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California released long-awaited rules Thursday that will govern the state's emerging legal marijuana industry, while potentially opening the way for larger-scale cultivation that some fear could strangle small-farm growers. The thicket of emergency regulations will allow the state to begin...

Cannabis businesses in California can't be within 600 feet of schools. Shops have to close by 10 p.m., and they need 24-hour video surveillance. Those regulations are in the new rule book for California's cannabis industry, which state regulators released Thursday. That gives new and...

New Jersey may have decided more than just the governor's race in the election held this month. They have put the Garden State on the path to becoming the eighth U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales. As pointed out last month, a vote for Democrat Phil Murphy meant a vote for...

Michigan residents who want to get into the medical marijuana business had their last shot at a training session Wednesday. State employees took people step by step through the application process. They also explained the monitoring system for tracking marijuana from seed-to-sale. David Harns...

Brenda Lutz ran a medical marijuana provisioning center in Jackson but shuttered it in late September after the Jackson Narcotics Enforcement Team asked her to close. Commercial marijuana establishments like Lutz's have been operating in a gray area since Michigan voters approved a medical...

The State of Illinois may be among one of the next states to legalize recreational marijuana, according to a study by financial news company. 24/7 Wall St. recently published a report ranking Illinois as one of "the next 15 states to legalize marijuana," reporting that "few states seem as...

Obama-era guidance that allows states to legalize marijuana without federal interference remains in effect, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday during a congressional hearing. He also conceded that cannabis is not as dangerous as heroin and that a current budget rider prevents...

A record high 64% of Americans support legalizing marijuana for recreational use, according to a 2017 Gallup Poll. Support for legalization is rooted in changing perceptions of the drug’s potential harm, as well as the prospect of hundreds of millions of dollars in marijuana sales and excise tax...

A year ago, voters made Massachusetts one of eight states (plus D.C.) to legalize recreational marijuana. For all its predecessors, the prospect of legal marijuana for both medical and recreational use has meant increased tax revenue, new jobs, and a reduction in black market sales...

Much has been made about the change in attitude toward marijuana legalization across the United States over the past decade. Surveys now find a majority of Americans favor legalizing the once-demonized plant. However, it doesn't take a cynic to see there is another motivator behind legalizing...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sign a bipartisan bill to add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition for New York's medical marijuana program, he announced on Saturday — Veterans Day. The Senate passed S 5629 in June (50-13), and the Assembly version, A 7006...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that he will sign legislation adding post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of eligible conditions in the state's medical marijuana program. "Many of our veterans are suffering from PTSD and the medical community has determined that (medical...

Looks like legal weed is already sprouting new state job opportunities in Massachusetts. The Bay State plans to hire a cannabis inspector to work in its Department of Agricultural Resources. The November 3 job posting is open until the position is filled, but those applying in the first 14...

Marijuana remains illegal at a federal level, is classified as a Schedule I drug, and is still seen as a "life-wrecking" substance by the country's attorney general. But cannabis advocates made enormous strides in elections across the country this week. By Wednesday, it became clear that, just...

Facing uncertainty amongst itself and from regulation at the state level, Kalamazoo Township held off on a decision to allow medical marijuana facilities to open. New state laws regulating five types of medical marijuana facilities licenses prompted communities across Michigan to decide how...

More than 4,000 people have registered with the state to try to get medical marijuana for themselves or a loved one, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday. The state just launched the registry for prospective medical marijuana patients a week ago. "Since I signed medical marijuana into law in...

California Treasurer John Chiang wants the state to consider creating a government-owned bank that could serve cannabis businesses, one of several recommendations aimed at helping bring those businesses into the financial mainstream. The recommendations, the product of a year of meetings of a...

Phil Murphy's victory in New Jersey's gubernatorial race on Tuesday means Democrats now control the state government, from the legislature to the governor's mansion. And that's good news for one policy issue: marijuana legalization . Murphy ran on legalizing marijuana – not just for medical...

A bill that would legalize industrial hemp farming in Wisconsin is sailing through the legislature with little resistance. On Tuesday, the state Senate voted unanimously to approve the measure, which would create a state registration process for hemp growth as a commodity. Under the...

Roughly 18,000, that's the number of Rhode Islanders currently enrolled in the state's medical marijuana program. Members of a new recreational marijuana study commission got an update on that program Tuesday, as they consider whether the state should legalize recreational pot. This was the...