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Federal officials are not permitted to engage in the criminal prosecution of those who are engaged in activity related to medical marijuana absent evidence that the defendants are in clear violation of state law, according to a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court...

The secretary of state's office has certified that a petition drive to put a medical marijuana constitutional amendment on the ballot cleared the number of registered voters required. Needing 84,859 signatures, the secretary of state's office said it had found 97,284 valid signatures and thus...

The secretary of state's office has certified that a petition drive to put a medical marijuana constitutional amendment on the ballot cleared the number of registered voters required. Needing 84,859 signatures, the secretary of state's office said it had found 97,284 valid signatures and thus...

Florida voters are poised to make some patients in the state users of medical marijuana. So far, 25 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana while three states and D.C. have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Besides Florida, Missouri and Arkansas will also...

A poll released Thursday shows the majority of Floridians support a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, a good sign for supporters of the amendment as they make their final push to the November election. The St. Leo University Polling Institute survey found 68 percent of...

A poll released Thursday shows the majority of Floridians support a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, a good sign for supporters of the amendment as they make their final push to the November election. The St. Leo University Polling Institute survey found 68 percent of...

Fort Meyers - Some members of the Southwest Florida medical community met Wednesday night to discuss medical marijuana and Amendment 2, which voters will decide on in November. They met at Advanced Pain Management and Spine Specialists in Fort Myers, operated by Dr. Jonathan Daitch. Under...

Fort Meyers - Some members of the Southwest Florida medical community met Wednesday night to discuss medical marijuana and Amendment 2, which voters will decide on in November. They met at Advanced Pain Management and Spine Specialists in Fort Myers, operated by Dr. Jonathan Daitch. Under...

Local governments will be powerless to prevent medical marijuana dispensaries from sprouting up anywhere and everywhere should Amendment 2 pass this fall, opponents of the measure say. A pamphlet from Vote No On 2 mailed to voters in July warns that the constitutional amendment prevents any...

Local governments will be powerless to prevent medical marijuana dispensaries from sprouting up anywhere and everywhere should Amendment 2 pass this fall, opponents of the measure say. A pamphlet from Vote No On 2 mailed to voters in July warns that the constitutional amendment prevents any...

The Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act is already on the November ballot. Now, it appears a Medical Marijuana Amendment will join the ballot next week. Having two competing marijuana measures on the ballot may mean that neither one passes, despite the fact that poll numbers reveal the majority of...

Cheney Pruett, chief executive of newly opened lending business CashMax, also is one of two backers behind the proposed Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment. Broadleaf PSG, a limited liability corporation, gave $175,065 to support Arkansans United for Medical Marijuana, a ballot question...

Little Rock - A ballot title and popular name of a marijuana amendment has been rejected by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. The Arkansas Cannabis Amendment, requested by Mary Berry, was certified by Rutledge in April, but had parts of its text altered since then. Rutledge cited...

Tallahassee - Marijuana was sold legally in Florida for the first time this week since it was outlawed by the federal government in 1937. In a staid Tallahassee storefront more akin to a doctor's office than a head shop, Dallas Nagy, a Tampa-area native with chronic seizures and muscle...

Tallahassee - Marijuana was sold legally in Florida for the first time this week since it was outlawed by the federal government in 1937. In a staid Tallahassee storefront more akin to a doctor's office than a head shop, Dallas Nagy, a Tampa-area native with chronic seizures and muscle...

A ballot committee backing the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Amendment raised $339,982 last month, according to a report released Thursday. For the first time, Arkansans United for Medical Marijuana received money from more than one donor. Broadleaf PSG LLC gave $7,500 in monetary...

A ballot committee backing the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Amendment raised $339,982 last month, according to a report released Thursday. For the first time, Arkansans United for Medical Marijuana received money from more than one donor. Broadleaf PSG LLC gave $7,500 in monetary...

Arkansans may have the chance to vote on two medical marijuana initiatives in November. What happens if both pass? The one with the most votes wins, probably. In a letter dated Oct. 27, 1994, from then-Attorney General Winston Bryant to then-Rep. Mark Riable of Little Rock, the letter noted...

Arkansans may have the chance to vote on two medical marijuana initiatives in November. What happens if both pass? The one with the most votes wins, probably. In a letter dated Oct. 27, 1994, from then-Attorney General Winston Bryant to then-Rep. Mark Riable of Little Rock, the letter noted...

A proposed amendment to the Colorado Constitution that would have placed restrictions on marijuana businesses was withdrawn last Friday by the amendment's supporters. Proponents of the motion, Initiative 139, pulled the measure, citing the financial power of the marijuana industry as the main...