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Want to own a pot business but don't want anyone to know? Open up shop in North Las Vegas. They've got you covered. North Las Vegas denied a Review-Journal request for who owns the city's marijuana businesses, claiming that the names and ownership interests are not public documents. That...

Growing up in a Colonial home in Downingtown, Pa., Alessandro Cesario cultivated an interest in the family garden, trying to become "in tune" with plants and insects. By the time he was 16, he knew he wanted to work with plants in his career. Specifically, one plant: cannabis. So he spent...

Huber Heights residents are split over medical marijuana, according to the results of two city-commissioned surveys. The surveys – one conducted online, the other by phone – reveal the severe division in opinion held by residents as the city struggles to determine how to move forward on the...

Anything goes in Las Vegas, right? Wrong. On the Strip, buying marijuana legally is one thing, smoking it is another. Last month Nevada became the eighth state to allow the sale of recreational pot to adults 21 and over. The law mandates that legally bought marijuana be consumed in a...

One big question marijuana entrepreneurs will face in states like Massachusetts is whether federal agents will crack down on the state-sanctioned business, which is still illegal under federal law. At a gathering of policymakers from around the country on Monday, a lawmaker from Washington...

Quebec's jail guard union is worried violence behind bars could increase with the upcoming legalization of marijuana. Safety has become a concern for the union, called the Syndicat des agents de la paix en services correctional du Québec, which has members in the province's 18 correctional...

Amy Bufalini said business has been good since she opened her Vandergrift store that sells medicinal products derived from the cannabis plant, but she has hit a few hurdles. "I've had so much interest," Bufalini said. "I had so much demand that I didn't have the supply." Bufalini sells...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program appears to be right on schedule for an early 2018 launch. The state gave out the first round of dispensary and grower/processor permits, and physicians are now able to register to become certified to recommend (not prescribe) cannabis to their...

A man was warned against smoking another spliff after being caught growing cannabis to combat his back pain. The message came from city magistrates who imposed a 26-week prison term, suspended for a year, on Michael Gill. They were told that 19 plants were growing in the loft of his home...

Here is the alphabet soup of marijuana. (Apologies Lawrence grocers. I’ve inadvertently created a stampede in the soup aisle.) Marijuana has a chemical compound called THC, which produces a high. In Kansas, selling a product with THC results in OTJ — off to jail. Kansas has some of the strictest...

With marijuana legalization looming, Edmonton is opening up its doors to businesses and inquiries alike – from local establishments to established enterprises. Edmonton officials have passed multiple bylaws ahead of the federal government's 2018 target of legalization, including bylaws that...

Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc's stock lost more than half its value on Monday after the U.S. drug developer said its synthetic cannabis-based gel for epilepsy failed a mid-stage study. Zynerba's gel contains a synthetically processed formulation of cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive...

A company awarded a medical marijuana dispensary permit by the state Thursday will locate its facility at the Gateway Shopping Center in Edwardsville. The local dispensary operated by Justice Grown Pennsylvania LLC would be its entry into the state after having established operations in...

The owner of a recently shuttered medical marijuana center is suing El Paso County commissioners after they put one of four dispensaries in unincorporated areas out of business. Shane Zacher's attorneys filed a complaint last month asking a judge to review the board's 3-to-2 vote May 30 to...

Margarita’s 13-year-old son, Carlos, usually sits in a wheelchair. He suffered a cardiac arrest just after birth and was diagnosed with near loss of brain function. Since then, Margarita has dedicated herself to taking care of him, becoming well acquainted with his frequent epileptic seizures...

An effort to legalize marijuana at the federal level inched ahead as New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker unveiled new legislation to end the prohibition. But the prospects for legal recreational weed nationwide are as hazy as ever. Booker's bill comes as the President Donald Trump's...

Pollution from illegal marijuana farms deep in California's national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has turned thousands of acres into waste dumps so toxic that simply touching plants has landed law enforcement officers in the hospital. The volume of banned or restricted...

Doug and Stacy Olexy have heard the stories about medical marijuana, and they are filled with hope. Stacy has a brother in California, the first state to launch a medical marijuana program 21 years ago. "He has friends who have actually been prescribed, and they've benefited through a huge...

A committee convened by the Maine Department of Public Safety says it doesn't believe that Maine needs to set a limit for determining whether a motorist is impaired by marijuana. The recommendation is likely to stir debate among law enforcement officials and legislators as implementation of the...

Illinois' medical-cannabis pilot program has gained thousands of patients in the past year, and retail sales at dispensaries last month were more than double what they were in July 2016. There are now 23,300 patients in the state approved to use medical cannabis, well over double the number...