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Florida’s legalization of medical marijuana is trickling down to Marion County. Both city of Ocala and Marion County officials have created ordinances establishing rules for dispensaries, should any ever set up shop here. Meanwhile, Medical Marijuana Doctors has opened its fourth Florida office...

Despite the out-of-state locale, about half the cars at Deep Roots Harvest on Saturday morning carried Utah license plates. Recreational marijuana sales became legal this weekend in Nevada, and for many southern Utahns, Mesquite's Deep Roots Harvest dispensary, a 40-minute drive from St...

Williams is known as one of Oregon's pot-growing capitals, but longtime residents have raised alarms over industrialized grows they say are ruining the character of this remote but close-knit rural community. "People are pissed off," said Michael Johnson, chief operating officer of Siskiyou...

Matt Collogan, the education director at Hemp Farmacy in Wilmington, says industrial hemp and marijuana are like a wolf and a poodle: same species, different creature. Or, to use a closer analogy, same plant, different strains. Hemp and marijuana are both cannabis sativa, but the two are...

The monthly community roundtable, Coffee with the Chief, was held at Calico County, 2401 S. 56th St., Thursday morning, and this month's discussion centered on medical marijuana coming into the area. "We're planning on applying for a cultivation facility in Fort Smith, so we wanted to work...

he founders of a new West Dundee business describe their concept as "a wellness boutique and apothecary with a twist." Melanie Dillon, a licensed clinical professional counselor, and Kalee Hooghkirk, an esthetician and cannabis clinician, recently opened Entourage Clinical Services at 737 S...

A glass building labeled "Greenhouse Area 17" sits behind the Life Sciences building on the campus of Colorado State University-Pueblo. It's not like the mysterious Area 51 where secret studies may be ongoing, but the more than 50-year-old structure has quickly become the school's major hub...

The use or sale of cannabis is banned in Hong Kong under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, which came into effect in 1969. If a police officer catches someone with a substance they suspect is cannabis, they may send the sample off for testing by a government chemist before charging the individual...

A Worcester woman is facing a mandatory minimum 5 years in prison after being convicted Friday in U.S. District Court of charges related to growing and selling 185 marijuana plants authorities found in the basement of her Webster home in 2013. Nhi Le — whose charges were upgraded to trigger...

In the seat of Warren County – known as one of the most conservative counties in Ohio – Lebanon City Council is split about declaring a moratorium on medical marijuana cultivation, processing or distribution. Recreational marijuana, legalized in eight states and Washington D.C., is still...

A Philadelphia city councilwoman says she will try to block a medical marijuana dispensary from being located in her East Mount Airy district. Cherelle L. Parker said she will appeal the zoning permit granted to TerraVida Holistic Centers, which on Thursday was awarded a potentially lucrative...

A sense of jubilee was in the air midnight Saturday at Nevada marijuana dispensaries, and so too was the occasional whiff of the state's newest cash crop. Hundreds of Nevadans stood in line, waiting for the doors to open to two marijuana dispensaries in Reno -- Blüm and Sierra Wellness...

Ryan Day has never used cannabis in his life. But he grows it, and extracts its oil to produce a certain compound to try to save his son Haiden's life. It's the last thing Day wants to do after work every day, but, like other parents who use it as part of their child's medical needs, Day...

A company that already grows and sells medical marijuana in Florida has the go-ahead to sell medical cannabis products in the Hanover area. Cansortium Pennsylvania LLC was awarded one of 27 permits by the Department of Health Thursday. Cansortium is part of Knox Medical, which has...

Denver's plan to allow people to use marijuana at some businesses drew a step closer to reality Friday, when the city's top licensing official unveiled final rules for the pilot program that is set to launch in coming months. Big questions remain: Will the newly adopted regulations for the...

Out with cotton and in with cannabis? California-based Genezen LLC wants to buy or lease the sprawling 1.6 million square-foot warehouse facility operated by Calcot at 10210 Idaho Ave. in South Hanford. The site includes 48 sheet-metal-sided warehouse buildings. Calcot is a cooperative...

Community leaders, industry representatives and policy and health experts met Thursday for the first Los Angeles County Advisory Working Group on Cannabis Regulation. Held under the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), the group will meet a total of eight times this summer to discuss safety...

With a year to go and amid predictions of a looming supply shortage, Health Canada is scrambling to add capacity once the legalization floodgates swing open. Bill Panagiotakopoulos was surveying construction on his gated property outside Hamilton when he got the call he had been dreaming...

Orlando is preparing to ban new medical marijuana dispensaries, blaming state rules that prevent local governments from regulating the shops any differently than a drug store. Two other Central Florida cities, Winter Garden and Winter Park, also plan to consider banning dispensaries. Knox...

Custom and Border Protection agents have located and seized nearly two tons of marijuana hidden in a shipment of lettuce. CBP said in a release that the seizure happened at the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge on June 26, when an officer referred a tractor-trailer hauling lettuce for...