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The Hemp & Cannabis Fair has moved to Holiday Inn in Redding, after the Shasta District Fair grounds cancelled its contract for undisclosed reasons. The two-day event, set for this weekend, is expected to bring in more than 1,000 people, said event director Naomi Forkash. On Wednesday, the...

Tourism officials in Nevada are exploring how legal cannabis could attract visitors to the Silver State. In an email, the Nevada Division of Tourism said the topic of cannabis is set to be included in its upcoming marketing research. Nevada recently became the fifth state to permit...

The guys at Live Wire Barbershop just found out that little bike store a few doors down was operating illegally. "We used to see him every day," said Cameron Brown. "Normal stuff, like, 'Hey, what's up," Gerardo Gonzalez said. The store front on Coffee Road in Modesto still has a sign...

On Thursday night, the group Compassionate South Carolina held a seminar to push for medical cannabis to be legalized in South Carolina. "I believe if you fight hard for anything and reach out and explain things to people you can get anything done," South Carolina Representative Linda Bennet...

Homestead Borough Council on Thursday night voted 6 to 1 to approve the borough's new medical marijuana ordinance. The ordinance will allow a marijuana growing and processing facility to be run in the Waterfront development district, and a medical marijuana dispensary to be operated in...

With all the hype over medical marijuana, you'd think it'd be easy for the medically eligible to get. Not so, members of Pittsburgh city council were told on Thursday. "We're sort of like a pharmacy, but we're a little bit different," said Dr. Robert Capretto, chair of Keystone Relief...

He went into the hospital feeling under the weather. But he's probably feeling even sicker now after Lakewood police confiscated a trash bag he was carrying that was full of marijuana. And he might face criminal charges for it. A 49- to 50-year-old transient went to a free-standing...

The marijuana is flowing again in Nevada. A surge in demand for cannabis, newly legalized in the state, has emptied shelves and caught the industry off guard, spurring state officials into action. Nevada's Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, endorsed emergency measures late last week...

Just 11 days into selling recreational marijuana, the Las Vegas ReLeaf dispensary, located steps from the Strip, had already run out of edibles. "Right now, I have about 30 people in my lobby that want this edible or that edible, and we have to tell them we're sorry," CEO Al Fasano said...

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is considering a new rule that would allow some farmers to grow industrial hemp for research purposes. The rule was given initial approval on Tuesday by the state's Agricultural Advisory Board. The current law allows colleges and universities to...

The first industrial hemp crop in Broome County in 80 years has been planted at Nanticoke Gardens. "We're trying to compete to be one of the centers in the country, if not the center," said New York State Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Endwell. The crop represents a combined partnership of...

North Carolina is officially in the industrial hemp business, at least the business of developing the best ways to grow it. The N.C. State Extension Service just planted some of the crop at its Mountain Research Station in Waynesville. It's an educational effort where the teachers are doing...

Could medical marijuana operations be plucked out of Yolo County? It's something that could be considered by the Board of Supervisors in August. The county enacted an interim ordinance last year allowing for the cultivation of medical marijuana. Cultivators and growers say they're now...

On Tuesday, July 11, the Holly Village Council held its second study session on the matter of whether to allow medical marijuana facilities in its community. The first study session was held on June 13. A public hearing will take place at the Aug. 22 Village Council meeting. "I don't...

Some patients in Pennsylvania could be able to get prescriptions for medical marijuana early next year. In the meantime, many doctors, pharmacists and other health care providers have questions. Later this month, Thomas Jefferson University and the Philadelphia-based startup Greenhouse...

When the co-owners of Happy Harvesting Co., Eleanor Sauerborn and Jessica Thornhill, needed general liability and workers compensation insurance for their Bend-based bud-trimming business, they found it through Oregon Cannabis Insurance, a Medford-based company with offices in Portland and Bend...

Campaigner Vera Twomey has called the rejection of the Bill to legalize cannabis for medicinal use by the Oireachtas Health Committee "a betrayal" of her daughter, Ava (9). Ava, who has epilepsy, and her family are in the Netherlands to have her condition treated with medicinal cannabis...

Medical cannabis could be legalized in Jersey and Guernsey due to the findings of a report rejected in the UK. The islands' governments are reviewing laws around the drug, citing a report commissioned and "ignored" by a UK parliamentary committee. Report author Professor Mike Barnes said...

John Kofel was devastated when a biopsy last October showed he had metastatic prostate cancer. Having had a daughter diagnosed with breast cancer in her 30s, he knew firsthand the nightmare cancer can become. After Kofel made a follow-up visit to an oncologist, his mood changed from shock to...

While waiting at a stoplight on East Broadway in South Boston last week, Sheila Greene looked up at a billboard and was stunned. In white letters against a black background, a message read: "States that legalized marijuana had 25% fewer opioid-related deaths." Greene was bothered by the fact...