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Seattle - Marijuana stores could face some stumbling blocks as the state shifts to a new system for medical marijuana sales. New rules go into effect Friday but the state is warning that a computer system to verify patients may not be ready. At the Seattle Cannabis Company, workers say they...

Seattle - Marijuana stores could face some stumbling blocks as the state shifts to a new system for medical marijuana sales. New rules go into effect Friday but the state is warning that a computer system to verify patients may not be ready. At the Seattle Cannabis Company, workers say they...

The fight over veterans' access to medical marijuana continues, an Illinois judge tells the state to quit messing around and recognize PTSD, a fired Oregon medical marijuana users wins his job back, and more. National On Tuesday, eleven lawmakers asked the House and Senate leadership to...

The fight over veterans' access to medical marijuana continues, an Illinois judge tells the state to quit messing around and recognize PTSD, a fired Oregon medical marijuana users wins his job back, and more. National On Tuesday, eleven lawmakers asked the House and Senate leadership to...

The University of Washington School of Law's Cannabis Law and Policy Project hosted its first annual conference on Washington state marijuana policy on June 14, 2016. Rick Garza, Director of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB), and Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes kicked off...

The decision by Washington voters to legalize marijuana as medicine took root in the fall of 1998 - the season when Initiative 692 became law. That makes the state's experiment with legal medical marijuana almost 18 years old, a tumultuous age for humans and, as it turns out, an industry...

The decision by Washington voters to legalize marijuana as medicine took root in the fall of 1998 - the season when Initiative 692 became law. That makes the state's experiment with legal medical marijuana almost 18 years old, a tumultuous age for humans and, as it turns out, an industry...

After five years of quiet but rapid growth making equipment for the marijuana industry in other states, Apeks Supercritical is ready to ramp up business in Ohio. With passage of a state medical-marijuana law that takes effect Sept. 8, the Johnstown-based company not only expects to see a jump...

Salem, Oregon - Sales and tax figures collected by state agencies may finally solve one of Oregon's long-running farm crop questions: whether marijuana is indeed the state's most valuable crop, as cannabis advocates have always maintained. Tight controls and reporting requirements by the Oregon...

To the Editor: On June 8, Ohio Gov. Kasich signed into law House Bill 523, allowing very limited use of medicinal marijuana. This bill allows only 20 medical conditions, no home grow, no smoking of dried flower (only vaporization). This type of limited bill will encourage people to stay in...

To the Editor: On June 8, Ohio Gov. Kasich signed into law House Bill 523, allowing very limited use of medicinal marijuana. This bill allows only 20 medical conditions, no home grow, no smoking of dried flower (only vaporization). This type of limited bill will encourage people to stay in the...

The people lining up to profit from Maryland's legal medical-marijuana market include former sheriffs and state lawmakers, wealthy business executives and well-connected political donors, according to previously undisclosed public records obtained by The Washington Post. Nearly 150 businesses...

The people lining up to profit from Maryland's legal medical-marijuana market include former sheriffs and state lawmakers, wealthy business executives and well-connected political donors, according to previously undisclosed public records obtained by The Washington Post. Nearly 150 businesses...

The day of reckoning has come for Washington's medical marijuana system. It's been a strange trip, starting with 1998's Initiative 692, which opened the door to home growing for patients and morphed into "collective gardens" that sprouted more than 300 storefront dispensaries statewide...

The day of reckoning has come for Washington's medical marijuana system. It's been a strange trip, starting with 1998's Initiative 692, which opened the door to home growing for patients and morphed into "collective gardens" that sprouted more than 300 storefront dispensaries statewide...

Four years ago, the people of Colorado approved Amendment 64, legalizing marijuana and hemp in the state. In just its third growing season, the hemp industry has exploded in the Centennial State, despite continuing federal prohibition. In fact, between state policy and people simply willing to...

News-Miner opinion: As expected, the Fairbanks North Star Borough's ordinances governing the now-legal marijuana industry have proved to be an incomplete work. Two ordinances introduced at Thursday night's Borough Assembly meeting propose some important revisions to the borough's marijuana...

Concord, New Hampshire - June 23, 2016 — Earlier this month, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan signed a bill expanding the state's medical marijuana law, further nullifying federal prohibition in practice. Rep. David Luneau (I) introduced House Bill 1453 (HB1453) earlier this year. The...

Concord, New Hampshire - June 23, 2016 — Earlier this month, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan signed a bill expanding the state's medical marijuana law, further nullifying federal prohibition in practice. Rep. David Luneau (I) introduced House Bill 1453 (HB1453) earlier this year. The...

Olympia, Washington - For nearly two years, minors have not been able to walk inside Green Lady Marijuana. It's been the law of the land at all of the state's recreational pot shops. But that changes next Friday, July 1. "Five-year-olds with epilepsy will be allowed to come into the store,"...