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James Slatic, a California medical marijuana business owner, found out all his family's bank accounts had been seized by the government one day in January when his 19-year-old daughter tried to buy lunch at the San Jose State University cafeteria and her card was declined. Slatic's wife tried...

James Slatic, a California medical marijuana business owner, found out all his family's bank accounts had been seized by the government one day in January when his 19-year-old daughter tried to buy lunch at the San Jose State University cafeteria and her card was declined. Slatic's wife tried...

In California, the city of Oakland was the first to regulate and tax medical marijuana dispensaries. Now, some city leaders see the industry's profits and are proposing to take a bigger piece of the action. The Oakland City Council is voting later this month on a pot profit-taking plan...

If you legalize recreational marijuana at the polls Nov. 8, you'll be in for a pretty nice discount at the cash register of your local dispensary starting the very next morning. That, at least, was the gist of a statement circulated this week by state tax official Jerome E. Horton. He says...

Proposition 64, which would legalize recreational marijuana in California, has avoided a drop-off in the polls that its predecessor suffered six years ago. In 2010, Proposition 19 held an almost ten percentage point lead in the months leading up to the election, but lost ground in late...

Australia's medicinal cannabis industry officially gets the green light next week but the woman instrumental in driving the changes warns it'll be a long time before patients see the benefits. From November 1, cannabis for therapeutic use will become a controlled drug rather than a prohibited...

Australia's medicinal cannabis industry officially gets the green light next week but the woman instrumental in driving the changes warns it'll be a long time before patients see the benefits. From November 1, cannabis for therapeutic use will become a controlled drug rather than a prohibited...

Champaign - People across the state are having trouble signing up for the medical marijuana pilot program. It's not because they don't quality - but because their doctors won't sign the paperwork. Mindy Haile was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis decades ago. "We've tried physical...

Champaign - People across the state are having trouble signing up for the medical marijuana pilot program. It's not because they don't quality - but because their doctors won't sign the paperwork. Mindy Haile was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis decades ago. "We've tried physical...

When it comes to the illegal drug industry in Britain, it appears there is a new, unexpected generation of people getting involved. A Birmingham grandmother, who takes disability benefits, is seen boasting of her cannabis growhouse in a new documentary from VICE and she says she can make...

A drugstore chain wants to become a distributor of medical marijuana in Canada. A spokeswoman for Shoppers Drug Mart says in an email that the chain has applied to Health Canada to become a licensed medical marijuana producer but only for the purpose of distributing the drug. Tammy Smitham...

That story about Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa and his men bringing marijuana across the border for the first time in the 1910s and inspiring racist American prohibition against the drug? It's a riveting tale, often retold by organizers who favor decriminalization. It symbolizes the United...

Part I: Huron Loud music and the smell of roasted corn on the cob fill the air at the Friday night street festival in the small Fresno County town of Huron. Kids play on a bounce house slide, while adults sell everything from used bikes and shoes to melons and tomatoes. Jazmin Vargas, 22...

To the cannabis industry, a patent granted last August was either doomsday or the dawn of a new era, depending on who you asked. U.S. Patent No. 9095554 covered the "compositions and methods for the breeding, production, processing and use of specialty cannabis." Filed by a group of...

There are so many questions about California's November ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana that it's easy to overlook the most basic question of all: What would the initiative actually do? Well, we're here to help. So get your sample or mail-in ballots out and follow...

Rochester, N.Y. - Columbia Care, a local medical marijuana dispensary that opened early last year, has been criticized for not being accessible, lack of medical variations, and not enough doctors in their network. CEO Nicholas Vita says they have made changes, beginning with adding new meds...

Rochester, N.Y. - Columbia Care, a local medical marijuana dispensary that opened early last year, has been criticized for not being accessible, lack of medical variations, and not enough doctors in their network. CEO Nicholas Vita says they have made changes, beginning with adding new meds...

Californians will vote in a couple weeks on whether or not the recreational use of marijuana should be legalized or not. And as FM89's Ezra David Romero reports one Central California city is looking at how it can cash in on this green revolution. Patrick Keough wanted out of Coalinga about...

There's a big battle at the ballot box in just three weeks: medical marijuana. Both sides are fighting for what could be the deciding vote — senior citizens. It's the second round for Amendment 2. In 2014, it narrowly failed getting 57% of the 60% supermajority needed to pass. Last time, only...

There's a big battle at the ballot box in just three weeks: medical marijuana. Both sides are fighting for what could be the deciding vote — senior citizens. It's the second round for Amendment 2. In 2014, it narrowly failed getting 57% of the 60% supermajority needed to pass. Last time, only...