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A Denver-area company that provides security for marijuana businesses moving around large amounts of cash said it’s growing in the city.
U.S. postal rules make outlook bleak for small vape companies
FAIRBANKS — Alaska is on track to be the first state in the nation to allow for the consumption of marijuana in retail stores in which it is purchased.
Montana Senate Votes to Advance Promising Cannabis Legalization Bill
The Drug Enforcement Administration is not having a great year.
The chief of the agency stepped down in April under a cloud of scandal.
TALLAHASSEE - Five Florida nurseries, including two from Miami-Dade County, were selected Monday to cultivate and distribute the first legal marijuana in the state, opening the door to the sale of the non-euphoric strains to treat patients with seizure disorders and cancer by June of next year.
Parents who are even occasional weed users can face accusations of child neglect or abuse, and can risk losing their children as a result.
Cops are following through on Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to stop locking people up for carrying small amounts of pot.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- The board tasked with writing rules for Alaska's recreational marijuana industry voted Friday to allow for people to use pot at certain stores that will sell it, a first among the four states that have legalized the drug.
PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh city councilman wants to decriminalize possession of small amounts marijuana.City Councilman Daniel Lavelle introduced legislation on Tuesday.
A Garden City mother who faces five marijuana-related charges waived her preliminary hearing Monday when she found out the state wanted her 11-year-old son to testify against her, according to a Facebook post by her defense attorney.
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday issued an executive order telling state agencies that any marijuana grown with unapproved pesticides is a threat to public safety and should be removed from commerce and destroyed.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Since recreational use of the marijuana became legal in several states, authorities report a major jump in the number of pot-filled packages being sent through the mail.
CHICAGO -- More than 3,000 patients with Illinois-issued ID cards will be able to buy medical marijuana legally for the first time Monday, according to the state official overseeing the pilot program.
DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg on Wednesday rejected the notion that smoking marijuana is "medicine," calling the premise a "joke."
Scott Keyes ~ TheGuardian.com ~
When Colorado legalized recreational cannabis, Denver police warned of new danger for trick or treaters. One year later are kids in pot peril?
Matt Markovich ~ KOMONews.com ~
Federal researchers spent most of the week on a working medical marijuana farm in Vancouver, Washington to study the occupational hazards of growing and processing marijuana.
Steven Nelson ~ U.S. News & World Report ~
Authorities claim the plants were marijuana, not hemp – but evidence is lacking.
Tricia L. Nadolny ~ Philly.com ~
In the year since the city decriminalized possession and use of small amounts of marijuana, arrests have fallen nearly 75 percent.
Amber Jamieson ~ New York Post ~
The city is getting higher by the day — and we’re not talking about Manhattan skyscrapers.
Kathleen Burke ~ MarketWatch.com ~
Federal regulations force businesses into cash-only operations.
