The crackdown on more than a dozen farms occurred in different parts of Calaveras County, southeast of Sacramento in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

California expects to collect $1 billion a year in new cannabis tax revenue. But governments will likely miss out on money without an easy, secure way to pay.

Clark County commissioners on Tuesday discussed a proposed ordinance that would ban cannabis ads at the airport. But its language raised some concerns.

“I’m pretty sure we’re going to have the ability to have a dispensary in each part of the state,” said the director of the Health Department’s medical marijuana division.

Hawaii approved its first laboratory to begin testing samples of medical marijuana 17 years after use of the drug was legalized in the state.

New York state has authorized five more organizations to manufacture and dispense medical marijuana to improve patient access to cannabis medications.

Tuesday brought the latest expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program that launched in July 2015.

The island’s treasury secretary says the medical cannabis industry could generate up to $100 million a year and help ease an unemployment rate of around 12%.

State lawmakers are examining the initiative process after being caught off-guard by voters who approved the use of medical marijuana in November.

A medical marijuana patient is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to end mandatory state registration and fees for medical cards.