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In a special legislative session June 23, Gov. Rick Scott approved a bill that effectively puts into action a state constitutional amendment approving medical marijuana passed by voters in 2016. The measure expands the list of debilitating conditions that could make patients eligible to receive...

Veterans groups are pressing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow those with post-traumatic stress disorder to use medical marijuana, urging him to sign a bill that will soon head to his desk. The state Senate voted late last month to add PTSD to the list of illnesses and ailments eligible for the...

Ohio has received 185 applications to grow marijuana in the state's fledgling medical marijuana program. The state deadline to apply for 24 grow licenses was Friday, more than a year after Gov. John Kasich signed Ohio's medical marijuana law. Other businesses are preparing to apply for...

Nevada has become the fifth state to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana, but a battle with state liquor distributors could cause some stores to run out of pot. The new marijuana law, implemented on Saturday, contains a requirement that only Nevada's alcohol distributors can legally...

Walk into a medical marijuana dispensary in New Jersey and the first thing to hit you is the stink. Weed's scent is a sour blast that seems to reek of citrus, diesel, and skunk. At the Garden State Dispensary in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, charcoal air purifiers – encased in gleaming steel...

Recreational marijuana sales have exceeded the expectations of Las Vegas area store owners, who have seen long lines outside their dispensaries since Saturday, when Nevada became the fifth state with shops selling pot to the public. That move jumpstarted a market projected to be fueled by the...

Recreational marijuana sales have exceeded the expectations of Las Vegas area store owners, who have seen long lines outside their dispensaries since Saturday, when Nevada became the fifth state with shops selling pot to the public. That move jumpstarted a market projected to be fueled by the...

If you're ready to get a medical marijuana card, we know a big question you're wondering is how much state-issued "weed cards" cost. The registration process for getting a medical weed card varies from state to state, but they all stipulate that you first get a recommendation to use cannabis as...

A medical marijuana dispensary may open less than two hours from Salt Lake City, but health experts say Utah doctors will not be able to write prescriptions that could be filled there. The city of West Wendover, Nev., is in the process of passing an ordinance that would allow medical...

The building nestled between a car dealership and a strip mall would be nondescript if not for the Kermit green trim. Walk inside and a faint whiff reminiscent of college days tips you off to the real purpose of the facility in Woodbridge Township, N.J. Unlike in a dorm room, there is no smoke...

Fireworks, long lines and even a wedding marked the start of recreational marijuana sales in Nevada. At midnight Saturday, legal pot went on sale -- making Nevada the eighth state to allow the purchase of marijuana in dispensaries. Nevada's law lets adults 21 and older to possess up to an...

Starting Saturday, gas in South Carolina will cost more, but a state employee's take home-pay will be less. Those are just two of the better-known changes to S.C. law passed by the Legislature this year. But lawmakers made other changes that soon will affect your life or already may have...

Adults who are at least 21 years old can now legally purchase recreational marijuana from select retail shops in Nevada. Sales began just after midnight on Saturday. There are a total of 44 licensed dispensaries around the state open for business so far, according to the Nevada Department of...

A sense of jubilee was in the air midnight Saturday at Nevada marijuana dispensaries, and so too was the occasional whiff of the state's newest cash crop. Hundreds of Nevadans stood in line, waiting for the doors to open to two marijuana dispensaries in Reno -- Blüm and Sierra Wellness...

In its most recent session Wyoming legislators approved the growing of industrial hemp, initially in trial plots under the auspices of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Now it's time for the regulatory bureaucracy to allow Wyoming to reap the benefits. The WDA is charged with issuing...

Medical Marijuana Update An initiative campaign is getting underway in Utah, Florida's governor signs medical marijuana implementation into law, and more. Arkansas Monday, the state announced it will begin accepting medical marijuana applications this week. The state Medical Marijuana...

At the stroke of midnight, Nevada will become the fifth state in the country to allow customers to purchase marijuana for recreational use. About 40 dispensaries that currently sell medical marijuana have received permission to sell pot to adults over the age of 21 beginning Saturday, and a...

Georgia State Representative Allen Peake is questioning the state's laws governing the use of cannabis oil to assist families of children with medical conditions. For thousands of Georgia families, the oil is truly life-saving. CBS46 has done stories in the past highlighting the use of...

Efforts to rewrite the Massachusetts marijuana laws hit a pothole Thursday night. Around 9 p.m., lawmakers at the State House headed home without a compromise bill to place on Gov. Charlie Baker's desk. "We haven't filed a bill yet, that you can see," said state Sen. William Brownsberger...

Nevada can finally take back its reputation of most sinful state from Colorado when adult use marijuana sales will be legal as of July 1. Sales will begin at midnight on Friday. Adults over the age of 21 with legal identification will be allowed to purchase up to one ounce of marijuana or...