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Activists and marijuana dispensary owners turned in 300 signatures Monday afternoon calling for a ballot measure opting in to the state’s new medical marijuana licensing laws. The petition was turned in the day before all petitions for municipal ballot issues were due for the Nov. 7 election...

The NFL's chief medical officer says it is "really important" for the league and the NFL Players Association to determine whether marijuana can be used as an effective and safe pain-management tool for players. "I think we have a lot more to learn about that," Allen Sills, a Vanderbilt...

former congressional aide was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of taking a bribe from a Compton marijuana shop, federal officials said. Michael Kimbrew, 44, was working as a field representative for former Rep. Janice Hahn out of Compton City Hall when he allegedly promised to "make things...

Nearly half of Americans support legalizing marijuana for recreational use and a strong majority believe it should at least be available for medical reasons, according to a new poll. The latest Harvard—Harris Poll survey found that 49 percent of Americans polled believe marijuana should be...

Congress is heading for a confrontation with Attorney General Jeff Sessions over pot. Sessions is seeking to crack down on marijuana use while lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would do the opposite. Measures have been attached to must-pass bills in the Senate that...

Days after Gov. Charlie Baker signed a new recreational marijuana bill into law, several officials at Tuesday's Planning Board meeting said they would support a strong, thriving legal cannabis trade in Easthampton. "There was some concern expressed about this becoming a marijuana destination...

The 8-year-old boy fidgeted with his hands as he stood and approached the microphone before a panel of South Carolina House members in late February. Speaking for a bill that would allow medical marijuana use in the state, he got right to the point. "I would like to talk about my sister,"...

Ketchum and Sun Valley can add another item to their list of accolades, now that the area plays host to the first public facility in the United States made of hemp. Idaho Base Camp, a nonprofit organization formed in 2014, has finished construction of its Borah Basin Building, located at its...

A San Diego-based group is trying to place initiatives on the ballot in cities across the county that would legalize marijuana by the time a new statewide proposition takes effect next year. The Association of Cannabis Professionals last week filed notices of intent to circulate petitions...

One of the new members of Treasurer Deb Goldberg's Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board said the unpaid 25-member body is in "a holding pattern" until the full cannabis commission has been formed. Shanel Lindsay, an attorney and owner of a medical marijuana device company, said the advisory...

Winnipeg's modest legal-cannabis industry wants the Progressive Conservative government to foster a made-in-Manitoba marijuana sector as the clock ticks down toward the legalization of recreational weed. Cannabis producers and retailers say Brian Pallister's government ought to allow an array...

Despite failing health, Ivan Crump allowed his property to be used by others to grow more than 1000 cannabis plants for the Auckland market worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. After police busted one of the largest cannabis growing operations in Northland in March 2016, Crump denied he...

There appears to be strong interest in creating a medical cannabis business under Iowa's newly expanded law. The number of card-carrying, would-be medical cannabis users remains minimal, however. Dozens of individuals and businesses have inquired with the state Department of Public Health...

Heka Health, a medical marijuana provider with plans for dispensaries here, in West Springfield and in Pittsfield, plans to start growing cannabis in September or October and make it available to patients in February 2018. The company plans to grow the marijuana in Westfield in a...

Senator Corey Booker introduced a bill Tuesday seeking to drop marijuana from America's list of controlled substances, making pot legal across the U.S. Federal law right now considers weed as dangerous as heroin and more dangerous than cocaine. The proposal rides a wave of recreational...

Royal Palm Beach residents looking for medical marijuana will have to buy it elsewhere. The Royal Palm Beach Council recently voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the village by a unanimous 5-0 margin. This comes after nearly 75 percent of state voters wanted to legalize medicinal pot...

A New York man was arrested at the Holland Tunnel Monday night when police found nine bags of marijuana in his car, authorities said. Patrick Niedt, 29, was stopped at the Jersey City toll plaza at about 8:30 p.m. after an officer spotted a dangling license plate on his 2013 Acura, Port...

Hawaii approved its first laboratory to begin testing samples of medical marijuana 17 years after use of the drug was legalized in the state. On Monday, the state Department of Health certified Honolulu-based lab Steep Hill Hawaii. That brings Hawaii closer to the long-awaited date when...

Nancy Whiteman's marijuana confectionary company makes millions of dollars a year, but she considers herself an "accidental cannabis entrepreneur." That's how she felt in 2010 when starting Wana Brands (shortened from marijuana), now Colorado's leading company for cannabis-infused...

A writing error might cost a ballot measure campaign its chances of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota next year. A marijuana advocacy group has been gathering signatures for four months in support of a ballot measure intended to legalize small amounts of marijuana. The way...