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A Nevada judge says he expects to decide Tuesday whether the state can move forward with plans for medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling pot for recreational use for the first time on July 1. Lawyers for the liquor industry and the Nevada Department of Taxation argued at a daylong...

The bill is being sponsored by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Endwell, Broome County, and Sen. Thomas O'Mara, R-Big Flats, Chemung County, who have pushed hemp as a potential cash crop for Southern Tier. ‎"Industrial hemp has proven its potential, especially in the Southern Tier, and this...

July 17 is the target date for Maui Grown Therapies to begin selling medical marijuana by appointment only to registered patients, pending certification of a testing lab in Hawaii and other state Department of Health approvals, a spokeswoman said Friday. "It's very exciting for us, and we're...

A complete list of companies that want to grow and process medical marijuana in Pennsylvania was released Friday by the state Department of Health. If all goes as planned, the state will award 12 of the coveted growing permits by the end of June. An announcement of the winners could come as...

Nine months after Oregon issued the toughest rules in the nation to keep pesticide-tainted marijuana off store shelves, the state acknowledges that some contaminated products continue to reach consumers. The admission underscores the tricky work of effectively regulating a plant long tied to...

The federal government's top attorney wants the freedom to prosecute states – such as Iowa – with medical marijuana programs, a letter made public last week shows. But Iowa officials insist the state's newly expanded program, which includes the chance for two businesses to grow and sell...

Nevada voters legalized recreational marijuana in November, and officials are trying to put rules in place to start selling it on July 1. It would be the shortest turnaround from legalization to the launch of sales in any of the other seven states and District of Columbia where recreational...

If you lined up every person who had been arrested on marijuana charges in the Garden State since 2000, according to a new report from the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, they would stretch the entire length of the New Jersey Turnpike -- and into Maryland. The advocacy...

Nevada voters legalized recreational marijuana in November, and officials are trying to put rules in place to start selling it on July 1. It would be the shortest turnaround from legalization to the launch of sales in any of the other seven states and District of Columbia where recreational...

There are articles being written around the country about the utilization of medical cannabis as an effective treatment for chronic pain and a broad range of other health problems. I have been clipping these articles and saving them, for I think it is important that we support medical...

California would set standards for organic marijuana, allow pot samples at county fairs and permit home deliveries under legislation set to be considered by lawmakers Thursday as the state prepares for next year's start of legal marijuana sales. Lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown's administration...

As early as January 2018, California will become the latest — and by far the biggest — state to allow the sale of legal adult-use marijuana. At 39 million people, one-in-eight Americans lives in California. If separated from the United States, the Golden State has the sixth largest economy in...

A request to Congress by Attorney General Jeff Sessions for authority to prosecute state medical marijuana providers is raising alarm in Maine's medical marijuana community, with one leader calling the potential move "downright frightening" for the tens of thousands of medical cannabis patients...

An overflow crowd at the Coldwater Township Hall told a township committee looking into a state law on medical marijuana Tuesday night they want no part of it in their community. The third information gathering meeting for the committee lasted for over three hours. It included some emotional...

Since moving to my firm’s Los Angeles office, I’ve been getting calls nearly non-stop from people looking to take advantage of California’s soon-to-be regulated medical cannabis marketplace under the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MCRSA“). These callers are already behind when it...

High-level state officials met recently with the U.S. attorney for Oregon to defend the state's efforts to regulate marijuana in a state notorious for black market trafficking. The session, disclosed publicly Monday, took place as the Trump administration re-examines the federal government's...

California is on the verge of creating a legal market for marijuana worth more than $5 billion that will help make the state a destination for pot-loving tourists, according to a new state-sponsored economic study. But about 29 percent of all cannabis consumers may stay in the illegal market...

With little more than a week left in the legislative session, some state lawmakers and community advocates are renewing the push for legalized recreational marijuana in New York state. State Sen. Liz Krueger and Assembly member Crystal Peoples-Stokes are joining with advocates organized by the...

Janis Holloway talks a lot about marijuana these days. And pretty soon Holloway, who holds a degree in biology and runs her own marketing company, hopes to be selling more of it than anyone else in the city. "This opportunity with marijuana coming to the state of Pennsylvania at this point...

Driven by concerns over marijuana marketing to teens, state lawmakers are weighing strict rules for recreational pot advertising, but entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of legal weed say that would block them from selling their products. A voter-approved law allows adults 21 and older to...