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July 17 is the target date for Maui Grown Therapies to begin selling medical marijuana by appointment only to registered patients, pending certification of a testing lab in Hawaii and other state Department of Health approvals, a spokeswoman said Friday. "It's very exciting for us, and we're...

Todd Stimson got out of prison in late April, after spending two years and one month at Foothills Correctional Institute in Morganton. Less than two months later, the medical marijuana advocate is back in the fight. But this time, he's obeying the law, and not taking any chances with a grow...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions does not like marijuana. He has called regular marijuana use "only slightly less awful" than heroin dependence. He once made a joking comment about not minding the KKK until he found out they smoked marijuana. And as a senator, he was one of the most avowed...

Nine months after Oregon issued the toughest rules in the nation to keep pesticide-tainted marijuana off store shelves, the state acknowledges that some contaminated products continue to reach consumers. The admission underscores the tricky work of effectively regulating a plant long tied to...

A moratorium on medical marijuana businesses in Springfield will expire soon and city commissioners must decide whether to let it lapse or continue to ban them. Commissioners placed a six-month moratorium on new medical marijuana-related businesses in August 2016. That came after Gov. John...

With just days to go before the Legislature reconvenes for a special session, lawmakers and the administration are zeroing in on a compromise marijuana legalization bill. Gov. Phil Scott vetoed S.22, which passed both legislative chambers in May. With his veto last month, the governor offered...

Longtime Trump adviser and staunch conservative Roger Stone has a new mission: legalizing marijuana nationwide. Stone announced on Friday at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo in New York the formation of the bipartisan United States Cannabis Coalition, an advocacy group with the...

Knox Medical spent two years jumping through legal, political and regulatory hoops before it opened its first medical-marijuana store in Orlando on June 2. A week later, the state Legislature agreed to expand the number of medical-marijuana operations from seven to 17 by Oct. 3 and allow each...

The federal government's top attorney wants the freedom to prosecute states – such as Iowa – with medical marijuana programs, a letter made public last week shows. But Iowa officials insist the state's newly expanded program, which includes the chance for two businesses to grow and sell...

After tepid support and a procedural snafu forced House leadership to pull the rewrite of the marijuana legalization law from consideration this week, the Marijuana Policy Committee is planning to release a redrafted version of the legislation Monday with debate expected in the House on...

A company that grows industrial hemp in La Junta for processing, packaging and distribution in Colorado Springs was featured during the recent statewide Colorado Hemp History Week promotional tour. During a stop on the multi-city tour, Folium Biosciences Vice President and Head of Global...

After tepid support and a procedural snafu forced House leadership to pull the rewrite of the marijuana legalization law from consideration this week, the Marijuana Policy Committee is planning to release a redrafted version of the legislation Monday with debate expected in the House on...

An eastern Massachusetts company is eyeing West Stockbridge as the potential site of a marijuana dispensary. Ipswich Pharmaceuticals representatives met with the Select Board last week as it begins to size up the community for a facility. "They're trying to get an understanding of what...

One of the most notorious dirty tricksters in American politics has a new cause: Convincing Donald Trump to legalize marijuana. Roger Stone, a longtime Trump friend and ally who's a prominent figure in the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has formed the...

A proposed "urban gardening" business in Quincy Point was shut down this week after neighbors, city councilors and zoning board members expressed concern that the business would end up selling marijuana and associated paraphernalia. "It's going to be pipes and bongs," said Mike McKenna, one...

Massachusetts marijuana advocates were enraged on Wednesday, saying taxes on Bay State marijuana could skyrocket to 56 percent under a State House plan to overhaul the legalization law approved by voters. Hours later, state House Speaker Robert DeLeo said lawmakers will not vote on the bill...

A string of northwest Ohio communities are considering or have passed resolutions in support of medical marijuana operations while other elected officials are rescinding past votes that prohibited such businesses. At least four village, township, and city councils voted Monday regarding...

In a unanimous vote, the Reno City Council approved the city's first recreational pot business licenses Wednesday, paving the way for four shops to begin selling to adults on July 1. Mynt Cannabis Dispensary, Sierra Wellness Connection, Blum Reno and The Dispensary were awarded licenses under...

A request to Congress by Attorney General Jeff Sessions for authority to prosecute state medical marijuana providers is raising alarm in Maine's medical marijuana community, with one leader calling the potential move "downright frightening" for the tens of thousands of medical cannabis patients...

Cannabis companies are turning to the world's most popular digital currency in an effort to get rid of all that cash. The inability to access traditional financial institutions is one of the marijuana industry's biggest impediments. Legal cannabis was a $6 billion industry last year and is...