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Washington state's voters approved Initiative 502 in 2012 with the understanding - for those who read the fine print - that no marijuana operation could be set up within 1,000 feet of designated gathering places that cater to minors. A change in state law later allowed local governments to...

The Golden State has been a leader in cannabis culture and policy. California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana 20 years ago. Soon, it could become the fifth and largest state to approve recreational use, with an initiative on the ballot for voters this November. California's...

What counts as 'medical marijuana' varies from state to state - and that's a problem. On April 17, Pennsylvania became the latest state to pass medical marijuana legislation, which will take effect this month. And recently Ohio's House of Representatives has passed a plan to permit medical...

What counts as 'medical marijuana' varies from state to state - and that's a problem. On April 17, Pennsylvania became the latest state to pass medical marijuana legislation, which will take effect this month. And recently Ohio's House of Representatives has passed a plan to permit medical...

In just four months, Nevada voters will head to the polls for the November general election. Along with voting for president and other races, voters will tackle whether or not marijuana should be regulated like alcohol within the state making the use of marijuana legal for adults 21 and over...

Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act established in 2014 is quickly making it's presence felt here in the Bluegrass. That, my friends, is a good thing. The Agricultural Act of 2014 allowed certain states including Kentucky to start farming hemp again after a ban of almost 60 years. While it...

Seattle, Washington - Bainbridge Island author Bruce Barcott was set to vote against legalizing pot in Washington state in 2012. A middle-aged dad, he worried about kids and wasn't that fond of pot's skunky smell. Then a friend poked him in the chest and said Initiative 502 was about more than...

Hello all; I stumbled upon this site while researching led grow lights. I have been using cannabis for 50 years. Mostly smoking and eating but recently vaporizing. I am lucky to live in a legal state. Last year I grew an outrageous crop outdoors. I would like to start a little indoor grow to...

Parkersburg - The half-acre plot of fledgling plants along a hillside at Cedar Lane Farm puts into perspective the return of hemp to West Virginia soil - a resistance-riddled movement struggling to rise out of infancy. Owner Dave Hawkins arrives with a few signs to post around the plot...

The letter from a top Oregon regulator delivered good news: Tisha Siler had won approval of her application for a medical marijuana dispensary license. Siler, a California pot grower, would be a "valuable asset" to Oregon, the letter gushed. There was more. The notice offered, in essence...

Voters on both sides of the state line will have the chance to decide whether recreational marijuana use should be legal for people 21 and over this November. On June 28, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced the Adult Use of Marijuana Act had qualified for the Nov. 8 ballot as...

Harrisburg has become the third city in the state to decriminalize possession of a small amount of marijuana. The capital city's council unanimously voted Tuesday to make possession or usage a summary offense punishable by a $75 fine for first and second offenses, various media outlets...

Colubus, Ohio - Ohio could be the first medical marijuana state to fix the industry's cash-only situation. Half the states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana but the federal government still considers it among the most dangerous drugs. Banks, credit unions and...

Colubus, Ohio - Ohio could be the first medical marijuana state to fix the industry's cash-only situation. Half the states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana but the federal government still considers it among the most dangerous drugs. Banks, credit unions and...

Lawyers for the Florida Department of Health have given a Jacksonville nursery until Monday to take action on an attempt to keep secret a list of investors affiliated with a bid to become one of a handful of medical marijuana operations in the state. The move came after wrangling between...

Dispensaries in Washington state have sold more than $1 billion worth of recreational marijuana since weed was legalized in 2014, a Seattle newspaper reported. Pot shops have sold over $1 billion worth of non-medicinal marijuana since July 2014, in turn generating more than $250 million for...

With several Juneau marijuana businesses at various stages of the permitting process, the local marijuana retail industry could get underway fairly soon. "We're at a point where we're getting very, very close to seeing marijuana on retail shelves in the capital city," Juneau Assemblyman Jesse...

Washington - When Lynette Davies, co-operator of the Canna Care medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, pays her California taxes she needs to haul a bag with $20,000 in cash to the state tax office. "That's really unsafe for me, and it's unsafe for my employees to have this cash in the...

The first company growing medical marijuana and treating patients in the state of Missouri is now open for business. BeLeaf, operating out of a facility in Earth City, has been open for about two months. The non-profit grows industrial hemp and dispenses cannabidiol, or CBD. It was one of the...

The first company growing medical marijuana and treating patients in the state of Missouri is now open for business. BeLeaf, operating out of a facility in Earth City, has been open for about two months. The non-profit grows industrial hemp and dispenses cannabidiol, or CBD. It was one of the...