Medical marijuana businesses will probably be confined to a few small areas of the city after the City Council took a big step in that direction Monday night. And the council also approved placing a mill levy for planning services on the ballot. While the council didn’t pass any zoning...

Voters in the city of Kalamazoo are one step closer to deciding whether to liberalize the way law enforcement deals with the possession of small amounts of marijuana in the city. The Kalamazoo Coalition for Pragmatic Cannabis Laws turned in 4,776 signatures to the City Clerk’s Office...

The City Commission rejected a proposal to open a massive medical marijuana growing operation in a vacant industrial building. The Royal Oak City Commission voted 7-0 Monday to keep in place its moratorium on medical marijuana facilities operating in the city. James Canner, managing partner...

This really is an important religious issue, says the silver-haired 58-year-old, his wide smile punctuated by crescent-shaped dimples. Especially because of how people have been suffering and the ways that drug laws have been used against Americans and especially against minorities…I...

Canadians are mellowing to the idea of legalizing marijuana and Sudburians are no different, The Sudbury Star’s weekly poll shows. The Star’s poll question last week was: “Should the government of Canada legalize and tax marijuana?” Though a technical glitch prevented the...

Chilliwack is looking at a bylaw to stop licenced medical marijuana growers from growing pot for other licence-holders, “similar” to one introduced recently in Pitt Meadows. Coun. Chuck Stam, who chairs Chilliwack’s public safety committee, said abuse of the medical...

California — If Robert Bendula had his way, he would be working within the Department of Justice, but that’s easier said then done. After a work accident in 1994, Bendula, of Tracy is now one of about 400,000 Californians who have a medical marijuana cards. For Bendula, he smokes...

Two months ago, Ryan Richmond and three other investors opened an unusual type of business in a modest cinderblock storefront in Ferndale, hoping to capitalize on the state’s newest medical industry. The space, which once belonged to a film industry payroll company, now receives a steady...

Proposition 19 Has Fewer Big-Money Supporters Than Past Initiatives Two years ago, when Californians were voting on an initiative that would have trimmed prison time for nonviolent drug offenders, Bob Wilson, a wealthy New York City investor, spent $$2.8 million on the ultimately unsuccessful...

Referendum Fuels Debate on Future of Province’s $4-Billion Industry A looming referendum in California on whether to legalize marijuana has fuelled a debate among bloggers and pundits over this question: Could legalization in the United States cripple the Canadian economy? In a column on...

Michigan — After decades of marginalization, medical marijuana is gaining greater acceptance across the country and is becoming big business in states that have embraced it as a gentler, more natural medication for patients suffering from illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma and HIV...

Thousands of pot users will flock to the Toronto branch of The Church of the Universe to join if a court recognizes its unlimited marijuana use as religious freedom, a federal prosecutor warned Thursday. Lawyer Nicholas Devlin of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada also told Justice Thea...

For years, Loveland resident Pat Dupree wanted to re-enter the business of selling products all made from hemp. In 1993, Dupree had opened a shop in Chapel Hill, N.C., that lasted only six months because he could not obtain any quality products, he said. Plus, he had a family to raise, he...

Sacramento, CA — John Wade, 43, a San Francisco commercial lighting specialist, takes a quick hit from a marijuana cigarette on the golf course to steady himself before putting. Sarika Simmons, 35, of San Diego County, sometimes unwinds after the kids are asleep with tokes from a...

The Oregonian Editorial Board denigrated not only the supporters of Measure 74 but also all medical marijuana patients with its recent editorial on medical marijuana. The editorial board purports to know the intentions of the supporters of the measure as well as the medical condition of all 36,000...

A judge said the court wouldn’t recognize a medical marijuana card for a man who was ordered to perform 500 hours of community service as part of five years’ probation in a drug case. Kaleo Roberson, 35, also was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine as part of his sentence imposed July 29...

If medical marijuana dispensing collectives are permitted in Chico, local Realtor Dan Beveridge said more than just marijuana growers and collective owners stand to profit. Speaking before the Chico Planning Commission Thursday night, Beveridge said the crippled commercial real estate market could...

Longmont, CO — Boulder Countys Land Use Department has tentatively approved plans for what eventually could become a marijuana-growing operation north of Longmont, to the disgust of some neighbors. Boulder county commissioners have until Aug. 19 to decide if they want a public hearing....

Washington, D.C. — District liquor regulators will play a lead role in the city’s new medical marijuana program when it debuts Jan. 1, according to draft rules issued Friday by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D). Under the regulations, the city health department would be responsible for...

Residence halls at the University of Colorado don’t have discount arrangements with medical marijuana dispensaries, despite what Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said this morning while debating his Democratic challenger Stan Garnett, CU officials said. In response to a question about...