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The red and purple opium poppies that his family grew on a mountainside half a world away were filled with an intoxicating, sticky sap that his mother traded for silver coins to feed her children and pay for their escape. Adam Lee smiles at the memory of a childhood in war-torn Laos and voyage...

Driven by concerns over marijuana marketing to teens, state lawmakers are weighing strict rules for recreational pot advertising, but entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of legal weed say that would block them from selling their products. A voter-approved law allows adults 21 and older to...

The Florida Legislature's passage of a bill to enact the state's constitutional amendment expanding the use of medical marijuana has ended one chapter in the battle over setting up regulations for the nascent industry. But pro-pot supporters say it doesn't go far enough. Once Gov. Rick Scott...

Gov. Phil Scott signed into law a bill that expands Vermont's medical marijuana system. The legislation, S.16, expands the list of conditions that qualify for the medical marijuana registry to include Parkinson's disease, Crohn's disease and post-traumatic stress disorder, as of July 1...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he "absolutely" intends to sign the medical marijuana bill passed Friday by the state Legislature. After the original legislation fell apart on the final day of the regular session last month, the chambers approved the bill during the final day of the special...

As North Dakota's hemp industry soars, legal questions have kept producers from making one of the crop's most desirable derivatives. That product is cannabidiol, or CBD, a non-psychoactive substance derived from cannabis plants, which has been said to help people with seizures and anxiety...

There are good days for West Tarricone. Days when she can laugh and live like any other 9-year-old. Days when she can play with her brother, Blake, and watch "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on her iPad. But there are also bad days. Days when her body weathers 100 seizures. Days when it has closer...

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% of all cannabis consumers may stay in the illegal market at...

Marijuana reform advocates say there was unprecedented, bipartisan support for their efforts in this year's legislative session, but it still wasn't enough to change state law. House Bill 2107, authored by state Rep. Eddie Lucio III, D-Brownsville, would have given safe access to medical...

Hundreds of marijuana plants sat flowering under bright lights in a former big rig garage with Nirvana echoing from stereo speakers. "Do the plants prefer grunge music?" Branden Roybal, owner of Alaska Cannabis Cultivators, chuckled. No, the music was for his employees watering and...

Medical marijuana dispensaries and growing farms could begin popping up along Missouri's southern border. Officials with the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission last week finalized details and applications for prospective growers and vendors will become available to the public on June 20...

Though South Carolina has cleared the way, when farmers can begin growing industrial hemp is still being worked out. State officials soon hope to enable farmers to apply to be part of a pilot program, in line with a 2014 federal farm bill, that allows them to grow, process and sell hemp...

The owner of a Missouri hemp oil supplier said he's making a special product line for Kansas after police seized the supply of a retailer because it contained trace amounts of the high-inducing agent in marijuana. CBD American Shaman owner Vince Sanders said he hopes the move will appease law...

Patients are waiting. Five growers and 32 dispensary owners are still yet to be named, but each day, medical marijuana is a day closer to being in the state of Arkansas. One of the major differences between legalized cannabis and the black market is the testing. There's another party involved...

Brad Wiltshire doesn't like to complain, but to talk to him is to understand how much pain he is in. Dystonia, the disorder that he was diagnosed with a decade ago, causes muscles in the 56-year-old's face to fight against each other, so his voice is strained and agitated, even when he's not...

Earlier in his work life, Prapanna Randall Smith earned a doctorate in educational leadership and founded a nonprofit elementary and preschool in San Diego County. Soon after retiring in 2011, he moved to forested Calaveras County to pursue another intellectual passion: growing marijuana. The...

Californian gardeners can mix marijuana with their marigolds these days, thanks to the passage of Proposition 64. It allows individuals 21 and older to grow up to six plants, as long as the plants are not accessible to the public and as long as their municipalities haven't restricted...

When Florida lawmakers vote today on sweeping legislation expanding access to medical marijuana, they'll also be approving a sweetener for the state's citrus industry. Tucked into the legislation, which establishes a system for patients to buy cannabis, is language that requires the...

Medical marijuana dispensaries are beginning to open in Hawaii, but they're not allowed to sell their products. Instead, the leafy medicinal greens they've harvested are sitting on a shelf unsold because nearly a year after dispensaries were legally allowed to open, the state has not yet...

The state's top prosecutor wants police to be able to arrest people for having marijuana on college and university campuses, even if they have a state-issued card allowing them to buy and use the drug. In new court filings Thursday, Attorney General Mark Brnovich contends the Arizona Court of...