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Clark County commissioners approved 25 existing medical marijuana dispensaries to sell recreationally — but the big question remains: can alcohol distributors get the pot to those stores in time for a July 1 start? One by one, Clark County gave the green light to companies, including Essence...

A measure that would have made Vermont the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes through the state legislature died in a special session Wednesday after a quiet lobbying campaign by legalization opponents. The bill, which had passed the state Senate, did not earn enough...

After several years of ceding marijuana policy-making to a voting public eager to adopt a more permissive approach to the once completely illegal drug, House lawmakers on Wednesday took the reins of the sticky issue, passing a bill to overhaul how the state will regulate the retail market of the...

Seven months after Californians voted to legalize and tax recreational marijuana, state leaders are moving full speed ahead with a system to oversee the cultivation, distribution and sales of cannabis – rules that have to be in place, under law, by January. Many key details of how California...

Pennsylvania officially launched its medical marijuana industry Tuesday, awarding licenses to 12 growers, including two firms in Berks County, but none in Philadelphia or its suburbs. Many of the winning firms featured political and financial heavyweights linked to out-of-state cannabis...

Lindy Snider won't back down from a challenge. The daughter of late Flyers owner Ed Snider is among a select group of cannabis entrepreneurs waiting to enter the Pennsylvania market. Despite having been rejected for a growing and processing facility, Snider has two applications pending for...

As Albania gears up for elections, one huge challenge facing the Balkan country has been low on the campaign agendas: the scourge of its cannabis fields, which threatens to hinder EU accession. Morocco may be the leading source of cannabis resin, but mountainous Albania is the main supplier...

In September last year, Muttley's human parents Tim* and Tina* got the worst news possible. Their beloved 12 year-old American staffordshire terrier cross was dying. He'd been diagnosed with cancer earlier that year, and after rounds of chemo and five surgeries, the vet said there was nothing...

Some states fought to legalize the selling of alcohol during national Prohibition, and Rep. Paul Baumbach (D-Newark) said Delaware needs to do the same with marijuana. In Baumbach's eyes, a view he shares with a handful of his constituents in the state, this starts by passing House Bill 110...

A group doing business as Standard Farms secured a state permit to grow and process medical marijuana in White Haven on Tuesday. Standard Farms was one of two companies chosen in the Northeast and among 12 applicants that the Department of Health picked statewide to grow Pennsylvania’s first...

One of the nation's leading marijuana legalization groups says PNC Bank has notified it that it will close the organization's 22-year-old accounts, a sign of growing concerns in the financial industry that the Trump administration will crack down on the marijuana business in states that have...

Recreational sales of marijuana in Nevada may not begin next month after all. A judge added to the uncertainty Tuesday when he extended a temporary order barring the state from issuing pot distribution licenses to existing medical marijuana dispensaries so they can begin recreational sales...

It's been three years since Clark County's first cannabis businesses appeared, and this corner of Southwest Washington has grown into the fifth largest cannabis market in the state, according to sales and excise taxes collected. What started out as a chaotic industry with major supply-side...

Utah State University is not interested in doing research on the effects of medical marijuana on humans, and even if the university had the facilities necessary to grow the controlled substance for research purposes, it would only consider growing it if federal and state laws become untangled...

Non-profit societies could sell cannabis in the same way as the regime that runs pokie machines, a Massey University research paper has suggested. The report's author said gambling machines had been run in New Zealand for over 20 years by trusts, which last year paid out $260 million to the...

A draft policy published this week by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority would put medical marijuana users at risk of arrest when flying out of Orlando International Airport, despite 71 percent of Florida voters choosing to legalize weed for medical uses last November. The GOAA board is...

Though a vote won't be held for more than seven months, a Senate committee Monday heard testimony for five hours about the prospects for legalizing marijuana in New Jersey. There were far more supporters of the bill at the hearing than opponents — though some of those who testified noted...

As a municipal prosecutor in Clark, Jon-Henry Barr said he must try a number of cases against people who get arrested for marijuana possession. Barr also said he knows these cases can wreck good people's lives, and doesn't want to keep quiet about it anymore. One case he won recently against...

It's been three years since Guam residents voted in favor of a medical marijuana program, and the island is still without a cannabis commission. And while GovGuam drags its feet, people with treatable illnesses, like 24-year-old Isha Gabriel, continue to suffer without a natural alternative to...

A Nevada judge says he expects to decide Tuesday whether the state can move forward with plans for medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling pot for recreational use for the first time on July 1. Lawyers for the liquor industry and the Nevada Department of Taxation argued at a daylong...