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Regulate Rhode Island and a group of lawmakers recently announced a proposal for "incremental legalization" of recreational marijuana, which would allow the possession of small amounts starting next summer, and establish an advisory board to provide recommendations regarding sales and...

The Silver State is about to see a lot more green starting on Saturday. After 55 percent of Nevada voters approved of a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in November, dispensaries will begin opening their doors to sell to the public this weekend. "I'm a child of the...

Moses Lake farmer Shane Palmer drove a seed drill across a Central Washington field earlier this month and planted hemp, marking the state's entry into the country's resurgent hemp era. Palmer said he wanted to diversify his crop line-up and try something new, and that he expects the hemp in...

A new store is open in Topeka and it's the first of it's kind in the capital city. The store is called CBD and they offer a variety of hemp products that contain CBD. The CEO and founder of CBD American Shaman said, "Hemp is a great source of CBD and guess what, it's legal." CBD oil is...

Felicia Duncan's 7-year-old daughter Emma has been living with epilepsy for years. She been seizure-free since January thanks to medical marijuana. But it costs her Mom $391 a month. "It is very, very expensive right now," Duncan said. "And everything has to come out of my pocket, doctor...

Gulf Breeze officials are looking at banning medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, arguing that residents in need have access to the drug in Pensacola. The Gulf Breeze City Council on Wednesday evening voted to do research on how best to craft language for a ban, with the understanding...

In addition to Steep Hill and Herbal Compliance's unorthodox investment vehicles looking to enter Arkansas' medical marijuana industry that is projected to grow to nearly $70 million in the next seven years, a host of other local and out-of-state investors, entrepreneurs and speculators also...

Denver is preparing to open the country's first cannabis caf̩s, but people in the bud business say overly strict rules could kill the city's Рand the nation's Рpot lounges before they ever get a chance to thrive. Picture this: a pub in Colorado where you can go with friends after a long...

Amy Farah Weiss, founder of Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge, is working on a new strategy to address opioid addiction by providing houseless residents with access to medicinal cannabis. "One of the issues at the encampments at present is that there are a lot of people using harsh drugs,"...

With Port Clinton's temporary six-month ban on medical marijuana-related businesses expiring this month, some city council members are considering the idea of allowing them after studying the state law for weeks. On Tuesday, Port Clinton's laws, rules and ordinances committee met and...

House Speaker Robert DeLeo conceded Tuesday in a televised interview that the House may be willing to move off its position that retail marijuana sales be taxed at 28 percent, and the Democratic leader remains hopeful that the panel negotiating a compromise pot bill will be able to strike a deal...

Hempfest, Seattle's pioneering pot protest festival, is fighting for its future. After 26 years of sticking up for weed-law reform, the festival is facing mounting costs and shrinking incomes. This year's festival will still happen August 18 to 20, but it will feature fewer stages, and future...

A sugar producer is investigating whether its cannabis farm is responsible for a smell which has been baffling Norfolk residents for a week. British Sugar began growing a non‐psychoactive variety of cannabis at its Wissington plant this year for use in children's epilepsy medicine. Following...

What kind of person orders legal marijuana delivery? Eaze, the San Francisco-based marijuana delivery startup, recently conducted a survey of its customers to get a better idea of their backgrounds and habits. The results may confirm a few stereotypes about cannabis users, but they may make a...

A small building nestled off Interstate 70 in Collinsville looks like typical doctor's office, until you get inside and look up close at the colorful artwork on the walls. They're portraits of marijuana plants. At this dispensary, about 12 miles east of the Missouri border, patients and the...

Farmers and Ranchers in the western half of North Dakota have been looking to the sky, begging for rain for months. Producers of one crop, however, aren't sweating as hard as the rest. Industrial hemp may look like marijuana, but it has none of the ingredients that give smokers a high. It...

It's not all in a name for Weedon, a small Quebec town planning to welcome a 1.5 million-square-foot cannabis production facility. Mayor Richard Tanguay said "it's no secret" that the town's moniker had a lot to do with how two Canadian companies found the municipality in Quebec's Eastern...

On Saturday, several new laws will go into effect in Virginia. One will help more people keep their driver's license after being charged with marijuana possession. It will allow a judge to opt for additional community service instead of automatically suspending someone's driver's license for...

Kalamazoo has a choice to make. The Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in September 2016, gives Michigan cities the option to allow medical marijuana to be distributed in their jurisdictions. At a Monday work session, Kalamazoo City Attorney Clyde Robinson...

A seven-member commission is expected decide who gets licenses for commercial medical marijuana establishments in the city. With a 5-3 vote, the City Council passed the measure Monday night after about 45 minutes of discussion in its Committee of the Whole meeting. "This is the group...