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A state-run survey of 37,000 middle and high school students in Washington state finds that marijuana legalization there has had no effect on youngsters' propensity to use the drug. The Washington State Healthy Youth Survey found that the 2016 rate of marijuana use was basically unchanged...

A North Las Vegas Democrat has introduced a bill in the Nevada Senate that would allow medical marijuana users to possess a firearm and obtain a carry permit. As part of a bevy of legislation in the state Senate addressing medical marijuana reform introduced this session, one measure would help...

Little Rock, Ark. -- A push is on at the state legislature to legalize an industrial cousin to the marijuana plant that proponents say could be a huge benefit to the state's economy. Hemp can be used to make everything from biofuels to clothing. It's been illegal in Arkansas since the 1930's...

State College - A few years ago, the federal government changed its regulations that allowed people to do research on industrial hemp. The state passed legislation last year that made that possible in Pennsylvania. On Friday, the Department of Agriculture announced that 16 teams from...

Two years ago, State Rep. Jeremy Faison, R-Cosby, spearheaded legislation that led to the legalization of prescription cannabis oil in Tennessee. Now the legislator, who represents Cocke County and a portion of Greene County, is setting his sites on the legalization of medical marijuana in...

The Boothbay Planning Board tabled a change of use request March 15 for a Wiscasset Road property over a disagreement about the application's intent. Medical marijuana caregivers Darrell Gudroe and Jan Martin, both of Boothbay, submitted an application for a marijuana-growing and retail space...

A legislative battle over recreational marijuana could be on the way in Boston, with public hearings poised to begin. State lawmakers are set on holding hearings, starting next week, to address possible tweaks to the recreational cannabis law approved by Massachusetts voters in November, a move...

Lawmakers appear to have reached a compromise Thursday that would expand Georgia's medical marijuana law. The agreement over Senate Bill 16 would add six illnesses and conditions eligible for treatment with medical marijuana in Georgia to include Alzheimer's disease, AIDS, autism...

Hilo – A bill to replace the term "medical marijuana" with "medical cannabis" in state law is moving through the Legislature, though most other marijuana-related measures have died. Senate Bill 786, introduced by state Sen. Mike Gabbard, D-Oahu, says the word "marijuana" originated as a "slang...

Colorado livestock could be eating hemp under a bill that awaits the governor's signature. The state House voted 63-0 Friday to direct the Colorado Department of Agriculture to study the feasibility of allowing farmers to use hemp in animal feed. Currently the practice is forbidden. Hemp...

Concord, N.H. — On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would decriminalize marijuana possession in the state. Passage into law would take a step toward further nullifying federal cannabis prohibition in practice in the state. Along with 11 bipartisan co-sponsors, Rep. Robert...

"On February 23, Press Secretary Sean Spicer indicated the Department of Justice might begin "greater enforcement" of federal law in states that have legalized marijuana. But during the campaign President Trump repeatedly pledged that if elected the federal government would respect the rights of...

The state Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill legalizing possession, with a doctor's approval, of CBD oil, a marijuana extract used to treat seizures that does not produce a high. The vote sends the bill, which already passed the state Senate, to the desk of Gov. Scott Walker...

In the 28 states and the District of Columbia where marijuana use either for medical or recreational purposes is legal, state tax collections on legal retail sales is expected to reach $2.3 billion by 2020. That's growth of more than three times expected 2017 tax collections of around $745...

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, including Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Cory Booker...

The National Indian Cannabis Coalition (NICC), the only tribal advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring tribal entities have the opportunity to participate in the regulated cannabis and hemp markets, expressed concern with the circumstances surrounding the Cannabis Cup. The event, scheduled...

Did you realize that only 38 percent of Americans now live in a state where seriously ill patients are considered criminals if they use medical cannabis, even if their doctors say it is the only thing that can provide relief? Unfortunately, that includes all the residents of South Carolina...

Augusta — Lawmakers heard hours of testimony on Tuesday about the economic opportunities, enforcement challenges and regulatory headaches posed by recreational marijuana as the state slowly moves toward legalizing retail sales of the drug. While marijuana became legal for Mainers age 21 and...

Georgia lawmakers are working on bills that would open the state's medical cannabis registry to more patients, but folks who have post-traumatic stress disorder might not make the list. A key state House committee has endorsed letting people join the registry if they have AIDS or HIV...

Buying medical marijuana in Ohio will require a knowledge of THC content, not just how many ounces of plant material or edibles are on the scale. Proposed rules outlined Thursday by the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy would make Ohio the only state to determine how much medical marijuana can be...