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Two city commissioners want to follow Indian River County's lead in banning medical marijuana dispensaries. Commissioners Rufus Alexander and Reggie Sessions in July said they support banning the dispensaries because they fear owners of the facilities would place them in lower-income...

Florida cities and counties are in a dilemma about pot. State lawmakers approved regulations in June that left city and county officials with a Hobson's choice about the sale of medical marijuana in their communities. Local governments can either impose outright bans on medical-marijuana...

As the announced total of patients in Connecticut's medical marijuana program broke 19,000, the board of doctors who supervise the inclusion of new ailments on Friday, for the first time, decided to broaden the scope of categories for future eligibility. They voted to remove migraine...

Terry Skelton, a beef farmer in Erie County, was curious about adding hemp to his grazing rotation. "I would like to rotational graze the hemp, to see if that would be a way to put fat on my animals – a feasible way to build fat on my animals," he said. There is quite a bit farmers don't...

Exactly two years ago, the Straight informed our readers that Watermelon would run for mayor in 2023. She may not have known it then, but the self-proclaimed weed diva, whose local fame stems from selling cannabis-infused cookies and watermelon on Wreck Beach for 22 years, might be getting...

Both the Ministry of Health and the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) yesterday denied any approval was given for sale of cannabis oil medication from the Cayman Islands. The denial was triggered by reports in the Cayman news media that Jamaica's Government-owned Hope Institute was close to...

Carson City District Judge James Todd Russell on Thursday denied a preliminary injunction sought by liquor distributors to stop the Nevada Tax Department from letting marijuana licensees get into the business of transporting pot from growers to retailers. Russell said liquor wholesalers have...

A judge cleared the way Thursday for Nevada to allow more businesses to move marijuana from growers to stores in an effort to keep up with overwhelming demand since recreational pot sales began last month. Carson City District Judge James Russell lifted an order blocking regulators from...

The developers of a proposed medical marijuana dispensary in Wilkes-Barre plan to open the facility within a few months after the city Zoning Hearing Board approved a special exception tor the project. "We are extremely excited to be in the community," said Corey Fitze, a representative of...

A Lompoc police dog is being retired after recent changes to California marijuana laws. He's a perfectly healthy police K-9 but the Lompoc Police Department says they've got no other choice than to retire "Hank" after that recent California law went into effect. Hank is retiring after...

A Silver Springs man was arrested Thursday on warrants for marijuana cultivation and possession of drug paraphernalia. Drug agents said Walter Arthur Carpenter admitted that marijuana found in a room he rents belonged to him and that he learned to take care of the plants by watching YouTube...

Cannabis fumes drifted over a large part of Wavertree tonight after a serious blaze broke out at a suspected drugs farm. Firefighters were called to Wimbledon Road just before 6pm to reports of a fire in a terraced house which was sending flames shooting through the roof. Referring to the...

What if someone decides to develop a retail marijuana shop in Boothbay Harbor? A vote in November could make it possible. This is the first article of a two-part series. The Boothbay Register spoke with five companies from across the U.S., about the business and safety aspects a company...

Narcotics unit detectives served search warrants at two more cannabis dispensaries – seizing 30 pounds of marijuana and $37,000 cash at one location – in the city's continued crackdown on illegally operated dispensaries, authorities said on Thursday. The dispensaries targeted Wednesday were...

A Republican lawmaker plans to introduce a bill during the upcoming legislative session that would legalize medical marijuana. Rep. Jim Lucas of Seymour said he is still working out the details, but has "every intention of introducing a bill that legalizes medical marijuana." "I can't...

Thanks to this region, the effort to decriminalize marijuana in Virginia just got a major push. A Hampton Roads chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws launched this week. Dozens of people showed up for the kickoff event in Virginia Beach. This will be the...

Industry experts and city officials on Monday laid out new ways Denver could tax marijuana customers and companies as part of the ongoing search for rates that are high enough to bring in major money but low enough not to push people into the black market. Possible options included raising...

Several local dispensaries were raided, and at least 11 people were arrested for operating illegally under the county laws. "For some people, it's the only type of medication they can actually take," said Linda Blanco who is extremely upset the dispensaries were shut down. Blanco is a...

Paraguay is a global marijuana powerhouse: The small South American country produces 9 percent of the world's supply. But until recently, it wasn't common there to see drug raids or hear helicopters thumping overhead in search of plantations. That's all changing. Last June, Paraguay's most...

Since Nevada's recreational marijuana program launched in July, sales have dropped 20 to 30 percent as dispensaries struggle to meet the swell in demand, according to a report last week from the Nevada Department of Taxation. A shortage of businesses able to deliver product to dispensaries...