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It was significant when the first Deep South state offered a prescription pot program, despite its very strict limits. But now Louisiana is considering expanding access, as is Pennsylvania, while Ohio takes its first step on legalizing medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is already legal in...

Medical marijuana may be a new draw for visitors to Las Vegas, but the state is issuing a warning. The confusion may be over the documentation you need to get inside a dispensary and buy medical marijuana. Some medical marijuana patients at Nevada Pure are tourists. "It could be 25 to 30...

Colorado may have the reputation as the marijuana state, but it turns out New Yorkers talk about pot more than the residents of rocky mountain state. Aizman Law Firm analyzed geotagged Instagram posts to see which users posted about marijuana the most. They used various hashtags related to...

Failure in November of a proposed constitutional amendment to make recreational and medicinal uses of marijuana legal in Ohio didn't end efforts to decriminalize the drug, at least in some circumstances. Soon after the defeat of Issue 3, groups backing medical marijuana began another push toward...

A Colorado doctor says New Brunswick needs to get citizens up to speed on legalized marijuana well before it arrives. Dr. Larry Wolk helped his state introduce legal pot four years ago as the executive director and chief medical officer of the state's public health department. He says people...

In a state capitol in the throes of partisan strife and deadlock over a range of fiscal, economic and social issues, it may strike some as strange that legislation to allow cultivation of hemp in Pennsylvania is very close to passage. But such is the case. The House and Senate have now both...

A state Agriculture Department official is planning a trip north to get the seeds for North Dakota's first crop of industrial hemp. Three farming operations in three counties will be determining this year whether industrial hemp can be successfully grown in North Dakota, under a federally...

The Florida Legislature has done a terrible job providing people with serious illnesses access to medical marijuana, so it's no wonder that a new poll suggests voters might take the issue out of lawmakers' hands. A poll released this week by St. Leo University found 68.1 percent of respondents...

Connecticut lawmakers pushing for legalized recreational marijuana heard today from the Deputy House Speaker of Colorado. They also heard from members of the public who say legalized recreational marijuana is the next logical step and it would raise a lot of needed revenue for the state...

Over the past four years, marijuana legalization has come to the United States at a relatively fast pace, thanks to overwhelming support for it among young adults. But up until now, change has mostly come from the voters -- sometimes in spite of lawmakers' wishes. That balance could be shifting...

The Florida Democratic Party has endorsed the 2016 medical marijuana initiative. The state executive committee unanimously backed the resolution during Democratic County Chair Association retreat Saturday. The Florida Democratic Party unanimously supported the amendment in 2014. In the...

It's no secret that public support for marijuana legalization is on the rise, but there's common ground where even prohibitionists can sometimes meet supporters of recreational pot: the medical benefits of the plant. So far, 23 states have passed legislative measures to legalize medical...

Heightened competition in the market for legal recreational weed is pushing prices down and firing up border wars across state lines. Competition is so steep in Washington state that cannabis revenue growth has slowed as Oregon ramps up its adult pot sales. What's more, in Colorado and Oregon...

The state Senate is back in session and could address the House's bill legalizing medical marijuana. The bill won approval in the state House last month after nine months of waiting. If the bill is passed, Governor Wolf said he will sign it. Hundreds of parents across the Midstate are...

Republicans who took control of the Legislature are supposed to be pro-business – but they clumsily undercut a brand-new West Virginia industry that might create Mountain State jobs. The state Agriculture Department issued permits for various landowners to grow industrial hemp, a valuable...

Industrial hemp is most commonly confused with marijuana. The biggest difference is industrial hemp does not have the psychoactive component of the marijuana that creates a "high". After being made illegal almost a century ago, legislation is now moving through the state capitol that would...

Advocates of medical marijuana cheered in 2014 when the state approved a bill allowing its usage. The Compassionate Care Act meant people suffering from conditions like epilepsy, cancer and multiple sclerosis could receive a prescription that would alleviate their symptoms. "Saul" watched with...

Marijuana was a subject of conversation both inside and outside the Rhode Island Statehouse on Tuesday. Demonstrators held a protest against a proposed tax on medical marijuana, claiming the plan would have a devastating impact on users and caregivers. A provision in Gov. Gina Raimondo's...

Which are the marijuana-friendliest states in the nation? Where would a pot person want to buy a home and settle down? The online national real estate search site Estately has taken a crack at answering those burning questions. The site's blog's Ultimate Lists cranks out all sorts of creative...

A new survey of state residents likely to vote this fall found that a clear 53% majority of Michiganders would just say yes to legalizing and taxing marijuana. The survey's result was no surprise to groups hoping to gather 253,000 signatures in Michigan to get a marijuana measure on November...