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The Legislature sent its rewrite of the voter-approved legal marijuana bill, with a higher tax rate and less power for voters, to the governor on Thursday, 255 days after about 1.8 million voters put the law on the books. House and Senate negotiators had planned to get a bill to Gov. Charlie...

After the York City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday to decriminalize simple possession of marijuana, it appears support for the measure is only continuing to grow. Over the course of two public council meetings about the ordinance, more than a dozen people from York City, surrounding...

Medical marijuana will be sold in Ohio next year -- but don't count on picking up a prescription at your neighborhood dispensary. Ohio's law allows cities, villages and townships to restrict the number of marijuana businesses that can operate within their limits or ban them altogether. And...

The Trump administration's attack on legal marijuana, already stymied by large states determined not to roll back the clock, is increasingly confronting an even more politically potent adversary: military veterans. Frustrated by federal laws restricting their access to a drug many already...

Among those vying for one of 24 licenses available in Ohio to cultivate medical marijuana is a company planning to utilize the former Ferro Corporation building for just such an operation. Mayor Ryan Stovall and Rebecca Myers, founder and CEO of FarmaceuticalRX made the announcement Tuesday...

West Wendover is officially ready for a medical marijuana dispensary – now all the city has to do is wait for interested businesses to apply. The City Council voted 4-to-1 on Tuesday in favor of an ordinance allowing a marijuana dispensary to open within its borders, the city's clerk...

Deliveries of medical cannabis will soon be allowed in Oxnard after action from the City Council to relax one area of its marijuana ordinance. By a unanimous vote, the council on Tuesday approved medical marijuana deliveries and requested more information on other commercial aspects of...

Nearly five years after voters made marijuana legal for medical purposes, the Cape and Islands are still without a single dispensary, which has forced many patients to turn to the black market or legally questionable delivery services to purchase what they say is life-improving medicine...

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has convinced his fellow premiers to push Ottawa for clarity on marijuana legalization – and to ask for an extension if the federal government doesn't answer their questions. At the premiers' annual summer meeting Wednesday in Edmonton, Pallister pushed for an...

The remote California Valley isn't the only region under fire by San Luis Obispo County in its fight against marijuana grows deemed to be non-compliant with a recent county policy. After hitting five Cal Valley pot growers with lawsuits, the county is now suing Eric Powers–co-owner of...

Rich DiMarco cares about cannabis, including the terminology used to describe it. "Nobody who is serious about cannabis should ever call it marijuana," the Greensburg resident said. "Marijuana is a slang name that has no scientific connection at all to cannabis." DiMarco, a retired engineer...

With Nevada suffering a shortage of legalized marijuana, California's state pot czar said Wednesday that efforts are being made in her state to make sure sufficient licenses go to farmers, testers and distributors to supply retailers. Providing temporary, four-month licenses to support some...

Someday soon, more businesses could grow marijuana in the city of Sacramento than there are Starbucks and McDonald's restaurants combined. More than 100 businesses are seeking special permits from the city to run indoor marijuana growing operations. From North Sacramento to South Land Park...

At a public hearing prior to the July 19 Damariscotta Board of Selectmen meeting, about 20 residents had a lot to say about marijuana. Most of it was positive. In November, Damariscotta voted to approve the state's proposed marijuana legalization. As the board considered possible restrictions...

When Bill Meeks retired in 2008, he'd put in more than 30 years as a police officer and he was a mental and a physical wreck. "My doctor handed me a piece of paper and said, 'You're retired. Here's a prescription for opioids and you need to go somewhere warm and dry,'" Meeks said. Meeks...

It's been a month and half since Orlando's first medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors, and News 6 is following up to see how business is going. Knox Medical is located on Orange Avenue in Ivanhoe Village. The cannabis dispensary offers low-THC oils and cartridges for...

Twenty people representing cannabis business interests, real estate, schools, rural neighborhoods and other concerns were appointed Tuesday to advise the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on its rules governing the region's emerging pot industry. Chosen from more than 100 people who applied...

Premiers will ask the federal government to postpone its plan to legalize marijuana if issues related to road safety, taxation, training for distributors and public education aren't addressed. At a news conference to close off the annual summer Council of the Federation meeting in Edmonton...

Legalized marijuana could soon be just over the border. In a 4-1 vote on Tuesday night, the West Wendover City Council approved an ordinance that allows for marijuana sales. The ordinance calls for medical marijuana first, but allows for recreational cannabis -- if they choose. "I'm very...

When California voters last year passed Proposition 64 legalizing marijuana, they also allowed cities to make up their own minds about how much of the change they would accept. In Whittier, that could soon mean bans on all marijuana sales and most forms of growing. On Monday, the Whittier...