Marijuana News

Massachusetts recently passed a law legalizing medical marijuana. And that means medical marijuana dispensaries will soon be popping up all over the Bay State.

ALUMINUM BASEBALL bats, frying pans and bullhorns made 7th and Arch streets one noisy corner yesterday, as dozens of activists gathered outside the Federal Detention Center to protest arrests they said were made at a marijuana event Saturday.

Pennsylvania voters aren't in favor of legalizing marijuana, according to a recent poll.

In this Tuesday, May 14, 2013, photo, Brennan Thickem who helps run the Venice Beach Care Center medical marijuana dispensary in Venice, Calif., poses next to "Yes to Prop D" signs in Venice.

Four people, including two Hiram residents, have been arrested on drug-related charges after police found more than seven pounds of marijuana in their Kennesaw Extended Stay America Hotel room.

Legal marijuana's sensational evolution is helping crack open a previously closed door: money to start and grow cannabis businesses.

Two year old Vivian Wilson in her Scotch Plains home. Vivian suffers from a severe seizure disorder and is a registered medical marijuana patient.

By a vote of 35-21, the Illinois Senate approved legislation on Friday that would allow doctors in the state to prescribe marijuana as pain relief for severe medical conditions.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will soon be studying the possibility of placing two billboards at the Route 128 MBTA garage in Westwood near the Westwood/Dedham line.

Medical marijuana use in Illinois is now in Governor Pat Quinn's hands after the state Senate approved legislation.

By Aaron Orlando - Revelstoke Times Review Published: May 15, 2013 3:00 PM Updated: May 15, 2013 3:55 PM An April 12 story in the Nelson Star begged for a closer read.

Canton approved a two-year moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries at the first night of Town Meeting Monday.

A moratorium against businesses that sell medical marijuana is set to expire June 1, so the city is looking to extend the ban for another 12 months.

KC Stark, founder and owner of Studio A64, says the time has come for public acceptance of the new state law, but others aren't so sure.

A black GMC SUV in the parking lot of a strip mall at 2580 Indiana Ave. had a bullet hole through the windshield on Friday, May 17, 2013; at least two small handguns were on the ground.

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, holds a copy of a regional study the illicit drug trade presented by OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza, right, during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Friday.

Illinois Sen. William Haine, D-Alton, argues medical marijuana legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Friday.

A proposal to decriminalize marijuana across the state will have a hearing this morning at the Missouri House of Representatives -- which appears to be the farthest this effort has ever gone in the legislature.

Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.

Like many of her peers, Zoe Helene, 48, smoked marijuana in her early 20s but gave it up as her career in the digital world took off in the 1990s.