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HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania officials said Wednesday that they will begin accepting applications early next year for medical marijuana growers and dispensaries, with a target date of mid-2018 for legal sales to begin in the state.

Bill would allow adults to grow up to 5 plants for personal use. Kentucky could become one of the next states to legalize the leaf for recreational purposes.

Maybe you have heard of hemp in recent years, as momentum behind a movement to legalize the agricultural crop has grown with federal legislation and some states supporting it.

Opponents of Question 1, the ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana Maine, have delivered an early Christmas present to supporters.

Ohio medical marijuana regulators have proposed new rules for how businesses can sell cannabis to patients.

New Hampshire remains the only New England state that hasn't decriminalized the drug.

After a successful first year growing industrial hemp, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture is seeking producers for year two.

BOSTON (AP) -- Having spent nearly three decades crusading for relaxed marijuana laws in Massachusetts, Bill Downing is greeting the state's new recreational marijuana law with a mix of satisfaction and trepidation.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Senate panel Tuesday began exploring issues surrounding medical marijuana as lawmakers prepare to carry out a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in November.

It’s a joint political effort to pass marijuana reform.

SANTA ROSA (KPIX 5) — There was a lot of buzz surrounding the state’s biggest pot fair this weekend in Santa Rosa.

Looks like marijuana advocates worried that the new legal pot law wouldn’t start on time can exhale after all.

ALBANY — People using medical marijuana in New York may soon have more products to choose from and more options on where to buy them.

Colorado and California may be ground zero for medical marijuana, but Florida could quickly catch up.

APACHE JUNCTION, AZ (KPHO/KTVK) - An effort to expand Arizona's Medical Marijuana Act is underway, thanks to an initiative filed with the state by the Arizona Marijuana Patient Society.

Industrial hemp gets a bad rap, advocates say.

AUSTIN - A Texas state senator plans to file a bill Tuesday that would legalize medical marijuana.

Dozens rallied in Newark Sunday, calling for the legalization of cannabis on the eve of the 83rd anniversary of the end of alcohol prohibition.