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California may resort to using armored cars to transport the hundreds of millions of dollars the state anticipates making in tax from marijuana sales. The suggestion was made by the state treasurer John Chiang, who said the problems anticipated from the legalization of recreational cannabis...

North Dakota officials who are setting up a medical marijuana system don't expect the drug to be available to patients for another year - two years after voters approved it. The timeline is disappointing to at least one marijuana advocacy group, but state Medical Marijuana Director Jason Wahl...

For George Armstrong, a veteran with chronic pain and PTSD, marijuana is medicine. The Chester County resident, along with other patients and caregivers, recently added his name to Pennsylvania's new medical marijuana registry. He said cannabis helps him more than stronger stuff, such as...

Buying weed in California is about to get less risky and much more expensive. A patchwork of new policies, including special taxes, will roll out in the state before sales of recreational marijuana begin at the start of 2018. California will include a 15% levy on all cannabis sales in the...

November 4th marks five years since Colorado and Washington were the first states in the nation to legalize marijuana. Amendment 64 passed in Colorado in November 2012, legalizing marijuana for adults over the age of 21. Gov. John Hickenlooper formalized it as part of the state constitution...

Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) on Friday vetoed a bill that would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana, nearly a year after residents voted to set up a system to sell and regulate the drug. In a letter, LePage said the law would set up a bifurcated system of recreational and medical sales...

The debate surrounding medical cannabis continues in Tennessee. Lawmakers are studying the potential impacts of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes in the state. A task force consisting of state senators and representatives are taking a harder look at the issue. While research continues...

State regulators have approved a North Toledo medical marijuana cultivation site. The Ohio Department of Commerce on Friday announced license approvals for 11 Level II cultivators, which can have grow operations of 3,000 square feet or less. OhioGrow LLC, which has proposed a cultivation site...

A Pass-around Agenda? Democratic gubernatorial hopeful J.B. Pritzker wants to legalize marijuana as part of his crime-fighting plan, which he unveiled Thursday at the DuSable Museum of African American History. "We don't need more studies on this," Pritzker said. "We need to act. Let's...

Tennessee Democrats have voted to support resolutions calling for the legalization of medical marijuana, wider health care coverage and a $15 minimum wage. The state executive committee passed the resolutions aimed at expressing the positions of the state Democratic Party. State lawmakers...

Tax collections top $3.7 million since sales began Alaska is continuing to make more money from marijuana, according to new figures from the Alaska Department of Revenue. The state collected $723,757 in taxes from marijuana farms in September, according to excise tax director Kelly...

Since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, seven other states and the District of Columbia have followed suit. Next year, California, Maine, and Massachusetts will begin sales, potentially tripling the size of the legal pot market. By the end of 2018, 20 percent of Americans will...

Buying legal marijuana in California could be pricey enough to keep the black market healthy. Between customers, retailers and growers, taxes on cannabis may reach as high as 45% in parts of the state, according to a Fitch Ratings report. Those high taxes may keep consumers away from legal...

State and federal law classified marijuana as one of the most dangerous drugs more than 45 years ago, citing its "high potential for abuse" and a lack of medical value. But a groundbreaking decision by a state appeals court on Tuesday said the Christie administration must revisit marijuana's...

Farmers in diverse states like Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine and Minnesota are researching a new crop: industrial hemp. Many states are changing laws to allow growing of hemp. Wisconsin is slow to get in the game. Hopefully, this is about to change. Lawmakers on the Senate Agriculture, Small...

The application cost for a medical marijuana business permit from Bangor Township -- a 14,641-person township outside Bay City -- isn't cheap. Still, at $5,000 each, the township received 18 applications in just three weeks this fall. "A guy today called me and said he's applying for three...

Once Pennsylvania approves doctors to see patients seeking medical marijuana, Compassionate Certification Centers will be ready to open up franchise-like offices, including one in Scranton, to get people into the state program. Dr. Bryan Doner, co-founder of the company, said he anticipates...

Ready or not, California kicks off recreational marijuana sales on Jan. 1. And, mostly, it's not. Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many cities still struggling to fashion local rules for pot shops and growers. Without the regulations, there could be limited options in many places for...

As California prepares for legalized recreational marijuana to hit the market next year, San Mateo County officials are asking the public for input on a draft ordinance allowing indoor commercial cultivation. The Board of Supervisors agreed to proceed with rules and a licensing system to...

Marijuana legalization is one of the few issues in which your vote for New Jersey governor will really determine the state's next move. After eight years of Gov. Chris Christie's antipathy toward marijuana — going so far as delaying efforts to launch the medical marijuana program — voters will...