marijuana

The suspect in the weekend killings of four people at a marijuana farm in Oklahoma was arrested in the afternoon by officers in South Florida, police announced late Tuesday.

New York state’s first licenses to sell recreational marijuana could be awarded as soon as next week. The state Cannabis Control Board is set to consider approving applications Monday. It’s a major step toward launching one of the nation’s most hotly anticipated legal marijuana markets, but the step comes amid complications. A court ruling last week temporarily blocks the state...

With the addition of Maryland and Missouri, 21 states have legalized recreational marijuana for adults over the past decade — even though it remains illegal under federal law.

Voters in a handful of states are set to decide on ballot proposals that could legalize recreational marijuana.

Maine delivered an October surprise to medical marijuana providers with new guidance that limits the sale of pre-rolled marijuana and liquid concentrates by treating them like tobacco. The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy released guidance on Oct. 7 that effectively bans medical marijuana caregivers without a storefront from providing those products altogether while medical marijuana dispensaries and stores must treat…

Marijuana prohibitions have fallen across the United States in the decade since Colorado and Washington approved recreational cannabis. Where is the marijuana movement heading next?

A mother in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, faces felony murder and child neglect charges after her 4-year-old son died from eating marijuana-infused gummies earlier this year. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Tanner Clements died two days after he ate marijuana edibles at a home in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. A pediatric ER doctor has advice for what parents should do if their child gets hold of THC gummies.

President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon thousands of people convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law could give a boost to Election Day ballot proposals in five states that would legalize the drug.

A tragic death inside a state licensed marijuana facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is being called the first of its kind in the industry. Lorna McMurrey, a 27-year-old employee, collapsed inside Trulieve’s production building after having trouble breathing. Her mother, Laura Bruneau, is calling for change to prevent this from happening to another family. “I lost my everything, like, my...

A tragic death inside a state-licensed marijuana facility is being called the first of its kind in the industry.

Expunging criminal records for simple marijuana possession would be the “fastest, easiest and quickest way” to deal with those convictions, not pardons like President Joe Biden recommended, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday. After Biden on Thursday announced he would make pardons available for thousands of Americans with federal simple marijuana possession convictions and urged governors to do the same…

Expunging criminal records for simple marijuana possession would be the “fastest, easiest and quickest way” to deal with those convictions, not pardons like President Joe Biden recommended, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday. After Biden on Thursday announced he would make pardons available for thousands of Americans with federal simple marijuana possession convictions and urged governors to do the same at…

President Joe Biden is calling on governors nationwide to pardon people serving time for marijuana possession at the state level.

A day after President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law, Massachusetts’ candidates for governor weighed in on what kind of action they would take on the state level regarding such crimes. There is no one currently serving time in federal prison for marijuana possession and the president’s pardon covers just 2% of...

The president is also calling on governors to follow suit and pardon people convicted on similar state charges.

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his three-step plan to reform federal marijuana laws, which includes an immediate pardon for all federal simple possession convictions.

The president also encouraged governors to do the same in their states and announced steps toward federal decriminalization of the drug and addressed plans to explore changing how it is classified.

The death of a young woman in Holyoke is being tied to her job at a state-licensed marijuana facility in the wake of a federal investigation, according to a report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. According to federal and city records obtained by the NBC10 Investigators, 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey went into cardiac arrest at Trulieve’s cultivation facility...

Vermont this weekend became the latest state in New England where people can legally buy marijuana in stores.