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With the cannabis supply in Alaska increasing and wholesale prices declining, growers are feeling a pinch from the state's wholesale tax. Some are calling for reform. The drop in wholesale prices is good for consumers because the retail price of marijuana also is dropping. Quality is a...

Rob Ruckus, a worker at Inyo Fine Cannabis Dispensary in Las Vegas, grabbed a tub of more than 50 canned food items Thursday morning to load into his pickup truck. Over the last couple weeks, donated food – items such as cereal, canned goods, macaroni and cheese, Hamburger Helper and Ramen...

After a three-year fight to set her record straight and make medical marijuana available to sick children, the Missouri State Board of Nursing dropped charges of "moral turpitude" against registered nurse turned medicinal marijuana advocate Dolores Halbin. Halbin's journey has been strewn...

Maine lawmakers are preparing for a 2018 session where Medicaid expansion and marijuana legalization are expected to take center stage. The Legislature must figure out how to pay for Medicaid's eventual $54 million expansion. The sale of recreational marijuana is also set to become legal Feb...

State regulators issued temporary licenses to 20 marijuana businesses, which will be able to operate legally beginning Jan. 1. At the top of the list is Jordan Lams, CEO of Moxie, which will refine marijuana plants into high grade cannabis extract in Lynwood. "We focus on trying to bring...

The medical marijuana industry in Michigan has taken a big step. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is now accepting applications for medical marijuana facility licenses. On the first day LARA Spokesman David Harns said 91 people began the application process. "68 of...

Southern California police seized 35,000 marijuana plants from a weed "fortress" and shut down an operation they believed was bringing in millions of dollars a month. San Bernardino Police said they detained eight people Wednesday when police and federal agents raided a warehouse that was...

One year after it became legal for adults to possess and use marijuana in Massachusetts, cannabis aficionados will gather in Worcester this weekend to show off some of the best locally-sourced ganja and edibles, and to try to put a welcoming face on the world of weed. Part competition, part...

Three Manitoba First Nations are joining forces to help establish a cannabis distribution network in the province. Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Long Plain First Nation, and Peguis First Nation are banding together with National Access Cannabis, a health-care service provider that helps patients...

One of the two medical marijuana dispensaries located in the county is already open and the second expects to do so in the coming weeks as medical marijuana begins its slow rollout throughout the state. PharmKent LLC, located at 330 E. Pulaski Highway in Elkton, has been awarded a preliminary...

The city of Adrian is moving forward to allow and regulate medical marijuana facilities within the community. At a special meeting Wednesday, the Adrian City Commission by a 5-1 vote approved a regulatory ordinance's language that would permit commercial medical marijuana facilities...

Medical marijuana dispensaries and other portions of the medicinal cannabis supply chain could be legal in Fresno as the result of a unanimous vote Thursday by the City Council. The 7-0 vote begins the process of rewriting the city's complete ban on commercial marijuana operations that was...

A medical marijuana dispensary is coming to a long-dormant space on Fairmont Avenue in downtown Bethesda. Rich Greenberg, of Greenhill Capital, which owns the building, said Budding Rose LLC signed the lease for the roughly 1,900-square-foot space about six months ago. He said work is ongoing...

Alaska's one-year-old recreational marijuana industry faces a major test Friday morning as members of the Alaska Marijuana Control Board consider whether to revoke the license of a manufacturer accused of selling untested, contaminated marijuana edibles. The board meets at 8 a.m. Friday by...

When California rings in the new year with the sale of recreational pot for the first time, Texas will be tiptoeing into its own marijuana milestone: a medical cannabis program so restrictive that doubts swirl over who will even use it. Texas is the last big state to allow some form of...

Despite being legal in Oregon and Washington, cannabis businesses in unincorporated Clark County are banned. During a workshop session on Wednesday, the Clark County Council took the first step toward revisiting the issue. The ban has been in place since 2014 and has kept the cannabis...

TheraCann USA Benchmark has abandoned plans to build a $20 million medical marijuana plant in Kingsley. Richard Goodman, president of TheraCann USA, confirmed the decision on Wednesday, Dec. 13. He cited a variety of reasons for the decision, most notably the time it was taking to finalize...

Cook County voters will get their say on whether recreational marijuana use should be made legal for adults in Illinois, after commissioners on Wednesday voted to put that question on the March primary ballot. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the advisory referendum. Board President...

Easton City Council is taking the first steps in exploring whether to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. City officials will research an ordinance that would make possession of less than 30 grams a summary offense — akin to a parking ticket — rather than a...

The first day of policy debate among state marijuana regulators indicated that the Cannabis Control Commission is working towards industry regulations that would give consumers more options for how they obtain marijuana and where they will be able to use it. The commission on Monday worked...