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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The legalization of marijuana has been talked about all across the country, and some states have already legalized some form of the drug.  A group hoping to do the same in West Virginia was at the West Virginia State Capitol Sunday.The West Virginia Senate and House are in their interim meetings at the Capitol and a group called

Sandwiched between a pet store and a Popeyes less than one mile southeast of the U.S. Capitol is the Metropolitan Wellness Center. Up a flight of stairs and behind a cell phone repair shop, there's a nondescript lobby with bare walls and a handful of seats. The only thing indicating this isn't a typical office is the reading material: High Timesmag

The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is accepting a second wave of applications for new marijuana retail licenses. Gone are the quotas and lotteries used in the first round of licensing. Now there are no limits on the number of licenses that may be granted – a change that took some cities by surprise. When Initiative 502, the measure to l

A group is launching a "Smoke the Vote" campaign to legalize marijuana in the Commonwealth. "The war on drugs is failing," said Jenn Michelle Pedini with the Virginia chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). "The time for sensible cannabis reform in Virginia is now." Pedini says Virginians spend $70 million a y

A group of Vermont Senators are skipping the debate over whether to legalize marijuana and heading straight to the debate over how. Lawmakers have a number of scheduled meetings before the legislature returns in January to discuss legalization.      While there may be growing consensus in favor of legalization, even proponents don't agree on how th

Utah lawmakers are hoping to find a way to adjust federal law to allow for Utah’s institutions of higher education to research the health and economic aspects of cannabis or hemp products.  Republican representative Gage Froerer told members of the health and human services committee this week that he is working with Utah’s Congressional delegation

A statewide group worked to gain support for marijuana reform Saturday.  The Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy held a training session for those wanting to help legalize marijuana. It was a fairly small group but everyone who attended seemed eager to help.  The Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy is a grassroots group based out of Austin

Two Tennessee legislators have proposed two bills that would make the possessions and “casual exchange” of under half an ounce of marijuana legal in Tennessee. Rep. Harold Love and Sen. Jeff Yarbro, both Democrats based in Nashville, hope to amend the Tennessee Code to reduce the heavy marijuana penalties currently in place in Tennessee. Under the

New Approach South Dakota is collecting signatures for a proposal to make medical marijuana legal. The initiative would appear on the 2016 ballot if supporters can collect enough signatures by Nov. 9. If the proposal appears on the 2016 ballot and is approved by the voters, it would: • Legalize the medical use of marijuana for patients with a medic

Walk along the aisles of Whole Foods Market, Trader Joe’s, Earth Fare or health food and supplement specialty stores and you’ll see hemp seeds, hemp protein powder, hemp milk and hemp oil. Similar to its nutritional powerhouse seed food cousins, flax and chia, the health benefits of hemp seed are increasingly promoted by some health professionals.

I’m excited that Rhode Island, my recently adopted home state, might become the first on the East Coast to legalize a commercial marijuana market. And not just for the obvious reasons, such as changing a war on drugs that disproportionately targets people of color or the option of purchasing and smoking marijuana without fear of jail time. The stat

Philadelphia's mayor-elect Jim Kenney won a resounding victory on Tuesday. It was a predictable election but the fact that Kenney's support for marijuana reform helped to put him into office is a welcome innovation. As a city councilman, Kenney championed decriminalization. Marijuana arrests had a massive racial disparity. Not only did Kenney win t

SALEM, Ore. — Indoor growing operations for legal marijuana businesses are causing problems for Oregon’s electrical grid, according to officials from electrical utility company.   Pacific Power said Wednesday that Oregon marijuana grow operations have taken grids above capacity, blowing out seven transformers since July and causing outages and equi

CARTER CO., OK -- "Please do this; to help other people, don't be selfish, open your heart, and please sign this, you could help so many,” medical marijuana advocate, Linda Aldridge says. Linda Aldridge lost her father to cancer, she says while he was sick he became addicted to the prescription drugs he was taking to relieve his pain. "I’ve met so

According to the latest Gallup poll, 58 percent of Americans think marijuana should be legal. Surveys conducted in March and October found that most Ohioans agree. So why did Ohio voters overwhelmingly reject Issue 3, which would have legalized marijuana for medical and recreational use, in last week's election? Two reasons spring to mind. 1. Ohio

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota American Indian tribe that sought to open the nation’s first marijuana resort burned its crop after federal officials signaled a potential raid, the tribal president said Monday. Flandreau Santee Sioux President Anthony Reider told The Associated Press the tribe had three weeks of discussions with authorities