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A bill working its way through the New Mexico House that would remove the state ban on industrial hemp has already cleared its first committee hurdle. Passage into law would set the stage to nullify federal prohibition on the plant in practice. Rep. Rick Little (R-Chaparral) introduced House...

Thursday's Community Watch features Dale Jackson, local activist and avid supporter of legalized medical cannabis. Jackson says although Georgia has started strides to provide cannabis oil to people with certain diseases and mental disabilities, his fight isn't over yet. Jackson has been a...

Advocates and lawmakers are skeptical that much more will be done in the state legislature this year to expand access to cannabis oil to treat medical conditions like seizure disorders. "It's only a guess, but probably not," Rep. Emory Dunahoo, R-Gillsville, said. "I hope to see (it) done...

Q: Can smoking of tobacco and cannabis be prohibited in units? This is becoming complicated with cannabis being legalized in some states and the District of Columbia, decriminalized in others and gaining medical status. I have attended meetings for condo associations where this has been...

State lawmakers on Monday offered hope to throngs of veterans who have for years been asking the state to add post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana. The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee unanimously backed the legislative proposal...

Maine on Monday became the eighth U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana use and the state's Republican governor called on lawmakers to approve funds to develop rules to oversee retail sales of the drug. The measure was narrowly approved by voters on Nov. 8 to make it legal for adults...

Sacramento — The future of California's legal marijuana industry is being shaped in a warren of cubicles tucked inside a retired basketball arena, where a garden of paper cannabis leaves sprouts on file cabinets and a burlap sack advertising "USA Home Grown" dangles from a wall. Here, in the...

Augusta, Maine – Marijuana is now legal, so what's next? That question will be answered over the next year in Augusta, where the Legislature and state government have to create all the rules and regulations to manage the growing and sale of the drug. That work began Monday, as the president of...

Minnesota's medical marijuana program needs extra state funding to cover the costs of its patient database and inspections of drug manufacturers, just a few of the regulations that make it one of the most restrictive such laws in the country. It's the latest reminder of the financial...

Sacramento–State officials will likely need to rely on emergency rules, provisional licenses and grace periods to ensure California's recreational marijuana market is up and running by Jan. 1, 2018, the state's lead pot regulator said Monday. Lori Ajax, chief of the Bureau of Medical Cannabis...

Crime statistics from the FBI show that more than 620,000 Americans were arrested in 2014 for possession of marijuana. That works out to nearly 1,700 arrests every day – more than one every minute. New York City spent more than $75 million in 2010 to arrest and incarcerate individuals just...

State College – A group with ties to State College and Colorado has asked the borough council to support its application to bring a medical marijuana business to town. It is the first such inquiry the borough has received since the state enacted a law last year legalizing medical marijuana...

The three state agencies that share oversight of marijuana production in Oregon made a public request Thursday for information on growers' use of two common pesticides. The aim, according to spokespeople at two of those agencies, is to gather information on what practices work best to keep...

I finally escaped Washington, D.C., last month, arriving by car with my girlfriend as new residents of Seattle early this month. I've welcomed most of the changes I've seen here–apart from the Lenin Statue near our apartment. The traffic is lighter. The food is better. The people are nicer...

Phoenix, Ariz. — A bill introduced in the Arizona Senate would remove the state ban on industrial hemp, setting the stage to nullify federal prohibition on the plant in practice. Sen. Sonny Borrelli (R-Lake Havasu City) introduced Senate Bill 1045 (SB1045) on Jan. 10. The legislation would...

YES Paul J. Donato State representative, Medford Democrat, House Second Assistant Majority Leader The vote to delay implementation of the retail sale of recreational marijuana sales for six months was not an attempt to dismantle the will of the electorate, but to allow us to put in...

Guilford, Conn. — Approving the use of recreational marijuana has been an ongoing debate in Connecticut in recent years. A community forum is scheduled for Wednesday night at the Guilford Community Center to discuss that very topic. Public health experts and state legislators will be on hand...

A new Georgia bill calls for a statewide vote on legalizing the production and sale of medicinal marijuana, according to the Associated Press. The bill, H.R. 36, would set up a referendum for the November 2018 midterm election and give voters the opportunity to allow cultivation in the state...

A bill to decriminalize marijuana is under discussion in the North Dakota legislature. Republican State Representative Rick Becker of Bismarck introduced the bill to help cut state spending. Bill 1340 is not set up to fully legalize marijuana. Instead, this would make penalties for...

Debates have begun to put voter-approved medical pot into state law and patients' hands. State senators and officials with the Florida Department of Health have rolled out their initial plans to enact Amendment 2, which was supported by 71 percent of voters in November, and House leaders are...