The opening of Nevada’s first medical marijuana dispensaries suffered another setback Wednesday — though perhaps a short one — when a state committee delayed adoption of pesticide rules.
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The alleged operator of the service, Christopher McDermott, 36, on Wednesday was charged in a federal complaint with conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
After being sued by MGM, a marijuana company has agreed to stop calling itself “M’Life,” a name almost identical to that of MGM’s member rewards program.
Nevada regulators Monday gave final licensing approval for the state’s first medical marijuana cultivation facility north of Reno.
For parents in places where marijuana is legal, a major concern is how the legalization will affect their school-age children.
As Nevada’s medical marijuana industry gets off the ground, it’s confronting a problem that has gotten little public attention: Growing the plants indoors takes massive amounts of power and water.
Cannabis Corner is the first recreational pot shop in the U.S. to be owned and operated by a government agency. Profits will fund local projects — and upgrading the playground is the first order of business for the tiny city of North Bonneville, Washington.
Nearly half of Americans favor making marijuana legal and think Congress shouldn’t be able to intervene in local pot laws in Washington, D.C., according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
In all, 199 of the 519 applicants for medical marijuana licenses — 38 percent — chose to keep their names confidential, including more than 40 percent of would-be dispensary operators.
U.S. customs officers at a California border crossing seized more than 15 tons of marijuana hidden inside a tractor-trailer shipment designated as a cargo of mattresses, the biggest narcotics bust ever at that port of entry, officials said on Friday.
Possession of small amounts of marijuana became legal in the District of Columbia on Thursday, launching a pot “green rush” despite a face-off between local officials and the Republican-led U.S. Congress over the new standards.
Smoking, growing and owning small amounts of marijuana became legal in Alaska on Tuesday, as a growing decriminalization movement reached the United States’ wild northwest frontier.
Nevada’s first legal marijuana dispensaries can’t open yet because a state advisory committee hasn’t figured out what pesticides growers will be allowed to use on plants.
Henderson’s first medical marijuana dispensary won unanimous approval Tuesday night from the City Council.
As Henderson prepares to consider approving its first medical marijuana dispensary, four other proposed shops are seeking new locations within the city.
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