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Medical marijuana supporters in Utah received a go-ahead from state election officials Thursday to start gathering signatures needed to qualify the measure for the November 2018 ballot. Utah Patients Coalition officials said they will begin collecting signatures next week – with a stated goal...

From giant pumpkins to industrial hemp and donut hamburgers, when the Kentucky State Fair opens next week eyes focus on a wide variety of topics from the traditional to things some may find controversial or even downright bizarre. But each topic is finding itself as a key aspect of an...

Medical marijuana users in Morro Bay soon may have two locations to buy pot in town, but the city was not so accommodating for those who want to get high just for fun. Under the gun to have local rules on the books before the state begins issuing marijuana business licenses in January, the City...

With thousands of jobs and billions of dollars at stake, it’s a burning question: Is Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions preparing to mess with voter-approved sales of recreational marijuana? It’s a question of prime importance in six Western and two New England states that have legalized marijuana use...

Marijuana is legal in Massachusetts, driving while high on the substance is not. That's the message from state public safety officials, who are running ads as part of an awareness campaign months after voters broadly legalized the use of recreational marijuana in the Bay State. "Drive...

Further spurred by the recently enacted Prop 64 legalizing recreational marijuana State Treasurer John Chiang is convening the final in a series of events geared to enable the cannabis industry to do its banking publicly. Scheduled for tomorrow in Los Angeles is the last of six meetings that...

North Dakota health officials are gauging interest among laboratories in the state in testing medical marijuana. The state Health Department is seeking non-binding letters of intent from laboratories by the close of business on Aug. 25. The agency is establishing a system for making...

2018 looks to turn the Golden State into the greenest territory on the west coast. After the legalization of marijuana — thanks to Prop 64, adult Californians will be able to buy, grow and sell pot recreationally. This game changer will have a dramatic affect on the states economy; and the...

Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam has submitted a letter to the Virginia State Crime Commission on Monday calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. In the letter, Northam says Virginia's marijuana enforcement and sentencing laws are costly and "disproportionately harmful to communities...

At least one Ohio public college is willing to test medical marijuana for quality purposes, a company recently announced in an effort to snuff concerns that a lack of labs could delay the entire program. CCV Research would not name the college, but announced that it meets the requirements in...

The Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against two people — an Argus man and a Florida resident — accused of trying to buy over 35 pounds of marijuana and marijuana-related concoctions worth an estimated $75,000. Richard A. McCalvin, 42, Argos, and John R. McCalvin, 65, of...

A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers joined legislators from across the country on Monday in calling for the federal government to reclassify marijuana so it's no longer a Schedule 1 drug. If the federal government were to heed the request, it could ease restrictions on cannabis research...

One big question marijuana entrepreneurs will face in states like Massachusetts is whether federal agents will crack down on the state-sanctioned business, which is still illegal under federal law. At a gathering of policymakers from around the country on Monday, a lawmaker from Washington...

Ohio is moving ahead with rules for growing, processing and selling medical marijuana, but the job of testing the product for public consumption remains up in the air. The state law, which went into affect last September, requires an Ohio college or university to test marijuana for "potency...

Jon Sahlberg's mind was on his van full of weed when the Washington State Patrol pulled him over for a busted taillight near Ritzville. "I was like, 'Oh God, I don't know how this is going to go,' " the former FedEx delivery man-turned-marijuana transporter said. The back of his...

Maine State Police want more resources to train officers and to fight the flow of black market marijuana in Maine, but are not pushing for a cannabis blood-level threshold to help prove suspected impaired driving. As lawmakers continue working on the complexities of legalizing marijuana in...

A Northeast Ohio-based company announced Friday it will partner with a state school to test medical marijuana, the first indication any institution might participate in the program. CCV Research CEO Jonathan Cachat said his company reached an agreement with a qualifying public institution of...

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says he's disappointed with a letter from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the state's efforts to regulate marijuana. In a letter dated July 24, Sessions pointed out to Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee that a 2013 Justice Department memo...

A New Jersey-based nonprofit organization was quietly selected earlier this year to run New Castle County's second medical marijuana growing and dispensary operation without competitive bidding, state and organization leaders confirmed Wednesday. Compassionate Care Research Institute, whose...

A vacant industrial site in the town of Geddes may become home to Onondaga County's first medical marijuana growing operation. Terradiol New York, a Syracuse company authorized this week by the state to grow marijuana in Onondaga County, won't say where it will locate its proposed plant...