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Will medical marijuana become legal in Utah next year? Early polling suggests wide support for a proposed medical cannabis ballot initiative. A poll by the Salt Lake Tribune and Hinckley Institute of Politics found that 75 percent of Utah voters either strongly or somewhat support the...

A proposal to shut down every marijuana dispensary in the state of Michigan is tabled for now. But the proposal sent panicked patients to a marijuana licensing board meeting Monday afternoon. The state board which oversees medical marijuana proposed a resolution at the meeting that would shut...

The Board of State Canvassers gave approval Thursday to a new proposed ballot effort to amend the state constitution to fully legalize recreational use of marijuana without taxing the drug. The proposal from Abrogate Prohibition Michigan of Midland would nullify all laws prohibiting or...

A Kentucky lawmaker is proposing to legalize marijuana for the terminally ill in a move that's widely seen as a first step toward wholesale legalization of the so-called gateway drug. State Sen. Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, made his case for "palliative" marijuana to the General Assembly's...

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will discuss three different options for on-site marijuana consumption proposed by board members at its next meeting. The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports the board will meet July 11-14 in Fairbanks, to discuss proposals by board member Loren Jones...

Retail marijuana businesses would be relegated to the Maine Mall area and outer Broadway near the Scarborough town line under a preliminary zoning proposal that the City Council will begin reviewing Monday. Municipal staff members drafted the proposal as a starting point for workshop...

The Safer Arizona Cannabis Legalization Political Action Committee held a march in Phoenix on Saturday, joining groups around the country as part of the Million Marijuana March. The Arizona group's mission: to legalize, decriminalize and repeal prohibition of cannabis in Arizona for...

A Michigan coalition with national backing is readying plans to launch a marijuana legalization petition drive “very, very soon” after a leading state activist group this week endorsed potential 2018 ballot language. MI Legalize announced its support Tuesday, ending a dispute that had threatened...

ATLANTA — A call to scale back part of the state's medical cannabis program quickly found opposition. The proposal, which comes from the Senate, seeks to reduce the percentage of THC allowed in cannabis oil. Under the proposal, it would go from 5 percent to 3 percent. The measure would...

Little Rock, Ark. – Arkansas' Republican-dominated House has approved a proposal that would levy an extra 4 percent tax on marijuana. Republican Rep. Douglas House's bill was approved 77-2 on Thursday. It calls for adding the extra tax to the sale of marijuana. Cultivation facilities...

Jefferson City, MO - A Missouri State Representative wants to give terminally ill patients access to medical marijuana. Republican Jim Neely of Cameron introduced House Bill 437 on Jan. 5, 2017. Neely, a physician, said "Missourians fighting for their lives don't have time to wait for the...

The Rural Municipality of Estevan councillors will be faced with an interesting proposal when they convene again for a regular business session next week. An application has been made for discretionary principal use of a medicinal cannabis greenhouse operation within the agricultural district...

Swansea - The Board of Selectmen voted to defer a decision on a request by a business to place a marijuana growing and dispensary on property at 4 Sears Road. The board members had met with Mackie Barch of Doctors Orders Health of Massachusetts the previous week and were expecting additional...

Westport - The Planning Board is proposing a bylaw change that would lead to a moratorium on recreational marijuana facilities. Planning Board Chairman James Whitin met with selectmen last week and received the nod for the Planning Board to hold a hearing next month on this proposal and three...

The Arkansas Supreme Court denied a rehearing for Issue 7 on Thursday (Nov. 3). In their petition, Arkansans for Compassionate Care argues the Supreme Court's strict interpretation of a law the legislature passed in 2013 that requires measure sponsors to file certain information regarding paid...

The Arkansas Supreme Court denied a rehearing for Issue 7 on Thursday (Nov. 3). In their petition, Arkansans for Compassionate Care argues the Supreme Court's strict interpretation of a law the legislature passed in 2013 that requires measure sponsors to file certain information regarding paid...

Ghana has revealed that a bill to decriminalize the use of marijuana has been tabled before parliament. Under the proposal, marijuana users will receive medical care and rehabilitation, rather than prosecution. However, the scope of the decriminalisation is yet to be revealed, and it's not clear...

Little Rock, Ark. - The group behind a medical marijuana proposal disqualified from Arkansas' ballot is urging its supporters to back both legalization measures next month. Arkansans for Compassionate Care said Thursday it'll fight the decision by the state Supreme Court to disqualify Issue 7...

Little Rock, Ark. - The group behind a medical marijuana proposal disqualified from Arkansas' ballot is urging its supporters to back both legalization measures next month. Arkansans for Compassionate Care said Thursday it'll fight the decision by the state Supreme Court to disqualify Issue 7...

Little Rock - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday he's looking at an effort to legalize a limited form of marijuana for patients if two medical pot proposals fail in next month's election, but has questions about how the alternate proposal would comply with federal law. The Republican...