state

Springfield, Ill. - Medical marijuana sales reached more than $3.8 million last month at licensed dispensaries throughout Illinois. The state released new monthly sales figures Wednesday. September's sales figures bring the total retail sales in Illinois to $23.5 million since purchasing...

Springfield, Ill. - Medical marijuana sales reached more than $3.8 million last month at licensed dispensaries throughout Illinois. The state released new monthly sales figures Wednesday. September's sales figures bring the total retail sales in Illinois to $23.5 million since purchasing...

California's Wild West of medical marijuana is about to be tamed, on the eve of a historic vote that could greatly expand recreational use of cannabis. Just as labeling allows consumers to trust the difference in potency between a strawberry-rosé spritzer and 190-proof grain alcohol, new...

California's Wild West of medical marijuana is about to be tamed, on the eve of a historic vote that could greatly expand recreational use of cannabis. Just as labeling allows consumers to trust the difference in potency between a strawberry-rosé spritzer and 190-proof grain alcohol, new...

East Lansing residents can have a say in proposed changes to local marijuana laws at a City Council public hearing on Oct. 11. In 2015, the city charter was amended to allow possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and use for persons older than 21 years of age on private property, but...

Imagine a war that drags on for four decades, costs the American people over a trillion dollars, tears American families apart and makes little to no progress toward the desired outcome. By any measure, that is a failed war. Yet this perfectly describes the war on drugs. Legalizing...

Anchorage, Alaska - Alaska is nearing its first legal sales of marijuana, nearly two years after voters approved the recreational use of pot by adults. Retails stores are being permitted by the state Marijuana Control Board, and just a few hurdles remain until commercial sales begin. The...

Manchester - One of the state representatives caught up in the attorney general's investigation of pot sales at the State House says he plans to file legislation to expand the state's medical marijuana law. Republican state Rep. Joe Lachance of Manchester told investigators he used the...

Manchester - One of the state representatives caught up in the attorney general's investigation of pot sales at the State House says he plans to file legislation to expand the state's medical marijuana law. Republican state Rep. Joe Lachance of Manchester told investigators he used the...

Quincy, Mass. - The medical marijuana dispensary in West Quincy officially opens for business Wednesday, but the facility is taking patients by appointment only for the first two weeks. Donna Rheaume, a spokeswoman for Ermont Inc., the owner of the dispensary at 216 Ricciuti Drive, told the...

Quincy, Mass. - The medical marijuana dispensary in West Quincy officially opens for business Wednesday, but the facility is taking patients by appointment only for the first two weeks. Donna Rheaume, a spokeswoman for Ermont Inc., the owner of the dispensary at 216 Ricciuti Drive, told the...

Though cannabis remains illegal as far as the U.S. federal government is concerned, laws regulating the drug on state and municipal levels have been rapidly evolving over the past several years. Dozens of states have legalized cannabis for limited (typically medicinal) use cases. A few states...

Wilkes-Barre - Hundreds of area residents made their way to Kirby Park on Saturday with a message - "legalize marijuana" - at the third annual Wilkes-Barre Cannabis Freedom Rally. Bob McDonald, a Democratic nominee for the Pennsylvania House of Representative, 120th district, said too many...

As Oregon marks the one-year anniversary of recreational marijuana sales, big questions remain about what the cannabis industry will look like as it evolves and what impact it will have on public health and the economy. But two clear winners already have emerged from Oregon's short experience...

At a shuttered youth detention center, old dormitories now house the marijuana plants that town leaders hope will treat chronic economic downturn. At Vireo Health, the company occupying part of the former Tryon Detention Center in Perth, leaders are optimistic their business can bring a much...

At a shuttered youth detention center, old dormitories now house the marijuana plants that town leaders hope will treat chronic economic downturn. At Vireo Health, the company occupying part of the former Tryon Detention Center in Perth, leaders are optimistic their business can bring a much...

Oregon opened recreational marijuana shops on Saturday, joining the likes of Alaska, Washington, and Colorado: The Oregon Liquor Control Commission announced on Friday it has approved licenses for 26 retailers around the state, meeting a key deadline almost two years after voters passed a...

Columbus, Ohio - Medical marijuana is legal in 25 states, but none currently allow users to bring marijuana across state lines. That could change if a bill introduced last week passes: It would allow those with legal access to medical marijuana in Ohio to bring it into Pennsylvania...

Columbus, Ohio - Medical marijuana is legal in 25 states, but none currently allow users to bring marijuana across state lines. That could change if a bill introduced last week passes: It would allow those with legal access to medical marijuana in Ohio to bring it into Pennsylvania...

Oklahoma City — Supporters of a proposal to legalize use of marijuana for medical purposes got some good news this week, clearing the way for an eventual vote on the statutory ballot initiative. As a ten-day period for challenges to petition signatures ended, no hurdles remained to clear the...