A man who may have been trying to steal marijuana was injured when he stepped on and detonated one of several booby traps protecting a large marijuana growing operation outside of a Detroit home, authorities said.
Ohio’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that part of the ballot wording describing a proposal to legalize marijuana in the state is misleading and ordered a state board to rewrite it.
Ten men were charged on Wednesday with conspiring to manufacture synthetic marijuana laced with dangerous chemicals and distributed to retailers throughout New York City’s five boroughs, fueling a public health crisis that’s national in scope.
California marijuana: The Legislature pushed through three Democratic bills late Friday to set up the state’s first regulatory framework for the free-wheeling medical marijuana industry, sending the proposal to Gov. Jerry Brown.
Portland Police say they’re investigating an attack and robbery at an illegal mobile medical marijuana cart.
All but one of the 20 Cubans indicted last week on suspicion of trafficking marijuana out of Colorado have been released on bonds from federal custody.
More than 11, 700 marijuana plants and accessories were eradicated from a “marijuana garden” in the San Isabel National Forest, officials said.
How many cannabis consumers will take advantage of the pot price break Sept. 16? Colorado’s unusual tax law is forcing the state to suspend taxes on recreational marijuana for one day. For pot retailers, the holiday poses a bizarre supply dilemma.
A man who tried to pass off a backpack of dirty socks as marijuana has been sentenced to at least one year in a Michigan prison.
Indiana State Police say a multi-agency sweep of marijuana growing operations in southern Indiana has seized nearly 4,900 plants from 146 plots with an estimated street value as high as $7.5 million dollars.
A caped green superhero stumping for marijuana legalization votes at college campuses and bars in Ohio has sparked debate over its impact on children.
Jeff Mizanskey, sentenced to life in prison without parole on a marijuana-related charge, walked out of a Missouri prison a free man Tuesday after spending two decades behind bars.
More U.S. college students are making a habit of using marijuana, which has supplanted cigarettes as the smoke-able substance of choice among undergraduates who light up regularly, according to the annual “Monitoring the Future” study by the University of Michigan.
California Fish and Wildlife officers have recently joined local narcotics teams in inspecting pot farms as part of a unique state effort to identify growers willing to work with authorities to monitor water use and environmental effects from marijuana cultivation.
Miley Cyrus flashed one of her breasts, traded words with Nicki Minaj and closed the show with a performance of a new song about marijuana at the MTV VMAs.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission is recruiting 11 marijuana compliance specialists in preparation for the Oct. 1 rollout of recreational marijuana.
Albanian authorities say they have confiscated about half a million cannabis plants this year, arresting 240 suspected growers and drug traffickers.
Supporters of a plan to legalize marijuana in Ohio are challenging the proposal’s ballot phrasing and title, arguing in a Thursday filing to the Ohio Supreme Court that certain words are inaccurate and intentionally misleading to voters.
Colorado has backed off a plan to require edible marijuana products to come with a stop-sign stamp.
State officials are weighing a question that could drastically expand Minnesota’s medical marijuana program and offer hope of relief to thousands of residents: Should it allow people with intractable pain to buy the new drug?
A western Kansas woman will have a preliminary hearing in November to face charges stemming from accusations that arose after 11-year-old son said in school that his mother smokes marijuana “a lot.”
A state agriculture official says Oregon’s hemp industry is not turning out the way lawmakers envisioned, so the department will recommend changes to the law regulating how it is grown.
A pair of bills pending in the California Legislature would create the first statewide regulations for medical marijuana growers, manufacturers of pot-infused products, and dispensaries and delivery services.
Larry Harvey, the man at the center of a nationally watched federal medical marijuana case in Washington state, has died six months after the federal government dropped charges against him.
The city of Oakland can’t fight the feds in court on the behalf of a California dispensary, a federal appeals court has ruled. City officials will meet to discuss other options.
Marijuana isn’t evil, but teens aren’t ready for it: That’s the theme of the new “What’s Next” campaign by Colorado to educate youth and discourage pot use.
Oregon public health officials have released draft rules for medical marijuana dispensaries selling legal recreational pot.
The Ohio Ballot Board approved language for a fall ballot issue that seeks to legalize marijuana and another aimed at extinguishing that plan, and supporters of the pot proposal threatened a court challenge.
Water officials in the San Luis Valley are wrangling over a problem with the state’s marijuana laws over water theft.
Recent decisions by state judges have revealed a legal loophole in Wyoming marijuana laws that lawmakers are trying to close.
Gov. Bruce Rauner used his veto authority Friday to alter a pair of marijuana bills, setting higher fines in a measure decriminalizing small amounts of the drug and scaling back an extension to Illinois’ medical cannabis pilot program.
Drug possession and resisting arrest charges have been dropped against a Houston-area woman who says female deputies violated her rights by doing a body cavity search in a parking lot.
ResponsibleOhio’s legalization proposal met the state’s signature requirements to qualify for the Nov. 3 ballot, the state’s elections chief determined Wednesday.
Pot edibles in Colorado may soon come labeled with a “stop sign” symbol, according to a draft of new rules released Wednesday by state marijuana regulators. The state may also ban the word “candy” from being used by manufacturers.
A student accused of passing out brownies laced with hashish to students and a teacher at his southwest Ohio high school has been indicted on felony drug charges.
It’s been more than a year since Colorado passed a law requiring edible marijuana to have a distinct look when out of its package.
Marijuana activists campaigning to see pot consumption allowed in bars and other public places in Denver are turning in signatures to get the question on November’s city ballots.
Commercial marijuana growers will be able to apply to operate in Hayden, a northern Colorado town about 25 miles west of Steamboat Springs.
A Kentucky sheriff’s office has posted a flyer on its Facebook page asking drug dealers to turn in their rivals.
A group working to get a marijuana legalization issue on Ohio’s fall ballot has spent more than $2 million in its effort so far this year and has about $82,000 in cash on hand, according to a campaign finance report filed by ResponsibleOhio on Friday.
Fifteen years after Nevadans voted to legalize it, medical marijuana was sold legally in the state for the first time Friday at a dispensary in a strip mall about 5 miles east of downtown Reno.
The former U.S. attorney in North Dakota has filed a motion to lift an 11-year-old federal injunction that prevents a man from growing industrial hemp on a South Dakota reservation.
The ResponsibleOhio campaign to legalize marijuana for medicinal and recreational use in Ohio submitted more signatures Thursday as it tries to get the issue before fall voters.
Nevada medical marijuana dispensary Silver State Relief will open its doors Friday in the town of Sparks. The dispensary’s general manager Aron Swan says his team is ready for business after spending nearly two years getting things ready.
Ohio’s elections chief named a special investigator on Wednesday to review what he calls “significant disparities” in a marijuana legalization group’s ballot petitions and said he is subpoenaing the campaign’s director.
Wyoming’s governor says it would be unwise to ignore how marijuana legalization elsewhere is affecting Wyoming or what could happen if pot became legal in the Cowboy State.
Oregon will allow marijuana sales to adults beginning Oct. 1, nearly a year sooner than originally planned.
An initial toxicology report for Sandra Bland, who died in a Texas jail cell three days after her arrest during a traffic stop, raises the possibility that she may have used marijuana while in custody, two experts said.
The only member of the so-called “Kettle Falls Five” marijuana-growing family to plead guilty has received a 16-month sentence, but will remain out of custody pending an appeal.
Authorities have charged a man who they say posted online photos that showed him with marijuana plants he was growing at an abandoned lot in southern New Jersey.
