Category: States

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says he has sent a counterproposal to lawmakers in response to the revised marijuana legalization proposal sent to him last week.

Cannabis is joining the ranks of the financial, advertising, and alcohol industries with the formation of its first self-regulatory organization.

Congress is considering a bill that would expand the federal government’s ability to pursue the war on drugs, granting new power to the Attorney General to set federal drug policy.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The owner of a Montana medical marijuana dispensary network has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. The Missoulian reports 40-year-old Charlton Victor Campbell was sentenced Thursday. Under a plea agreement, Campbell forfeited $30,000 and the Montana Buds properties in…

The Rhode Island governor has called for an increase in medical marijuana dispensaries and an increase in licensing fees to generate another $1.5 million in revenue.

A bipartisan group of senators and representatives has reintroduced legislation to protect patients in states where medical marijuana has been legalized. The bill introduced Thursday is known as the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act. It would not legalize medical marijuana federally, but would amend federal law…

A lawsuit challenges the criminal ban against medical marijuana in Kentucky, touting cannabis as a viable alternative to ease addiction woes from opioids.

California would set standards for organic marijuana, allow pot samples at county fairs and permit home deliveries under new legislation to be considered.