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Springfield, Ill. - Medical marijuana sales reached more than $4.4 million in November at licensed dispensaries throughout Illinois, marking another month of steady growth for the year-old industry. The state released new sales figures for November along with a new tally for how many patients...

Many medical marijuana patients were worried that a ballot measure legalizing cannabis for recreational use in California would make the price of their medicine go up. Instead, for some of them, pot just got cheaper, though maybe not for long. The Board of Equalization recently sent notice...

Billings - Proposals to tax Montana's 12-year-old medical marijuana program could hit patients dealing with serious medical conditions, but the move is hardly without precedent. A budget proposal released by Gov. Steve Bullock this month includes a 6 percent tax on medical marijuana sales to...

Add marijuana to that list of Thanksgiving Day groceries. If it's legal in your state, that is. With California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada recently joining Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Washington, D.C. in decriminalizing recreational marijuana, the nearly $20 billon U.S...

Marijuana legalization is going more smoothly in some states than in others. A major reason that four more states legalized recreational marijuana this year is the tax revenue that pot brings in. Last year, Colorado collected over $70 million in tax revenue from marijuana - nearly double the $42...

Who says Oregon voters never will approve new taxes? In the Nov. 8 election, voters in 111 Oregon cities and counties faced a measure to impose a brand-new tax. The measure passed in all 111 localities. Of course, it was a measure to impose a local 3 percent tax on the sales of...

Retailers selling medical cannabis and derivatives will not collect sales or use taxes from card carrying patients or their caregivers. Authorities from the State Board of Equalization clarified new tax rules Thursday. Medical marijuana identification cards (MMIC's) will have to be shown to...

Even as other states legalize marijuana, cannabis continues to ring up record-breaking sales in Colorado. The cannabis industry accounted for $127.8 million in medical and recreational marijuana sales in September, according to newly released data from the Colorado Department of Revenue. This...

President-elect Donald Trump, legalized marijuana, gun background checks ... Nevadans are still reeling from last week's election results. Big changes are ahead, and if you are like most people you have a lot of questions. Perhaps no issue has raised more eyebrows in this part of the state...

Benjamin Franklin said that taxes, like death, are one of life's few certainties. But due to a glitch in the technical language of California's successful marijuana legalization initiative, the state's pot smokers may prove him wrong. California's marijuana legalization initiative is designed...

In the two years since recreational marijuana sales became legal in Colorado, the state has seen economic growth two times greater than the U.S. national average, according to a new in-depth analysis. "The Economic Impact of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado," released by the Marijuana...

San Rafael, CA — Despite the recent statewide passage earlier this month of Proposition 64 regarding recreational marijuana use, the County of Marin is cautioning residents against jumping the gun. New language has been added to the County's cannabis webpage stating: "Please be advised that...

More than a year ago, marijuana sales were within a vote of being permanently banned in Pendleton. But according to early returns from the Nov. 8 election, a much larger group of Pendleton residents voted to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana sales in Pendleton. Asked three...

Huntington - Huntington voters overwhelmingly approved a city sales tax on sales of recreational marijuana in the Tuesday's General Election, but it was not the only community in eastern Oregon where the issue was on the ballot. According to numbers posted on Baker County's website, the vote...

Shasta Lake city staff and dispensary owners will discuss increasing the marijuana sales tax, mitigating or banning outdoor grows and their smell, legal weed and more at the medical marijuana ad hoc committee meeting Monday. The meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. at the council chambers, 4488 Red...

Voters in Maine have approved a ballot question that legalizes recreational marijuana for adults 21 or over, The Associated Press reported Thursday. Question 1 makes it legal for a person 21 or older to use marijuana. The state will put a 10% sales tax on the drug and allow social clubs and...

San Diego, Calif. — To be blunt, things are looking pretty good for California's Prop 64. The initiated state statute, which would legalize recreational marijuana use in California, has support from 58% of likely voters according to a statewide poll released this week. 37% of voters oppose it —...

Moreno Valley has put in place an urgency ordinance banning non-medical marijuana sales in the city in case state voters approve Prop. 64 which legalizes recreational use. The ordinance, approved by the City Council 4-0 Tuesday, Nov. 1, puts a ban in place for six months. Without it...

Boulder - Sales of products containing cannabidiol oil, a non-psychoactive compound of hemp and marijuana plants, continue to grow across the country, the Boulder-based Hemp Business Journal said. CBD from hemp was a $90 million market in 2015, beating expectations by $5 million, the trade...

San Jose, Calif. - Recreational marijuana sales are now banned in San Jose, even if California voters pass a ballot measure next week that would make such sales legal across the state. The city council voted to keep recreational marijuana illegal in San Jose, even if it becomes legal in...