The oversight committee adopts stricter residency requirements for licensing; broadens allowances for growing pot; and preserves the 12-plant limit on adult-use grows.
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Rhode Island town challenges state pot law
Smithfield wants to reduce the number of legal pot plants licensed growers can have from 12 to 2.
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Vermont awards 5th medical marijuana dispensary license
PhytoScience Institute had the highest score of the five applicants seeking a license.
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As states legalize marijuana, arrests for pot dwarf those for violent crimes
More people in the U.S. were arrested last year in pot-related cases than for murder, rape, aggravated assault and robbery combined.
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Dr. Oz surprises the hosts of ‘Fox & Friends’ by talking about America’s pot ‘hypocrisy’
The doctor said medical marijuana could be an exit for opioid addiction.
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Lawmakers get an earful as public packs hearing on rules for legal pot
Medical marijuana caregivers turn out in force to urge changes to Maine’s Marijuana Legalization Act to prevent adult-use laws from interfering with their program.
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Limits on personal marijuana grows likely to dominate public hearing
Lawmakers will hear from the public Tuesday on all aspects of their proposed rules. How much pot someone can grow on their own property is likely to be a contentious issue.
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Proposed marijuana rules would let adults buy online and at drive-thrus
Supporters say marijuana purchase regulations should mirror those for alcohol, but opponents warn against making it too easy to buy a drug that’s still illegal under federal law.
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Massachusetts court decides roadside drunken driving tests not valid for pot
Performance observations should be the measure of impaired driving, court says.
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Maine judges hear landmark case for pot reimbursements under workers’ comp
A Supreme Judicial Court panel focuses on the conflict between ordering payment for a federally illegal drug and potentially leaving an injured worker to use prescription opioids.