cannabis

Jim Belushi explains how he became a cannabis farmer.

Officials in Evanston, Ill. are proposing sale tax from the sales of cannabis be used to fund a proposal for reparations.

Los Angeles moved Wednesday to reboot its once-promising legal marijuana market, giving initial approval to changes large and small to expand licensing and get more assistance to operators who endured the consequences of the nation’s war on drugs. Broad legal sales kicked off in California in 2018, and at that time Los Angeles was expected to quickly establish itself as…

The Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation announced Tuesday that it will receive more than $6 million in grant funding from the California Cannabis Equity Grant Program for Local Jurisdictions. The grant program was created under the state’s Cannabis Equity Act of 2018 to aid local equity programs, which support people living in low-income areas or those who had been…

The unofficial holiday saluting all things cannabis arrives at a challenging time for the nation’s legal marijuana industry.

Marijuana entrepreneurs who want to open new pot shops in Los Angeles are suing the city, arguing that the application process for licenses was unfairly implemented, according to a newspaper report. The lawsuit by the Social Equity Owners and Workers Association asks a judge to require the city to vet each of the hundreds of applications submitted under a first-come,…

It was the first heist since cannabis was made available for medical patients four years ago. But was the $200,000 burglary of a Chicago MOCA dispensary an inside job? Ask Chicago Police, and they’ll tell you without hesitation that the January 6th burglary of the MOCA dispensary in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood had all the hallmarks of a classic...

A host of brands gathered to hold the 3rd Cannabis Wedding Expo in West Hollywood Sunday. The unique expo was held at the Andaz Hotel and featured cannabis-inspired takes on traditional wedding items, including bouquet art installations with cannabis themes and designer wedding dresses.

Here comes the bride, with a tint of green. West Hollywood hosted a cannabis wedding expo. As seen on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.

On its seventh day, the Illinois recreational cannabis industry was marked with short supplies, long lines, and in some cases, shuttered dispensaries Tuesday.

Indiana’s Republican leaders oppose taking steps toward following Michigan and Illinois in legalizing marijuana use during the upcoming legislative session. Indiana lawmakers have not seriously debated steps such as allowing medical marijuana or removing the threat of jail time for possessing small amounts of the drug, even as recreational marijuana sales have won approval in Michigan and Illinois and medical...

More than three years after California voters broadly legalized marijuana, a state panel is considering if its potent, high-inducing chemical — THC — should be declared a risk to pregnant women and require warnings. Studies have indicated that a rising number of mothers-to-be have turned to marijuana products for relief from morning sickness and headaches, though it’s effectiveness has not…

California schools will get to decide if parents can administer medical marijuana to their children on school campuses.

A 27-year-old woman was killed Thursday by a man who followed her near an apartment complex in East Hollywood, officials said.

Multiple raids were carried out Thursday in communities surrounding Perris, where Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement personnel targeted illegal marijuana grows, seizing roughly six tons of raw and processed product, as well as arresting at least 27 people.

Deputies seized six tons of marijuana in raids across the Perris Valley. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, July 18, 2019.