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Working off a slew of legal requirements and a series of near-term deadlines, the Cannabis Control Commission on Monday pulled together almost 30 organizations to find out what stakeholders want to see in the rules that will govern the newly legal marijuana industry. The legal marijuana law...

Since 2015, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has overseen a county with some form of legalized marijuana. And recently the plant has catapulted his office into the national spotlight. As regulations to launch Nevada's medical marijuana industry were hammered out in the 2013...

Recreational marijuana is now legal in Massachusetts, but those looking to grow it at home still have a social hurdle to beat. "They show people in the paper and on TV that have dreadlocks, and they have nose piercings and tattoos on their faces," a Milford resident and new marijuana home...

While the state's highly-regulated medical marijuana program is expanding, now with delivery options, more dispensary locations coming, more practitioners to certify patients, and more ailments approved for treatment, patients are still saddled with a high-priced product, payable only with cash...

Police officers in Massachusetts, which in 1911 became the first US state to make cannabis illegal, arrested fewer people for marijuana-related offenses last year than they have in decades. But look at the people who were arrested in 2016, and there's a clear pattern: They're...

It's always refreshing to see the cannabis industry treated like any other line of work, and that's exactly how Thornton's Anythink Library treated it during its Anythink Startup Month activities. Dedicated to highlighting local businesses and resources in order to foster career skills, the...

Guys and gals... it's time for us to show this administration that they can't keep jailing people and taking away the thing that is saving our lives from years of chronic pain. I've been reading a TON of stories lately, about people getting put out of business, evicted and jailed for growing...

Marijuana busts increased last year, with nearly 600,000 people being arrested on a possession charge–a staggering number that costs taxpayers billions of dollars even as the vast majority of Americans support legalization of the drug. The new arrest data, released Monday by the FBI, comes...

Recreational marijuana is now closer than ever to becoming permitted by law in Michigan. A ballot petition being circulated by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is "well past" 250,000 signatures, according to the group's spokesman Josh Hovey. The state of Michigan requires 252,523...

Debby Goldsberry is a Bay Area activist who has been participating in cannabis policy movements for many years. Goldsberry currently works at Magnolia Wellness in Oakland, CA, and is also involved with the new dispensary that is set open on Telegraph Avenue. She spoke to The Daily Californian...

State police have uncovered a massive marijuana growing operation -- approximately $30,000 worth of pot, according to troopers -- from an island on the Susquehanna River in Owego. The Underwater Recovery Team assisted the Community Narcotics Enforcement Team, better known as C-NET, with the...

I often get asked for advice about how to get rich on legal weed. Friends, family, strangers, amateur investors — everyone seems to believe that cannabis is some kind of magical industry where anyone can make millions overnight with little to no effort. After all, according to the folks over at...

People 21 and older could legally possess up to an ounce of marijuana in Stevens Point under a proposal expected to come before city officials. The city has already changed its rules twice recently to reduce the penalties some people face when police find them with marijuana. -In October...

A new state law loosening the penalties on marijuana possession officially took effect this weekend. Police departments around the state are worried some residents may not fully understand what the change means. Under the new law, people found with three-fourths of an ounce of marijuana will...

Members of the Cannabis Friendly Business Association plan to ask Toronto's Municipal Licensing and Standards Committee Monday morning for regulation in light of the federal legalization of marijuana. Local lounge owners argue that provincial regulation, which says marijuana can only be...

Thousands of people are expected to flock to Boston Common this weekend for the 28th annual Boston Freedom Rally – the first time the marijuana festival has been held since voters approved a ballot referendum last November legalizing the drug for recreational use. As of Saturday morning...

Trent Kitsch is opening a new door to the cannabis industry in Kelowna. He's a major grower – all perfectly legal – and he's also a facilitator. Kitsch is opening up a shop at the old Bean Scene in downtown Kelowna where he won't be selling cannabis but rather helping people who want it...

The latest federal survey data shows that while teen marijuana use continues to decline in the era of legal pot, adult use is rising. The percent of people over the age of 18 who smoke it in a given year has risen from 10.4 percent in 2002 to 14.1 percent in 2016. In other words, 46 million...

With all the debate surrounding cannabis legalization, it can sometimes be easy to forget that there are real people behind the politics. New Jersey photographer Erica Brown is doing her part to change that. Brown is the founder of the social media campaign The Cannabis Project, a photo...

A Woman charged with drug offences over the supply of medicinal cannabis has labeled her prosecution "disgusting" and a "waste of money". Outside the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday, Jenny Hallam said people were dying every day because of a lack of access to the drug. "Parents get...