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West Carrollton has been approached about a group establishing a medical marijuana growing site in the city, but is not pursuing it. Mayor Jeff Sanner said the number of jobs the facility described to West Carrollton officials would produce does not make the proposal worth considering...

It was one drop of cannabis oil on top of a slice of angel food cake. That's how Amy Stalker's mother tried marijuana for the first time. Almost a year into Stalker's mother's cervical cancer, the doctors told them the chemotherapy and radiation were not working. They advised Stalker that...

Several Kentuckians who say they get relief from medical marijuana filed a lawsuit Wednesday to challenge the state's criminal ban on the drug, arguing that cannabis is naturally effective and does not have the addictive dangers of opioid painkillers. In their suit, filed in Franklin Circuit...

If Nevada officials have their way, tourists and residents will be able to buy pot legally ahead of Independence Day. But before recreational marijuana launches in the state best known for slot machines and showgirls, a judge must decide who has the right to distribute Nevada's newest cash...

Utah lawmakers balked again this year at joining more than half of all U.S. states and passing a broad medical marijuana law. Instead, they gave state colleges and other institutions a green light to study the medical impacts of the drug with the hope of having comprehensive data by next...

In a city with such costly obligations that money to prosecute criminals has to be weighed against fixing roads, finding new revenue and holding down expenses are the only way to increase the services the city can afford. And one possible solution, two candidates for District B suggested...

Six years after the federal government forced the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana to close, the Fairfax dispensary is back in business. Lynnette Shaw, the self-styled godmother of medical marijuana dispensaries in California, reopened the doors to the dispensary at 6 School St. on June...

Toronto Mayor John Tory believes the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use should have been decriminalized "years ago" but says Toronto police should continue to target illegal dispensaries across the city. Tory's comments Tuesday came a day after the Toronto board of...

In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, under the instructions of President Trump, re-declared the war on drugs. The administration reinstated mandatory minimum sentencing, which means everyone involved in federal drug offenses are charged with the most serious crimes possible. That rolled back...

The art galleries, high-fashion boutiques and bistros of Newbury Street could be joined by a medicinal pot shop, if a marijuana dispensary operator that was turned down in Allston last year has its way. Councilor Josh Zakim filed paperwork last Friday to hold a hearing to determine the...

Legal marijuana is in the air across California, but local and state law enforcement agencies say they won’t retire their pot-sniffing narcotics dogs anytime soon. At first, it might seem like California’s legalization of recreational pot would render canine units’ weed-sensitive noses...

Getting caught with a little marijuana in Geneva will soon cost you a lot more money. Aldermen favor raising the fine for violations to $300, up from $120. But they also don't want to be excessively punitive, and so rejected a request by two aldermen to levy the maximum fine of $500. They...

Jackson County doesn't manage water delivery or usage in rural areas where medical and recreational marijuana is grown. But the county gets an ear full about it. After touching on the implications and challenges of unfolding marijuana legality during Monday's Chamber Forum, County...

Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators proposed Monday to allow medical and recreational marijuana to be sold out of the same locations. The pot industry had sought the change to cut costs and the number of operations. The co-location rule was one of dozens of new regulations contained in budget...

When the governor of Vermont vetoed a marijuana legalization bill this week, he said he was especially worried about stoned driving. He wants to hear more about an "impairment testing mechanism" to detect it. The problem is that no such mechanism exists. There is no Breathalyzer for pot...

On July 1, Mesquite residents who so choose can casually jot down "weed" on their shopping lists as they head out the door. That's the start for Nevada's "early start program" for recreational marijuana sales. As the Silver State enacts the will of its voters – Nevadans approved...

Oahu state Sen. Mike Gabbard approached the podium during Saturday's Hawaii Hemp Conference with a guitar case in hand and, after a few bars on a harmonica, began to sing and strum to an updated version of "The Times They Are a Changin'." "Come gather round hempsters, in Hawaii Nei, It's...

Some Democrats in the state Legislature on Monday called on New York to legalize recreational marijuana, saying the drug should be taxed and regulated. They reintroduced the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act that would create a legal market for marijuana, urging that the decriminalization...

With the passage of Proposition 64 in November, Californians were finally free to enjoy recreational marijuana. For average stoners, this meant being free from the fiction that the weed they purchased was prescription medication. Minor offenses such as possession of less than an ounce of weed or...

California is on the verge of creating a legal market for marijuana worth more than $5 billion that will help make the state a destination for pot-loving tourists, according to a new state-sponsored economic study. But about 29 percent of all cannabis consumers may stay in the illegal market...