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Vermont State Senator Dick Sears will be traveling around the State on Monday to get feedback about the State's marijuana legalization. The State Senator will be at the Bennington Fire Facility on River Street from 1 — 2:30 p.m. to meet with anyone who wishes to speak with him. He'll then make...

Vermont State Senator Dick Sears will be traveling around the State on Monday to get feedback about the State's marijuana legalization. The State Senator will be at the Bennington Fire Facility on River Street from 1 — 2:30 p.m. to meet with anyone who wishes to speak with him. He'll then make...

The Register published an editorial Dec. 29 [Remove barriers to marijuana research] on rescheduling cannabis and the FDA's role. It seems everyone has an opinion on what should be done about cannabis as a treatment. But whose opinion matters most? The sick and dying – who most desperately need...

State Rep. Bill McCamley, a Mesilla Park Democrat, is concerned that the rains and heavy snow over the past year have led people throughout the state to forget the harsh effects of drought. "We get one year of good rain, and suddenly everyone is saying we don't have a (water) problem,"...

Does anyone know where to get a cut of GG#4 in WA State Oly/Tac/Sea Area???????:drool:

In the November election, voters will likely be asked whether Californians age 21 and up should be allowed to legally smoke marijuana. It's been legal for only prescribed medical patients for about twenty years in the state. If voters say yes, the state attorney general's office estimates...

The bogus 'get tough on drugs' '80s and '90s appear to be over. President Obama opened his annual state of the union address to the nation last night with an unprecedented call for tackling America's prescription drug abuse epidemic as well as its mass incarceration epidemic. On the same...

Backers of an effort legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts made their pitch to State House lawmakers on Wednesday, offering them a chance to avoid the question appearing on the 2016 statewide ballot. State House lawmakers can act on proposed legislation to legalize marijuana, or they can keep...

A Georgia lawmaker is moving ahead with legislation that would allow state-licensed manufacturers of medical marijuana products to operate in the state. More than 100 House members, including Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, and Rep. Eddie Lumsden, R-Armuchee, have signed the bill, which could...

You can thank the state legislature for this. In their zeal to pass comprehensive medical cannabis regulations, they somehow overlooked a provision stating that if cities and counties didn't have their own laws in place by March 1, the state would assume control. So now we have a flurry of bans...

The state Department of Agriculture expects to resume issuing licenses to grow industrial hemp by the end of February, but some problems continue to dog the new crop. The state issued 11 hemp licenses in 2015 before cutting off the process in August. Nine of the licensees planted a crop and...

Indiana is among several states that have taken steps toward legalizing hemp production for industrial purposes in recent years. Until the 2014 Farm Bill passed, hemp production had been banned at the federal level for several decades. This is because of hemp's relationship to marijuana...

Ohio House Republications will unveil details Thursday on a new task force to address medical marijuana. State Rep. J. Kirk Schuring, R-Canton, who has been tapped by legislative leaders to study the issue, declined to discuss details in advance of the 5 p.m. news conference at the Ohio...

Dale Jackson never thought he would support legalizing marijuana. He says he's actually never seen marijuana before until he realized cannabis oil was the medical solution to help ease some of his autistic son's pain. Dale Jackson's 7-year-old son Colin is severely autistic and completely non...

A Georgia lawmaker is moving ahead with legislation that would allow state-licensed manufacturers of medical marijuana products to operate in the state. State Rep. Allen Peake has officially filed a bill allowing between two and six medical-cannabis manufacturers to be licensed by the state and...

In case you've been living under a rock, in 2014, Colorado became the first state in the US to legalise cannabis. And when we say 'legalise', we mean LEGALISE. It's not only now legal to possess up to one ounce (if you're a resident), and gift one ounce to friends, but you can also buy it in...

Alexander and Baldwin Inc. is considering planting hemp for its diversified agriculture model in Hawaii after its announcement last week that it was "transitioning out of farming sugar" at its Maui plantation. "It is unclear under what conditions the federal and state laws allow the...

Ohio voters convincingly rejected the marijuana-legalization proposal on November's ballot, but state lawmakers will explore the possibility of allowing the use of pot for medical purposes only. Multiple polls have shown strong support for the concept of medical marijuana. The Ohio Senate and...

As efforts to legalize weed have grown, so have industrial hemp crops. North Dakota is among several states that have legalized industrial hemp farming in recent years. The United States banned the production of hemp several decades ago, because it comes from the same plant that is used for...

State government debt is expected to reach $1.17 trillion in fiscal year 2016, but elected officials have no interest in raising tax rates or taking austerity measures. Why commit political suicide when there are creative ways to boost tax revenue without angering voting taxpayers? Instead...