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Louis Johnson, managing director of OMNI Medical Services, showed up Monday at a hearing about proposed rules governing physicians under Ohio's newly legal-medical marijuana program in hope the murky waters of "affirmative defense" might be cleared a bit. But he never heard the words...

Hundreds of Georgians have signed up for a card that says they can legally possess medical marijuana in Georgia since Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill expanding the state's now two-year-old program. That brought the total number of patients on the state's registry up to 2,162 as of the end of...

A deal on compromise legislation changing the voter-approved marijuana law does not appear likely to emerge for final votes Friday, while lawmakers from both branches are at the State House to vote on a compromise fiscal 2018 budget. The six-member conference committee reconciling bills...

Medical marijuana sparked a lot of questions in Arkansas. Dozens of questions were submitted to 11 Listens by viewers about how everyone from police to prosecutors will enforce the medical marijuana laws. Here are some of those questions. “Can you carry medical marijuana on your person?” We...

It's hard to make sense of cannabis regulation. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule I drug. That means the government believes it has "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse," putting it in the same league as LSD and heroin...

Independence Day is a celebration of freedom. But on this July Fourth, for the first time in more than a century, our freedoms in Massachusetts include the ability to legally buy, possess, and use marijuana. These privileges took effect in December, after voters approved a ballot question on...

A medical marijuana dispensary may open less than two hours from Salt Lake City, but health experts say Utah doctors will not be able to write prescriptions that could be filled there. The city of West Wendover, Nev., is in the process of passing an ordinance that would allow medical...

After several contentious public meetings, Coldwater Township will try to keep the fireworks down at its July 3 township trustees meeting. Township Supervisor Don Rogers said, "I know the burning question is, what is Coldwater Township going to do about the Medical Marijuana Facilities...

Friday was the self-imposed deadline to come to an agreement on the marijuana bill but a final proposal has yet to come out of Conference Committee. Lawmakers are racing against the clock to get a final bill to revise Massachusetts marijuana law to Governor Charlie Baker's desk, but they'll...

House and Senate negotiators hoping to hammer out a compromise over the state’s recreational marijuana law failed to meet a self-imposed deadline Friday aimed at getting a final bill to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk and plan to get back to negotiations next week. A six-member conference...

Efforts to rewrite the Massachusetts marijuana laws hit a pothole Thursday night. Around 9 p.m., lawmakers at the State House headed home without a compromise bill to place on Gov. Charlie Baker's desk. "We haven't filed a bill yet, that you can see," said state Sen. William Brownsberger...

Behind closed doors, Massachusetts lawmakers are scrambling to change the new marijuana law. The main questions are how many changes they plan to make and how big they go in overhauling or tweaking the voter-approved law. A team of negotiators from the Massachusetts House and Senate has been...

Days after Governor Rick Scott signed a state bill regulating medical marijuana dispensaries into law, local governments are deciding whether or not to ban dispensaries in their area. The City of Vero Beach has decided to ban any new dispensaries from opening within city limits, now that a...

A few days before Iowa’s new medical marijuana law takes effect, a Minnesota cannabis producer says his business is not yet profitable two years into that state’s program. The two states have similar medical cannabis laws, but Iowa’s is more restrictive. Iowa’s new law will allow for two...

To hear some legal marijuana advocates tell it, you'd think the crime of the century was occurring at the State House, as the House of Representatives tries to rewrite the pot law approved in a statewide referendum vote last November. The argument goes like this — how dare the House tamper...

Members of the Justice Department's Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety have been ordered to "undertake a review of existing policies" regarding federal marijuana law enforcement, among other things. Their report is due on or before July 27, and the National Organization for the...

The Massachusetts House passed a sweeping rewrite of the voter-approved marijuana legalization law Wednesday night, setting up a showdown with the Senate, which is expected to greenlight a much more modest adjustment of the law Thursday. After the Senate passes its version, the two chambers will...

The House and Senate have staked out their positions on changes to the voter-approved marijuana legalization law and both branches appear primed to finally debate the issue this week and hand the divergent bills off to a conference committee. Rep. Mark Cusack, the House co-chair of the...

Strip club mogul, free speech activist and Tampa icon Joe Redner is suing the Florida Department of Health over its rules regarding medical marijuana cultivation. The lawsuit, if successful, could spell huge change in Florida's medical marijuana debate. Under implementing guidelines for...

Lemon Grove city leaders and law enforcement on Friday announced a ban on alcohol and marijuana at the eight parks in the city. The ban will go into effect on July 7, 2017. Last May, the city council voted unanimously to ban pot and booze at all eight city parks. "We are concerned about...