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The mayors of Canada's biggest cities say they need a slice of the tax windfall from legal marijuana to cover what they describe as significant costs associated with enforcing a signature initiative from the federal Liberals. They raised their concerns with cabinet ministers this week...

Darryl Hill, hailed for integrating college football in his youth half a century ago, was a successful entrepreneur with no criminal record and plenty of capital when he applied for a license to grow marijuana in Maryland – a perfect candidate, or so he thought, to enter a wide-open industry...

It's a sticky situation pitting cannabis against the Constitution. A metro medical marijuana producer wanted to bring cannabis cultivation equipment to 2017's New Mexico State Fair, but organizers told them they couldn't. Ultra Health is a massive medical marijuana producer and provider. The...

Fewer than 150 people in Australia have ever been given approved access to medicinal cannabis products and there are only 25 authorized prescribers of the drugs, according to evidence at a Senate estimates committee. Officials from the Health Department told the hearing that figure had only...

Older Australians are using illicit drugs at higher levels while teenagers are smoking, drinking and using illicit drugs less. New data, which challenge popular perceptions of drug use, show the proportion of people in their 40s who’ve used illicit drugs over the previous 12 months has risen 2...

The NFL Players Association is looking beyond its immediate membership in shaping a proposal to revamp the league's marijuana ban. As part of its upcoming effort to sway the NFL to make more changes to its substances-of-abuse policy, union executive George Atallah said the NFLPA wants to work...

California moved a step closer Thursday to becoming a "sanctuary state" where local and state police would not assist federal enforcement of marijuana laws. The state Assembly approved a bill Thursday barring state and local law enforcement officers, absent a court order, from helping federal...

Maryland's highest court on Friday intervened to halt a case that could upend the state's fledgling medical marijuana industry. The Court of Appeals issued a stay minutes before a Baltimore Circuit Court hearing on whether to put the entire cannabis program on hold while sorting out...

Politically influential opponents of Delaware's marijuana legalization bill voiced their concerns Thursday in a roundtable conversation with Gov. John Carney and the bill's sponsors. A gaggle of cannabis legalization activists watched on and many offered opinions during a comment session...

The Secret Service is relaxing its drug policy for potential hires, as its new director, Randolph Alles, laid out a plan to swell the agency's ranks by more than 3,000 in the coming years. Speaking Thursday to reporters in his first press briefing since his appointment, Alles, 38 days into...

For as long as the War on Drugs has persisted, marijuana and its skunky, distinct smell have been used by law enforcement as probable cause to search vehicles and detain individuals on the street. Now that recreational weed is legal in California, it would seem the validity of this oft-used...

U.S. border officers at northern ports of entry have been asking Canadians if they've ever used marijuana – and those who answer "yes" get banned from the United States for life. Meanwhile, at the arguably more problematic southern border, officers don't seem to care about the drug histories...

Though New Jersey could be less than a year away from voting to legalize marijuana, advocates who have pushed for that aren't thrilled with proposed legislation that envisions a tightly regulated market and a tax that would eventually reach 25 percent. Some showed up at the event a few weeks...

The nation's capital has made progress when it comes to cannabis, with the passing of Initiative 71, legalizing recreational marijuana use and possession. Even with the legislation, marijuana advocates contend that amendments are needed to make D.C. a "District of Cannabis." There are factors...

The owner of one Ohio company said she intends to apply for a license to grow medical marijuana in Coshocton, following action by Coshocton City Council this week. Kimberly Farmer said her Dayton-based firm will apply with the Ohio Department of Commerce for a license to operate a Level I...

Raven Sharp was one of nearly 100 people who attended a meeting Tuesday required of people interested in opening a cannabis business in the city. He, like many in attendance, has experience in the industry. Sharp opened Natural Remedies Consulting Holistic Health Services Clinic in...

A Little Rock man is looking to sprout a medical marijuana cultivation facility in Pine Bluff ... but its potential location is causing growing concern. Bill Rector, with Newsouth Agriculture LLC, wants to set up shop near the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff. He said he chose the...

Bethlehem Township officials could vote on their first application for a medical marijuana business. Township commissioners are to hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, June 5 on a medical marijuana dispensary being proposed in Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VI. The dispensary would be...

Pono Life Sciences Maui, one of two licensed medical marijuana dispensaries on island, said Wednesday that it is the first licensed dispensary in the state to transport cannabis to a lab for testing. The 2 grams of marijuana were transported from Pono Life's growing facilities to PharmLabs...

Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott says he thinks it still could be possible to pass a marijuana legalization bill in what's expected to be the upcoming two-day veto session of the state Legislature. Scott said negotiations have been taking place to address his concerns with the legalization...