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Cannabis consumers, consultants and dispensary representatives offered their ideas this week on how Oceanside can create a medical marijuana ordinance unique to its needs. "The real issue is going to be on the dispensary side," said Oceanside Councilman Jerry Kern. He's one of four members of...

Atascadero residents likely won't be allowed to buy marijuana from a local dispensary or start their own commercial grow operations anytime soon. City officials Tuesday night continued to take a cautious approach to allowing commercial marijuana activities as they draft policies in response...

Debby Goldsberry, co-founder of Berkeley Patients Group, wrote Idiot's Guides: Starting and Running a Marijuana Business in a brisk five months, and it hit bookstore shelves in June. The timing couldn't be better, as the adult recreational use of marijuana becomes fully legal in California on...

Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding, while visiting Perry County on Aug. 17, said the state could decide as soon as November on whether to expand industrial hemp planting. "We'll look at (expanding) the acreage," Redding said. Redding spent a good part of his day touring...

San Francisco has tapped a veteran City Hall aide to head its new Office of Cannabis and create a permitting process for the industry – just as the Board of Supervisors contemplates a 45-day moratorium on new dispensaries. Nicole Elliott, who previously worked for Mayors Gavin Newsom and Ed...

Tasmanians will have access to medicinal cannabis when the state government's Controlled Access Scheme starts on Friday. From September 1 medical specialists will be able to prescribe medical cannabis products for patients where conventional treatments have failed. Epilepsy Tasmania chief...

City voters will have to wait until September to find out if they will be able to weigh in on a potential ban on the sale of recreational marijuana after a contentious special City Council meeting Tuesday night. The majority of city voters (58 percent) were in favor of legalizing recreational...

A State University College at Oswego student was arrested after a traffic stop for carrying 41 pounds of marijuana, university police said. John J. Turano Jr., 19, was charged Sunday with felony possession of marijuana, police said. Turano is a sophomore at SUNY Oswego and is originally...

The commission regulating medical marijuana in Maryland was unaware that it awarded a dispensary license in Annapolis to a man under federal investigation for workplace discrimination for at least three years. Advanced Alternative Therapies owner David Podrog, former owner of Maritime Car...

In what may be another sign of marijuana's growing mainstream appeal, two experienced marketing and public relations professionals have started a new business aimed at providing communications for marijuana businesses. With changes coming in how medical marijuana is regulated in the state and...

The presence of a marijuana retail store has caused a deep divide in this quirky tourist town, where hundreds of visitors roam the streets daily browsing in art galleries and souvenir shops housed in historic cabins. Most of Talkeetna's stores line the two long blocks that make up its Main...

For anyone curious about working in the world of weed, a new resource makes job-hunting easier. A recruiting agency for legal cannabis firms has launched a website that aims to serve as a one-stop shop for employers and job seekers. The site, Vangsters, allows hopefuls to apply to jobs and...

Lisa Olson wasn't born with Multiple Sclerosis. She also didn't grow up thinking cannabis could be used for medicinal purposes. In fact, the Phoenix-area resident didn't think very highly at all of the plant. Until she decided that that pharmaceuticals were doing nothing to help her. "I...

Australian hemp growers and sellers are fighting a federal government decision to reverse a long-standing exemption allowing them to supply industrial hemp for pet food and cosmetics. In May last year, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) decided to end an exemption that the industrial...

Last month, the Georgia Straight broke the story about an activist-led initiative that was providing residents of the Downtown Eastside with natural alternatives to hard drugs. Yesterday (August 28), Overdose Prevention Society co-founder Sarah Blyth held a press conference at the Downtown...

Kalamazoo Township trustees were encouraged last night by a private Greenhouse operator to keep an open mind when it comes to allowing medical marijuana to be grown in the township. Kari Panse with Panse Greenhouses said it could just save their industry, which she says has seen hard times...

As Baltimore prepares for the opening of 11 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, some residents say it's been difficult to get information about where they're opening or how the sites were selected. The Baltimore City Council plans to hold a hearing at 1 p.m. Wednesday to get details...

A Huber Heights councilman has drafted new proposed legislation that would give the medical marijuana industry a second chance to come to the community. The changes proposed by Councilman Richard Shaw would remove any mention of dispensaries, address issues with odors, add a 200-foot barrier...

Investigators seized 270 pounds of Mexican marijuana while executing a search warrant at a New Market residence Friday morning, Sheriff Bud McCoig reported. Three people were arrested at the house at 1607 Elmore Road. One tried to flee out the back door, but ducked back inside when he found...

After emotional testimony on both sides, the Billings City Council – at 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, more than seven hours after opening its meeting Monday evening – voted 7-4 to ban medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits. The decision clarified that land use that's contrary to local, state...