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The Montana Department of Agriculture on Monday refuted a federal decision to deny irrigation water to a Helena Valley hemp farmer, department officials said. Kim Phillips, the hemp farmer, is in full compliance with state and federal regulations on industrial hemp, and is not in violation of...

The first meeting of Michigan's Medical Marijuana Licensing Board drew a huge crowd as attorneys, entrepreneurs, patients and caregivers try to position themselves to obtain licenses that start to become available in December. But there were far more questions than answers in an auditorium...

Artificial intelligence is being used to improve banking, marketing, the legal field — and now to find which one of the more than 30,000 strains of medical marijuana is best for you. Potbot uses AI to "read" through peer-reviewed medical journals to find studies on cannabinoids, the active...

After years of failed legislative attempts to legalize medical marijuana in Utah, supporters submitted an initiative Monday to place the issue before voters in 2018. The Utah Patients Coalition held a Monday morning news conference at the state Capitol and afterward delivered its proposed...

Users of medicinal cannabis will not be allowed to drive with the drug in their system, even if it is made legal in South Australia, Police Minister Peter Malinauskas has confirmed. MPs are debating new laws to increase penalties for drink and drug driving in State Parliament. Answering...

The question of which of the 45 applicants in southeastern Pennsylvania would be selected to open a medical marijuana growing facility was answered Tuesday when two firms in Berks County were named. But the answer has spawned a whole new set of questions and a likely appeal from a group that...

Pennsylvania handed out licenses to 12 companies to grow marijuana for medicinal uses last week, and is expected to license producers and dispensaries soon. However, it could be tough for those businesses to get bank accounts. Although Pennsylvania has legalized medical marijuana, it's still...

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...

Medical marijuana will now be allowed on Route 1. The Peabody City Council last week approved a zoning change proposed by Mayor Ted Bettencourt Thursday to create an overlay district that encompasses four parcels on the southbound side of the highway, near Bertucci's and the ramps to I-95...

Marijuana users won't be able to legally buy weed for another year, but proposed changes to the state's new pot law could affect how much they pay for it and what cities and towns have to do to ban retail shops. Dueling bills were approved by the House and Senate this week, and lawmakers will...

A Spring Hope hemp plant is continuing its efforts to make hemp the next cash crop for local farmers. Industrial Hemp Manufacturing on N.C. 581 in Spring Hope, a subsidiary of Hemp Inc, recently announced its farming associates, who are licensed by the N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission, have...

Cannabis is still the most common drug ''by a country mile'' found when staff are tested, farmers attending a workshop in Ashburton last week heard. Therese Gibbens, general manager of the Canterbury West Coast area for The Drug Detection Agency, said 80% of positive drug results from tests...

Alberta's conservative opposition parties are concerned about the tight timeframe for cannabis legalization. NDP Finance Minister Joe Ceci said last week that despite major decisions needing to be made, Alberta will be ready with a regulatory regime and won't ask Ottawa for an extension to...

The Martha's Vineyard Commission has approved what may become the Island's first facility for growing, testing and packaging medical marijuana. Geoff Rose, owner of Patient Centric of Martha's Vineyard, plans to share space in a 7,200-square-foot building on Dr. Fisher Road in West Tisbury...

A veteran mail carrier was ordered held in custody on $100,000 bail Saturday after authorities said he ran a drug business out of his mail truck while working his route in the Near North neighborhood, authorities said. Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered Christopher Baxter held on $100,000 bail...

Arkansas' medical marijuana industry will ramp up in the next week, with the state poised to accept applications from potential patients, growers and distributors. Beginning Friday, the state Medical Marijuana Commission will accept applications from those hoping to grow or supply marijuana...

Just outside a subdivision overlooking Lake Helena, a sandy, 12-acre field scattered with sagebrush and gopher holes lies almost barren. Sparsely strewn throughout the dry tilled field, little green sprouts no taller than an inch cling to the last bit of moisture from the spring rains. They...

The new full service Bronco Truck Stop on South Highway 81 features a drive through, showers as well as many products including cannabidol-infused gummy bears. Cannabidol—or CBD—is a legal health, THC-free supplement that is derived from cannabis, David Buss, who distributes the products...

School might be out for the summer but class is still in session at the Hemp Farmacy, but don't worry, this isn't summer school. The store in downtown Wilmington offers free educational classes to the public every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. for those interested in learning about hemp and its many...

Frustrated, nauseous and terminally ill, Nishi Whiteley's mother turned to medical marijuana in 2010, towards the end of her fight with lung cancer. "The pharmaceuticals she was taking were not doing what she needed them to," Whiteley said of her mother's vomiting. Acquiring edible cannabis...