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A bill recently signed by Washington Gov. Gov. Jay Inslee removed industrial hemp from the states controlled substance list, authorizing hemp production despite federal prohibition. But at least one state agency refuses to go down without a fight and essentially wants to help attorney general...

Arizona is on the verge of authorizing its farmers to start growing hemp. But how quickly fields of the relative of the better-known marijuana plant will start springing up around the state remains unclear. Without dissent, the House gave preliminary approval Monday to SB 1337 which directs...

Public opinion on marijuana legalization has shifted. A majority of Philadelphians are looking to legalize marijuana, according to reports from the Philadelphia Inquirer. A Franklin and Marshall Poll that was released Thursday shows a shift in public opinion over recreational use of the drug...

Today, the Vermont House gave final approval to a bill that would legalize possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana. If signed by Gov. Phil Scott the legislation would help further nullify the unconstitutional federal prohibition on cannabis in the state. Senate Bill 22 (S,22)...

Oregon is sitting on millions of dollars generated from legal pot sales, with its booming marijuana industry having grossed nearly $75 million since the start of 2016. However, none of the entities that were supposed to receive funding under the marijuana law have seen a dime since the state...

The three California agencies that will regulate the state medical-marijuana industry released their proposed rules for the state system recently, and it appears some of the proposed regulations will conflict with existing Riverside County ordinances. Counties may enact laws that modify or...

Las Vegas has long been known as a town for getting a little wild. Now, you can add legally buying and smoking marijuana to its list of recreational activities. Nevada’s Tax Commission on Monday approved a set of temporary regulations allowing the state to issue recreational marijuana licenses...

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal approved an expansion of the state's medical marijuana program on Tuesday, allowing people being treated for six additional medical conditions to possess cannabis oil. The new qualifying conditions include autism, AIDS, Tourette's syndrome, and Alzheimer's disease...

Florida's medical marijuana bill turned into a real buzz kill. Voters proved to be way more enthusiastic at the idea of medical marijuana than their representatives, who struggled and ultimately failed, to agree on what turned out to be a complicated bill in the just-ended legislative session...

Marijuana dispensaries may start selling recreational weed within Nevada as soon as July 1, the state tax board voted Monday, six months earlier than previously expected. While Nevadans voted last November in favor of legalizing marijuana, lawmakers aren’t expected to draft rules governing the...

Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law Tuesday a measure that expands the state's medical marijuana program. Senate Bill 16 makes six more conditions eligible for treatment with a limited form of cannabis oil allowed in Georgia: AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, autism, epidermolysis bullosa, peripheral...

The state Senate has voted to allow Illinois farmers to grow industrial hemp. The legislation now awaits a vote in the House. Illinois Stewardship Alliance and Illinois Farmers Union initiated the bill and collaborated with the Illinois Environmental Council and Illinois Farm Bureau in a...

Retail sales of marijuana may still be a year away, but cannabis-related cash is already flowing at the Maine State House as businesses jockey to influence the policies that will govern the lucrative recreational market. Between Dec. 1 and March 31, clients paid lobbyists more than $140,000...

Marijuana proponents on Friday launched a 2018 ballot drive to make Michigan the ninth state to legalize the recreational use of the drug and the first in the Midwest to do so. The initiative has the backing of state-based marijuana advocacy groups and a key national lobbying organization, which...

A medical marijuana company has approached Bangor Township about investing $21 million to purchase and convert an old factory building into a grow and distribution facility. But before the controversial industry comes to town, the township's board of trustees needs to throw its support behind...

Dispensaries sell a dizzying array of dried bud, potent extracts and colourful edibles. Licensed grow-ops are filled with hundreds of fragrant plants. Head shops sit packed with elaborate pipes and vaporizers. The number of Denver businesses that produce and sell marijuana, or supply pot...

Just before Olympia's regular session ended, a huge "omnibus bill" of pot laws quietly passed the legislature. The bill tackles a ton of legal issues, and it is now sitting on the governor's desk waiting for a signature. Governor Jay Inslee has 20 days to sign it, though his office declined to...

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission has paid $150,000 of the $2.6 million tab it rung up while scrambling to review a crush of applications to grow, process and dispense the drug. A state audit released this week found the commission also circumvented state procurement safeguards...

Is 18 years in prison without the possibility of parole too harsh for a man arrested with 18 grams of marijuana? The Louisiana Supreme Court's chief justice thinks so, and she blasted her colleagues for upholding the punishment. In a withering dissent Wednesday, Chief Justice Bernette Johnson...

Marijuana proponents on Friday launched a 2018 ballot drive to make Michigan the ninth state to legalize the recreational use of the drug and the first in the Midwest to do so. The initiative has the backing of state-based marijuana advocacy groups and a key national lobbying organization...