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Back in October the Shasta County Planning Commission decided to ban commercial cannabis in "unincorporated areas." This follows a similar stance against marijuana that was passed nearly six-years ago when the planning commission banned medical dispensaries. During that meeting a handful...

A ban on recreational marijuana is the modern-day Prohibition, according to advocates who want the drug to be as mainstream as alcohol is for adults. And that's unlikely to change anytime soon. Michigan voters could soon make their state the ninth place to legalize recreational marijuana–or...

The group behind the latest effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan says it has enough signatures to make the 2018 ballot, but has to clear a fundraising hurdle before submitting them to the state. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol owes about $30,000 to National...

Backers of a ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan are approaching a milestone. Organizers say hundreds of petition circulators have been busy during the Labor Day holiday weekend collecting signatures. Josh Hovey is the spokesman for the Coalition to Regulate...

Voters in Michigan could see marijuana legislation on the ballot in 2018. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol says it's close to having enough petition signatures to get on the ballot in November 2018. They say they have passed 200,000 signatures of the 252,523 needed. In...

Efforts to put a medical cannabis initiative on the voting ballot reached a new milestone Thursday when Lt. Governor Spencer Cox granted approval to the Utah Patients Coalition to begin gathering petition signatures. "Now the real work begins," said DJ Schanz, co-director of the...

The latest effort to let Michigan voters decide whether marijuana should be legalized is running ahead of schedule, according to organizers, with more than 100,000 signatures gathered so far to put the issue on the November ballot. A similar effort was derailed last year when proponents failed...

After a flubbed effort last year, supporters of marijuana legalization in Michigan can celebrate reaching a milestone at a posh $250-a-plate fund-raiser Thursday night. Their new petition drive has gathered 100,000 signatures in just six weeks, putting the campaign well ahead of schedule and...

Organizers of a Michigan petition drive to legalize recreational use of marijuana say they're ahead of schedule to get the required number of signatures by the Nov. 22 deadline. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has collected more than 100,000 signatures in less than seven weeks...

A few weeks ago, Clark Caras stood up in front of thousands of Utah GOP state delegates and asked them to pass a resolution in support of medical marijuana. Caras recently lost a family member he was close to, who died of cancer, and believes access to the plant would have greatly improved...

Marijuana advocates are hoping for plenty of ink on their medical marijuana petition Saturday during Moscow Hemp Fest. The 21st annual Moscow Hemp Fest at East City Park will feature speakers, live music and vendors, but there will also be an area of the park where visitors can sign a petition...

Kansas City, Mo. - Voters in Missouri will have the opportunity to put a marijuana legalization question on a future ballot. The potential question would be for both medical and recreational use. Secretary of State Jason Kander approved the petition, and now supporters need to gather...

Calaveras County Elections officials this week began an initial count of signatures submitted in support of a ballot measure that seeks to ban commercial cannabis cultivation. Elections Coordinator Robin Glanville said that next week, staff members will begin verifying a sample of 500...

MILegalize, the group attempting to bring a vote on recreational marijuana use in Michigan, has filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to put the issue on the 2018 ballot. The group is arguing the 345,000 petition signatures they turned in this year are valid, and they were...

Notwithstanding the fascist buffoon elected to the White House, 2016 will be remembered as the year Americans flipped their country green. On November 8, voters in seven states slapped cannabis prohibition into the waste bin of history, pushing the total number of states with some form of legal...

Little Rock, Ark. - The group behind a medical marijuana proposal disqualified from Arkansas' ballot is urging its supporters to back both legalization measures next month. Arkansans for Compassionate Care said Thursday it'll fight the decision by the state Supreme Court to disqualify Issue 7...

Little Rock, Ark. - The group behind a medical marijuana proposal disqualified from Arkansas' ballot is urging its supporters to back both legalization measures next month. Arkansans for Compassionate Care said Thursday it'll fight the decision by the state Supreme Court to disqualify Issue 7...

No medical cannabis for Missouri this year, polling looks good for the Florida initiative and tense for competing Arkansas initiatives, Colorado moves toward adding PTSD as a qualifying condition, and more. Arkansas Last Thursday, the state's highest court threw out a challenge to a medical...

No medical marijuana for Missouri this year, polling looks good for the Florida initiative and tense for competing Arkansas initiatives, Colorado moves toward adding PTSD as a qualifying condition, and more. Arkansas Last Thursday, the state's highest court threw out a challenge to a...

No medical marijuana for Missouri this year, polling looks good for the Florida initiative and tense for competing Arkansas initiatives, Colorado moves toward adding PTSD as a qualifying condition, and more. Arkansas Last Thursday, the state's highest court threw out a challenge to a...