Topic: Medical Marijuana

After careers in human resources and business consulting, Marianne Bays is tired of the corporate world. The 57-year-old's choice for a change: trying to become one of New Jersey's first legal pot dealers.In January, New Jersey became the 14th state to allow ...
Pot-friendly Oakland looks to bring in money by licensing, taxing medical marijuana growersLocal governments in California and other Western states have tried to clamp down on medical marijuana, but Oakland has taken a different approach.If you can't beat 'em, tax 'em.After becoming ...
A Montana physician who saw about 150 patients over 14 1/2 hours during a medical marijuana clinic last year will be fined $2,000 for providing substandard care, the first time a doctor in the state has been disciplined in a marijuana case.The ...
Medical marijuana is facing a backlash; civic leaders complain of an overdose of pot shopsThe vandals struck in the middle of the night, hurling Molotov cocktails through the windows of two medical marijuana businesses and spray-painting "NOT IN OUR TOWN" just before ...
Boulder city officials requiring medical marijuana growers to go green in energy usageBoulder has approved regulations for the medical marijuana industry with a twist in keeping with the sensibility of this liberal-leaning, Colorado university town.The regulations unanimously passed Tuesday will require growing ...
Eric Matuschek has had his share of bumps and bruises as a Hollywood stuntman, but he hasn't quite felt the pain he faces right now.Matuschek stands to lose his livelihood — albeit a more risky one — as the owner of a ...
Someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Billings medical marijuana business early Monday and "NOT IN OUR TOWN" was spray-painted on its storefront, the second such act in as many days, authorities said.The attempted arsons come as the Billings ...
A rolling marijuana dispensary has hit a bump in the road after seven months of selling chocolate-covered cookies, brownies, pretzels and other marijuana-laced items outside a clinic.The Riverside County city of Norco has asked a court to permanently shut down the Lakeview ...
Colo. Senate OKs medical marijuana regulations with changes; bill returns to House for voteA push to regulate the state's medical marijuana dispensaries appears to be nearing the finish line.The Colorado Senate passed the proposed regulations in a 26-9 vote on Thursday, sending ...

US capital okays medical marijuana

<div><p>City councillors in Washington voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow the US capital to join 14 states in allowing medical marijuana to be used to treat certain chronically ill patients.</p><p>Under the new law, which has to be signed by Mayor Adrian Fenty ...