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Nelsonville's Hocking College recently unveiled intentions to develop a cannabis research lab and related programs alongside a coming bid to do required testing of the state's coming medical marijuana supply, bucking a trend of other Ohio universities shying away from the opportunity. But if...

Pennsylvania's 17-month-old Medical Marijuana Act prohibits elected and appointed public officials from having a financial stake in the burgeoning industry or working directly or indirectly for a cannabis company while serving in state government. Yet that did not prevent state Sen. Daylin...

A new study shows that very few medical students are being trained on how to prescribe medical marijuana, even though it is now a legal medicine in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis surveyed medical school deans...

As Arkansas moves closer to the Sept. 18 deadline for pot-growing greenhouses and retail dispensaries across the state, one of the key talking points driving acceptance of medical marijuana use is anecdotal stories that legalized cannabis is reducing opioid use and abuse. In speaking in early...

What happens in Vegas will still stay in Vegas — but perhaps no longer behind closed doors, at least when it comes to pot. Earlier this week, Nevada's Legislative Counsel Bureau gave the green light for marijuana to be permitted in public places, as long as patrons are of legal age. Citing a...

As the first legal grow season for recreational marijuana in Massachusetts draws to a close, newly initiated home growers are coming away with a shared understanding. Cannabis is complicated. “I’m a little disappointed. I thought it was going to be a little easier,” Cambridge resident Mary...

Could the nation’s first legal and licensed marijuana lounge end up in Southern Nevada? The short answer? Yes, technically. The long answer? It’s complicated. “There’s no rush,” Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani said Friday. The Nevada Legislature’s lawyers threw a curveball to...

The Stockton Planning Commission approved a use permit for an indoor medical cannabis cultivation site on Navy Drive despite a "hostile" response from several existing business owners in the area. Thursday's action passed 5-2, with Commissioners Don Aguillard and Sol Jobrack opposing...

A group of about 30 law enforcement, medical, and treatment professionals met behind closed doors Wednesday at Cottage Hospital to brace for the full legalization of cannabis. Three months before recreational marijuana becomes widely available, Santa Barbara medical professionals are...

Having already issued nine business permits for commercial cannabis businesses, Salinas now moves ahead with the establishment of fees and a regulatory framework for the pot industry. At Tuesday's Salinas City Council meeting city, council members are expected to vote on a resolution that...

A Soweto scientist aims to take advantage of the government's decision to allow the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes. On Wednesday, the Medicines Control Council (MCC) announced that it would approve regulations for the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes in the next few...

Cape Cod's advocates for legalized marijuana are keeping a close watch on the state's new Cannabis Control Commission as it begins to hold public meetings. Richard Elrick, a former Barnstable town councilor and a leader of the local effort to pass Question 4 on last November's ballot, says it...

Mendocino County authorities discovered a marijuana extraction laboratory in a Willits industrial building where an explosion blew a large hole in the roof, the Sheriff's Office said Friday. Firefighters with the Little Lake Fire Protection District responded to an explosion about 1:40 p.m...

A federal anti-drug program has asked Rhode Island — and more than two dozen other states where medical marijuana is legal — to turn over data about patients in the program. The move has alarmed some who question why the federal government, which has at times appeared to be antagonistic towards...

The Health Department has not yet released a list of physicians approved to participate in Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program, but some groups are claiming they can help patients now. "We have already seen unscrupulous physicians making representations that they can make a medical...

The Willits City Council introduced the final draft of the medical cannabis ordinance at its regular meeting Wednesday night. "We feel in a much better position to regulate these activities," City Manager Adrienne Moore said, about taking another step to legalize medical cannabis. The...

Current city leaders have often seemed comfortable in a self-anointed role: the overwatch of an underdog municipality where being described as unorthodox is a source of pride. But as their cornerstone, open-throttle commercial cannabis industry ramps up, officials here have, too, noticed the...

Maritime medical cannabis dispensary owners and other workers in the illicit side of the industry met in Halifax to discuss creating a not-for-profit group to present their concerns to provincial and federal governments, according to one store owner. "A collective voice with respect to any...

Cloverdale is cautiously opening the door to cannabis businesses with a measured approach to the newly legitimized industry. As the northernmost city in Sonoma County and the closest to the prized marijuana grown in the Emerald Triangle of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties, Cloverdale...

At first glance, it looked like a giant bale of hay. "1,000 pounds," Alli Cloyd said. "This weighs about 1,000 pounds." Cloyd stood next to the dry stalks rolled into a massive ball "Here we a have a 1,000-pound bale of Colorado hemp," Cloyd said. There are heaps of hemp all over...