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Maryland's medical marijuana commission approved full licenses for three growers and two processors Monday. The Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission pre-approved 15 growers and processors last year, and gave the companies a year to complete the licensing process, which included...

Sen. Jennifer Flanagan of Leominster is expected to deliver her letter of resignation Thursday, one day after Gov. Charlie Baker announced the veteran Statehouse lawmaker as his appointment to the state's newly formed Cannabis Control Commission. Although Flanagan, a 41-year-old Democrat...

Gov. Charlie Baker will tap state Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, a Leominster Democrat, for a spot on the state's new Cannabis Control Commission, putting in place the first member of the powerful new panel. Flanagan, who has served in the Senate since 2008 and opposed the ballot question legalizing...

Nevada's legalization of recreational marijuana has made life easier for users but more difficult for gaming companies, something the Nevada Gaming Commission hopes to address in a special meeting on Thursday. Legalized weed presents a number of problems for the gaming industry: Using and...

Nevada stands alone in its unprecedented rush to sell recreational marijuana. This wild ride to "Early Start" has already resulted in national embarrassment with a self-created "pot emergency" being declared on July 6, just five days into sales. The July 1 "Early Start" date was unilaterally...

Medical marijuana regulators in Maryland on Monday authorized eight companies to grow the plant and four businesses to process it into medicine. The decision at a meeting of the state's medical cannabis commission comes one year after the panel chose 15 growers and 15 processors from a large...

The San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission has only one item on its Aug. 10 meeting agenda, but it's a humdinger: cannabis regulations. The commission will take the full day to review the proposed land-use ordinances that will govern both the medical and recreational marijuana industry...

City Commissioners are nearing a final vote on a change to land development regulations allowing medicinal marijuana outlets in commercial areas. On Monday night, the City Commission held a public hearing on the marijuana issue and on changes to land development regulations requiring lots to...

Gov. Phil Scott says he's about to convene a "blue ribbon commission" to study issues related to the legalization of marijuana. In less than a year, retail outlets in Maine and Massachusetts will begin selling legal recreational marijuana to anyone 21 and older. Scott says he wants the new...

One of the new members of Treasurer Deb Goldberg's Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board said the unpaid 25-member body is in "a holding pattern" until the full cannabis commission has been formed. Shanel Lindsay, an attorney and owner of a medical marijuana device company, said the advisory...

Virginia's State Crime Commission is currently studying decriminalizing simple possession of marijuana. Now, the commission is asking for feedback for anyone interested. Staff on the commission is meeting with stakeholders and people interested in the topic, but say they won't be able to talk...

The fate of recreational marijuana in Huntington Beach will be a focus for the Planning Commission on Tuesday as it considers a zoning amendment that would prohibit the sale or distribution of non-medical marijuana by businesses in the city. It also would regulate the cultivation of non-medical...

Governor Larry Hogan today announced ten appointments to the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission. The commission oversees the development of policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure that medical cannabis is available to qualifying patients. With the initial application phase...

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission is stumbling and bumbling its way toward creating a medical marijuana system for the state, after more than four years of on-again, off-again efforts. The commission vaguely promises that it will have a workable system with licensed marijuana growers...

Regulate Rhode Island and a group of lawmakers recently announced a proposal for "incremental legalization" of recreational marijuana, which would allow the possession of small amounts starting next summer, and establish an advisory board to provide recommendations regarding sales and...

The Martha's Vineyard Commission has approved what may become the Island's first facility for growing, testing and packaging medical marijuana. Geoff Rose, owner of Patient Centric of Martha's Vineyard, plans to share space in a 7,200-square-foot building on Dr. Fisher Road in West Tisbury...

The House and Senate have stopped considering legislation to legalize recreational pot and instead opted to create a 19-member joint commission to study the situation in states like Washington and Colorado, where it's already legal. Rep. Dennis Canario introduced the measure to create the...

Cheryl Glenn, chair of Maryland's Legislative Black Caucus (LBC), recently urged Maryland residents to join the LBC and demand the state's lawmakers call a special session of the Maryland General Assembly to vote on legislation providing opportunities for African Americans to access the state's...

Rep. Dennis M. Canario's (D-Dist. 71, Portsmouth, Little Compton, Tiverton) legislation (2017-H 5551A) that would create a 19-member special legislative commission to study the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island passed the House of Representatives tonight. "The...

Marijuana legalization forces say they will not participate in a study commission if it is approved by the General Assembly, calling such a group a "flawed delay tactic." Regulate Rhode Island and members of its coalition are instead pressuring legislative leaders to vote on a scaled-back...