of Trustees is seeking to become one of the first municipalities to regulate the distribution of medical marijuana. Last month the trustees instructed Village Attorney Whitney Singleton to create the proposed regulations. The distribution began on Jan. 5...

Terminally ill former trade unions boss Helen Kelly wants a referendum on whether cannabis should be legalised, and says she is talking to MPs about making it happen. Kelly, who has lung cancer, has been taking cannabis oil sourced from the black market to relieve her pain and believes it is...

D.C. Council member Charles Allen had just voted his conscience Tuesday. It didn't matter anymore, he thought, if pot clubs formed in the nation's capital. The freshman lawmaker decided at the council meeting that nearly a year after the city legalized marijuana, there was good reason to give...

European Union countries are unlikely to legalize marijuana any time soon as some parts of the United States have done recently, EU drug monitoring agency chief Wolfgang Gotz said on Thursday. He did not spell out why he expected no corresponding EU moves. But in a statement, his agency said...

As Ottawa prepares to legalize recreational marijuana, the 27 companies licensed to grow and sell medical pot in Canada are getting ready to cash in. Ontario grower Tweed is among those planning to expand. The company grows about one-quarter of all medical marijuana sold in Canada, on the...