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With less than six months to go, at least one proposal to legalize medicinal use of marijuana in Missouri appears to be in a strong position to get on statewide ballots next year. New Approach Missouri says it already has collected 100,000 signatures from registered voters, and expects to...

Fatal fires that have consumed nearly 200,000 acres in Northern California, devastating the region's vineyards particularly in Napa and Sonoma Counties, are also taking a toll on a fledgling industry just months before its debut: recreational marijuana. Many of the region's farms, including...

The head of West Virginia's Bureau of Public Health hopes to have population surveys finalized to determine patient and physician interest in medical cannabis out for delivery within the next week. Dr. Rahul Gupta, commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health and state health officer, said...

Learn about the expanding marijuana industry, meet people in the business, hear former Mexico President Vicente Fox's views on legalization, or just breathe deeply of cannabis culture. The third annual Southwest Cannabis Convention and Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center will let you do all...

A third of teens think smoking marijuana and driving is legal, according to a new study. Out of 2,800 teens surveyed, 33% said driving under the influence of marijuana is legal in states where it's recreational. More than 20% of teens reported it's common among their friends. Parent...

For many businesses in northern California, it will take years to rebuild from the wildfires that have decimated the region. For many legal cannabis growers, the destruction could be insurmountable. At least six marijuana farms have been destroyed, said Hezekiah Allen, executive director at...

Georgia police discovered a "highly" sophisticated indoor pot operation in a Gainesville home, where a basement was converted into a greenhouse holding more than 500 marijuana plants, officials told Fox News. "The photos really don't do it justice," Lt. Dan Scalia, who is in charge of the...

California officials have ordered an entire city to evacuate as "conditions have worsened" in the wildfires that have killed 23 people. All residents of Calistoga were directed to leave the area on Wednesday evening, Napa County officials said. About 60 prison inmates have joined...

Deadly wildfires in Northern California are burning up marijuana farms in the so-called Emerald Triangle. Blazes have destroyed a number of farms in Mendocino County right before legal recreational sales begin in California. Cannabis business owners who lose their crops have little...

Newcastle will lead the national approach to research into medicinal cannabis treatments. The University of Newcastle has been granted $6 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council for various projects. Of this money, $2.5 million was allocated to setting up a the...

Local parents made the compelling case Tuesday to expand the state's medical marijuana program. The most dramatic testimony at the State Office Building came from parents who had children with autism. They said they had been able to get medical cannabis for other symptoms — such as seizures –...

When AgriMed CEO Sterling Crockett first scouted a patch of land outside of Carmichaels, Greene County, last year as a possible location to build a medical cannabis facility, "there was just nothing," he said. "But you could visualize the potential." That vision led to AgriMed getting one of...

Claudia Post and Jonathan Monk want to be blunt about the future of cannabis. The industry is blowing up, but the Jewish co-owners of Cannavation, Smokin' Hot Solutions and Kannakart, all based in Philadelphia, said those in the business are still struggling to market themselves. Post, or...

An MP has happily admitted taking drugs as she joined a 'cannabis tea party' to legalize medicinal marijuana. Lib Dem Layla Moran laughed as she replied "yes, I went to university!", adding: "I did inhale, yes I did." "I don't any more, I'm a grown up now, but for god's sake," the...

A Liberal Democrat MP has joked about taking drugs as she joined demonstrators calling for the legalization of cannabis at a "tea party" outside of Parliament. Asked if she had smoked cannabis, Layla Moran MP said: "Yes, I went to university!" Adding: "I did inhale, yes I did." Labor's...

Two members of the newly-appointed Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission traveled to the Vineyard Tuesday to listen to the thoughts and ideas of Islanders, as the state crafts new regulations for recreational marijuana. Commissioners Kay Doyle and Britte McBride hosted the listening...

Several Carlisle residents say they oppose village council rescinding a temporary ban on medical marijuana businesses because it would be harmful to the community and reduce property values. Ohio Craft Cultivators LLC, a company with a state application pending for a medical marijuana...

A Baltimore judge ruled Wednesday that a case that could disrupt Maryland's fledgling medical marijuana industry should proceed to trial. Circuit Judge Barry Williams said a trial should determine whether state regulators acted outside the law when they chose which companies won lucrative...

Ordinances that would allow medical marijuana facilities in Kingsley went through weeks of review but village officials remain reluctant to vote on the issue. Village board members met Monday night and continued reviewing a draft police power ordinance that would allow medical marijuana...

Rules for medical marijuana businesses in Niles could possibly scuttle the proposal for a dispensary at the historic former post office downtown. That and other details emerged Monday night as city council members got their first look at two proposed ordinances. One spells out state and...