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Like most of its neighbors, the town is considering a moratorium on retail sales of marijuana. Kevin Nadeau, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said the need to discuss and act on a moratorium came about after several inquiries from individuals considering establishing marijuana growth...

The company behind Westmoreland County's only planned medical marijuana dispensary assembled a team of marijuana industry experts from across the country when it applied for a state license, but it's uncertain how many of them will stick around as operations begin. The company received...

Canada's police services told the Canadian government Tuesday that there is no chance they will be ready to enforce new laws for nationwide legalized marijuana by next summer. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police already wrote to the federal government this week officially requesting...

Elk Grove police served warrants on four houses in the Franklin neighborhood last week, discovering thousands of marijuana plants. Five men were arrested Thursday at one of the locations in the 5500 block of Foxview Way around 7 a.m. Officers confiscated 2,800 plants and more than 50 pounds...

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday said he opposes marijuana lounges and is concerned such facilities could spark the ire of the federal government. Sandoval said his position has not changed since the spring, when his opposition to lounges where patrons can use marijuana helped kill a...

San Diego will have a fully legal and regulated marijuana industry, including pot farms, factories making edibles and retail storefronts selling the drug to both medical and recreational customers. In a 6-3 vote Monday, the City Council agreed to legalize local cultivation, manufacturing and...

Existing medical marijuana dispensaries will get a reprieve from getting immediately shuttered, but they could harm their chance for a license from the state if they continue to operate past Dec. 15, the state Department of Licensing and Regulation said today. At a meeting, Andrew Brisbo...

Able to buy but with nowhere to smoke, Las Vegas tourists and locals could soon have a place to light up their weed. An opinion from the Legislative Counsel Bureau released Monday said no state law prohibits local governments from permitting for marijuana consumption in businesses. That...

The Liberal government's plan to have marijuana legalized by July 2018 won't wipe out the black market for some time, and could come with other unintended consequences, the committee of MPs studying the legislation heard Monday. "It will take time. We will learn what this marketplace needs...

The first hint that Damian Farris isn't your typical farmer is the nickname of his mud-splattered white pickup truck: "Smoked Tofu." Four years ago he was a hippie with no farming experience and a passion for weed. Now he's the co-founder of Colorado Cultivars, the self-proclaimed country's...

Charity organizations are reluctant to take donations from cannabis companies, even if the state has legalized the industry. Organa Brands learned this the hard way. The company was flush with success and wanted to give back to the community, but charities just said no. "It felt like a slap...

Student Senator Tara Chattoraj introduced a resolution to Illinois Student Government last Wednesday to support allowing medical marijuana in University Housing. The resolution would urge the University to revise the Student Code as well as University Housing regulations to allow for the...

Nature's Remedy, a nonprofit medical marijuana company, has received approval to open a dispensary at 300 Newburyport Turnpike. The owners anticipate opening in September 2018. This summer, the principals of Nature's Remedy laid out plans to the Board of Selectmen for a retail facility that...

Nobody wants to grow, distribute, or sell medical marijuana in Kennett Township. Yet. But in case someone does anytime soon, the township has begun drafting an ordinance to regulate it. Last year the state Legislature approved the commercial operations necessary to produce and sell medical...

An effort to loosen city restrictions on where marijuana businesses can locate in Kenai – which critics say has pushed businesses from the town's commercial center to outlying areas where they can conflict with residential neighbors – was voted down by Kenai's seven-member city council on...

Authorities confiscated 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of marijuana Sunday morning from a boat off of Calafia Beach, an Orange County sheriff's official said. At about 7:50 a.m. Sept. 10, state lifeguards reported the sheriff's department of a suspicious boat about 50 feet off the coast, sheriff's Lt...

An unusual attempt by Iowa to work with another state to transport medical marijuana oil across state lines is on hold amid legal concerns it could invite scrutiny from the federal government. The Iowa Attorney General's office advised the Iowa Department of Public Health this month that it...

Less than two weeks after stores started selling cannabidiol hemp products in the Omaha metro, Nebraska's Attorney General sent a memo to law enforcement and county attorneys about the products. The memo said in part "recent reports of potential sales of the controlled substance cannabidiol...

A woman who lives in Culbertson informed Richland County commissioners this week about her plans to create a growing facility for medical marijuana in rural Richland County. Noting that most area medical marijuana card holders now need to travel to Billings, LaNita Logan told commissioners...

A computer boffin who imported large amounts of cannabis illegally from Canada has avoided jail - even though he supplied some of the drug to others. Luke Goscombe, an IT technical support worker, of Tyning Crescent in Slimbridge admitted smuggling cannabis into the UK and being concerned in...