If you believe the enthusiasts, industrial hemp could be the comeback story of our time – if given a chance. Potential uses abound for the plant, a primary cash crop as clothing, oil and rope

SALEM, Ore. — When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions green-lighted federal prosecutions of marijuana lawbreakers, the vast majority of U.S. states that allow some form of medical marijuana were unexpectedly placed at risk of a

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision Thursday to scrap an Obama administration policy that offered legal shelter for state-sanctioned marijuana sales does not necessarily mean a wave of federal drug busts. But it could crimp California’s

As of December 2017, the city of Vancouver received $361,773 in marijuana excise taxes. Those funds pay for an additional six police officers each year. Natasha Ramras, interim finance director, said they expect to keep

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s governor said Thursday that the state will fight U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to roll back a lenient policy on federal enforcement of the drug. “Voters in Oregon were clear

Newly announced plans to tighten enforcement of federal marijuana laws have jolted the recreational marijuana industry, which has flourished in recent years but never seemed complacent. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday he would

OLYMPIA — The Latest on Washington state reaction to the rescinding by the Trump administration of policy by president Barack Obama’s Justice Department generally barred federal law enforcement officials from interfering with marijuana sales in

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days

LOS ANGELES — Customers hoping to be among the first in California to purchase marijuana legally lined up early Monday, as the arrival of the new year brought with it broad legalization of cannabis, two

PHILADELPHIA — Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is pairing with an Australian biopharmaceutical company in what some advocates say could be the first major effort in the United States to study the effects of medical marijuana