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Advocates for legal marijuana in Illinois may want to look to Massachusetts this fall. Or, as one cannabis industry insider said, they may want to look to Massachusetts' neighbors in about a year. Nick Kovascevich, CEO at the cannabis investing service Kush Bottles, said that if marijuana...

Hemp would be a good replacement crop for tobacco. It has many uses ranging from fiber to fuel to food for both humans and animals. It can be used for construction materials and paper. Hemp from Mike Lewis' farm in Kentucky has been used to make tool handles, textiles and even a U.S. flag...

Motorists from states where marijuana is legal can breathe a bit easier on their next cross-country road trip thanks to a federal appeals court ruling yesterday. In a 2-1 decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled that it's unconstitutional for police to stop vehicles just...

A campaign to put a marijuana-legalization question on Michigan ballots suffered a setback today that could keep the measure off November ballots. The petition campaign called MI Legalize failed to submit enough valid petition signatures, according to a ruling by the Michigan Court of Claims...

Washington state is moving ahead with its plans to allow scientific research of marijuana, sidestepping federal rules that critics say have hampered study of the drug for decades. The state has a new marijuana research license that will allow laboratories to grow marijuana for scientific...

Ephrata — People looking to start a marijuana business in unincorporated Grant County could be caught in a zoning conflict between the state and the county. The Grant County commissioners are not reviewing new recreational or medical marijuana business licenses to see if they comply with...

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - The effort to bring medical marijuana to a vote of the people reached a milestone Tuesday. Oklahoma Secretary of State Chris Benge announced his office completed the counting of signatures for State Question 788. According to a news release, the secretary of state’s...

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - The effort to bring medical marijuana to a vote of the people reached a milestone Tuesday. Oklahoma Secretary of State Chris Benge announced his office completed the counting of signatures for State Question 788. According to a news release, the secretary of state’s...

Albany - Back to school supplies could soon include medical marijuana under a proposal put forward by Gov. Cuomo's administration. Looking at ways to expand New York's fledgling medical cannabis program, the state Health Department wants to give schools a way to "possess, secure, and...

Zanesville - Ohio's new marijuana law goes into effect on Sept. 8, making the state the 25th to legalize it for medical purposes. However, that doesn't mean anyone can casually smoke pot. In fact, smoking marijuana in Ohio will still be illegal. Although Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich...

Zanesville - Ohio's new marijuana law goes into effect on Sept. 8, making the state the 25th to legalize it for medical purposes. However, that doesn't mean anyone can casually smoke pot. In fact, smoking marijuana in Ohio will still be illegal. Although Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich...

Out of respect for federalism and democracy, Congress should end the federal prohibition of marijuana and leave the issue to the states. Half the states have chosen to legalize at least some marijuana use. Ohio is in the process of joining those that allow the drug to be used as medicine. In...

Albany - More than half of patients certified to receive medical marijuana in New York live in New York City or on Long Island, according to a new report. The state Department of Health this week released a legally required report detailing the progress of the state's medical-marijuana...

Albany - More than half of patients certified to receive medical marijuana in New York live in New York City or on Long Island, according to a new report. The state Department of Health this week released a legally required report detailing the progress of the state's medical-marijuana...

A Maine grower has planted the state's first hemp crop, ignoring federal prohibition and taking another step toward effectively nullifying the fed's ban. According to the Portland Press Herald, Steven Zeno planted an acre of hemp in Monmouth last month. He obtained the seed from a food bank...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has "Question 4" on their November ballot which mirrors Nevada's "Question 2" - the commercialization of legalized marijuana in the two states. Both initiatives were drafted and are promoted by the Marijuana Policy Project (Washington, D.C.) and are each locally...

Douglas County officials were among those who testified at the Aug. 17 meeting of the 2016 Interim Study Committee on Cost-benefit Analysis of Legalized Marijuana in Colorado. Committee members are state Reps. Dan Pabon, Jonathan Singer and Yeulin Willett and state Sens. Randy Baumgardner...

Columbus - The state of Ohio agreed today for the first time to put money, $1.8 million, behind its commitment to allow the legal use of marijuana within its borders for medical use only. House Bill 523, signed into law by Gov. John Kasich in June, will take effect on Sept. 8, starting the...

Albany - New York's efforts to develop an industrial hemp industry are getting help from a new state law. Gov. Andrew Cuomo late Friday signed a bill that will let industrial hemp to be sold and transported under an existing pilot program in the state. The measure comes after the 2014 law that...

Ayer - Since Massachusetts approved the sale of marijuana for medical use in November 2012, six dispensaries have opened in Massachusetts. One of them is in Ayer. Central Ave Compassionate Care, Inc., CACCI, founded by Shirley resident John Hillier, opened in November 2015. It was the fourth...