SANTA CRUZ >> Medical cannabis growers may be able to register their operation this summer, a first step as Santa Cruz County supervisors move to create a regulated marketplace for a closeted industry that rang up $32 million in sales at 14 local dispensaries last year. Read more »
Up in smoke: For a second time, Missouri rejects medical marijuana
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A proposal to legalize medical marijuana was quashed Wednesday in the Missouri House, marking the second time this year it has been defeated by lawmakers. Read more »
Legal pot industry descends on Florida as voters consider medical marijuana
ORLANDO — With the first medical marijuana in Florida expected to be available later this year and an expansion initiative on the November ballot, the nation’s budding legal pot industry has descended on Orlando this week for a conference and trade show. Read more »
Medical Marijuana Attracts Families To US As International Pot ‘Refugees’
Hundreds of families throughout the world have been drawn to Colorado to seek medical marijuana treatment for their children’s ailments. These parents and their kids, dubbed “international medical marijuana refugees,” travel thousands of miles in an attempt to procure what they say are lifesaving elements, the Guardian reported Monday. Read more »