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When Avery Collins gets high, he doesn't sit on the couch with the munchies. He goes for a 40-mile run in the mountains. The Steamboat Springs resident uses cannabis to help his training for 100-mile races. He's an ultrarunner with a lengthy list of athletic achievements, at the age of 24...

State Rep. William Lamberth balks at the notion Memphis and Nashville are softening the punishment for simple pot possession. Lamberth, a Republican and former assistant district attorney from Cottontown in Sumner County, is ready to punish the cities, too, by passing legislation in 2017 to...

Joseph Bower has seen a lot of changes in Trinity County. We're sitting in his pickup truck a few miles from his house in central Trinity. About 10 years ago, nothing but forest surrounded this winding dirt road. Now it's lined with marijuana farms. Cannabis plants pop out everywhere. The...

On November 8, Nevadans will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. (The drug has been legal for medicinal purposes since 2000, though the first regulated dispensaries didn't open here until last year.) Debate continues over the merit of the recreational initiative -...

Peterborough's marijuana store, Cannabis Culture, reopened Tuesday morning, with city police announcing that the opening has their attention. The shop was closed Sept. 15, days after it opened, when city police raided it and removed its products. Two people, store owner Richard Standen and...

Sacramento — Denver, Colorado gets 300 days of sunshine a year, but neighboring Greenwood Village Colorado Police Chief John Jackson says there is a dark cloud hanging over the state. "What people are saying is, I voted for it, but I didn't vote for that," said Jackson. He says problems...

Salt Lake City, Utah — The debate over medical marijuana in Utah is heating up again this week. We could see a handful of bills addressing the issue, and a state senator is ready to file one of them. Senator, Brian Shiozawa wants research to guide future decisions. His bill would...

Salt Lake City, Utah — The debate over medical marijuana in Utah is heating up again this week. We could see a handful of bills addressing the issue, and a state senator is ready to file one of them. Senator, Brian Shiozawa wants research to guide future decisions. His bill would...

One of the big questions raised by the ballot initiative to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in Maine is what effect it will have on the state's medical marijuana program and the mom-and-pop economy it has created. Currently, there are nearly 3,000 registered caregivers operating as small...

One of the big questions raised by the ballot initiative to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in Maine is what effect it will have on the state's medical marijuana program and the mom-and-pop economy it has created. Currently, there are nearly 3,000 registered caregivers operating as small...

For decades, small growers in Humboldt County have made a living cultivating and selling cannabis. But over the last 10 years or so, outsiders have been pouring in to the region trying to cash in on the “green rush” for commercial cannabis. The medical marijuana industry has certainly sparked a...

On a former cattle ranch along the Rogue River, a massive commercial marijuana-growing operation may be a harbinger of things to come in the Rogue Valley. Next to a working alfalfa field, 1,100 cannabis plants are flowering in rows extending hundreds of feet and representing more than a ton...

Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., is a mecca for joggers and families out with their strollers. Along with the smell of sweat and goose poop, weed is an equally present aroma. Police seemingly take a "light up and let live" attitude here. But Nashanta Williams, who's out walking her dog, says...

Lansing, Mich — A big issue that is facing local governments in Michigan today is how to regulate medical marijuana. This week, Governor Snyder signed a law that leaves it up to local municipalities to regulate the location and number of dispensaries in their communities. So what does that...

Though legal marijuana isn't coming to Idaho anytime soon, legal marijuana is getting closer to the state. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports that the newest Whitman County marijuana store allowed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board plans to set up shop less than one mile from...

Medical marijuana has been legal for a couple of months in Pennsylvania. There's so much talk surrounding it. But the explaining isn't really there. And there's a reason for that - there's still a lot to be decided. So where is the state at this point, and where is it headed? Anna's story...

Medical marijuana has been legal for a couple of months in Pennsylvania. There's so much talk surrounding it. But the explaining isn't really there. And there's a reason for that - there's still a lot to be decided. So where is the state at this point, and where is it headed? Anna's story...

Kalamazoo - Now that the Governor Snyder has signed what he called "landmark" bills to organize the production and distribution of medical marijuana in Michigan, what will that mean locally? Snyder says "This new law will help Michiganders of all ages and with varying medical conditions...

Kalamazoo - Now that the Governor Snyder has signed what he called "landmark" bills to organize the production and distribution of medical marijuana in Michigan, what will that mean locally? Snyder says "This new law will help Michiganders of all ages and with varying medical conditions...

Corinne Malanca credits CBD oil with saving her father's life. Five years ago, Stan Rutner underwent chemotherapy for Stage 4 lung cancer. After treatment, an inoperable brain tumor was found and he fell sick with pneumonia caused by his radiation treatments. Thinking Rutner only had weeks...