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The Michigan House gave final approval to bills Wednesday that would further regulate medical marijuana nearly eight years after voters first authorized it. Governor Rick Snyder is expected to sign the package of bill as early as today. The main legislation consisted of imposing a new tax...

"To say that medical marijuana is legal in the state of Ohio is not really a true sentence," Nicole Scholten said. "To say that the first steps of the law take effect today is a true statement." As of Thursday, September 8, 2016, Ohio became the 25th state to make marijuana legal for certain...

"To say that medical marijuana is legal in the state of Ohio is not really a true sentence," Nicole Scholten said. "To say that the first steps of the law take effect today is a true statement." As of Thursday, September 8, 2016, Ohio became the 25th state to make marijuana legal for certain...

If you probe why the polls show a majority of California voters support a statewide effort to legalize recreational marijuana, increased tax revenue inevitably comes up. UC Irvine student Giovanni Chavez, like many backers of legalized pot, says he's primarily concerned about personal liberty...

Lansing, MI - The Michigan House gave final approval to bills Wednesday that would further regulate medical marijuana nearly eight years after its use was first authorized by voters. The main legislation, which passed 83-22, would impose a new tax and establish a state licensing system to...

Lansing, MI - The Michigan House gave final approval to bills Wednesday that would further regulate medical marijuana nearly eight years after its use was first authorized by voters. The main legislation, which passed 83-22, would impose a new tax and establish a state licensing system to...

Alaska's top marijuana regulator said Wednesday that pot will be on sale by February. But industry advocates expressed frustration it's taken nearly two years since voters approved the sales. And legislators said they'd like to see the state allow marijuana consumption in private clubs. Some...

Nurse practitioners would be allowed to certify patients for medical marijuana and dispensaries would be allowed to post product prices on their websites, under new regulations proposed by the Department of Public Health. The changes, according to state health officials, build off of lessons...

Nurse practitioners would be allowed to certify patients for medical marijuana and dispensaries would be allowed to post product prices on their websites, under new regulations proposed by the Department of Public Health. The changes, according to state health officials, build off of lessons...

8 years ago, Michigan voters made medical marijuana legal. Wednesday, the Legislature finally passed bills that detail how it can be grown, bought, sold, and even consumed. "I'm grateful that the Legislature has finally given us some meat on the bones, what we had was a skeleton of a law...

8 years ago, Michigan voters made medical marijuana legal. Wednesday, the Legislature finally passed bills that detail how it can be grown, bought, sold, and even consumed. "I'm grateful that the Legislature has finally given us some meat on the bones, what we had was a skeleton of a law...

Cannabis has been used as a medicinal herb for thousands of years, even before Jesus Christ walked the earth, according to evidence from ancient civilizations in China, India and Egypt. The first clinical conference to discuss cannabis tinctures was held in 1860 by the Ohio State Medical...

Cannabis has been used as a medicinal herb for thousands of years, even before Jesus Christ walked the earth, according to evidence from ancient civilizations in China, India and Egypt. The first clinical conference to discuss cannabis tinctures was held in 1860 by the Ohio State Medical...

If it's legal to smoke weed with your friends in two years, you can thank Silicon Valley tech money, Colorado and the emerging cannabis industry. An organized and well-funded alliance is behind Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, with proponents outspending opponents 70-to-1 in an...

After a string of setbacks in state courts - including a refusal to hear their case by the Michigan Supreme Court earlier this week - marijuana activists turned to federal court as they continue battling to put a legalization question before Michigan voters this fall. On Friday, lawyers with...

It could be years before patients can buy medical marijuana in Philadelphia, and even longer before the city sees a dime in economic benefits. Even so, Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Public Health and Human Services heard testimony Friday around what Pennsylvania's new medical...

It could be years before patients can buy medical marijuana in Philadelphia, and even longer before the city sees a dime in economic benefits. Even so, Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Public Health and Human Services heard testimony Friday around what Pennsylvania's new medical...

Albuquerque, N.M. - The state's largest medical marijuana grower could be in jeopardy of losing its license after it was booted from the New Mexico State Fair. When you think of the New Mexico State Fair, you think of the rides, and the food, but on the first day of this year's fair, the...

Albuquerque, N.M. - The state's largest medical marijuana grower could be in jeopardy of losing its license after it was booted from the New Mexico State Fair. When you think of the New Mexico State Fair, you think of the rides, and the food, but on the first day of this year's fair, the...

Little Rock, Ark. - Republicans control all of Arkansas' statewide offices, hold a majority in both chambers of the Legislature and are nearly assured of winning the state's six electoral votes in the presidential election. But this deeply red state could be on the verge of an unusually...