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The Better Business Bureau of Connecticut is warning consumers to be on the lookout for marijuana dispensary scams as recreational use sales start up in the state. BBB officials say there haven’t received any reports of victims in Connecticut yet, but they hope to prevent local consumers from becoming targets. Several other states have received reports of dispensary scams...

According to researchers, 12,167 California seniors made trips to emergency rooms in 2019 with marijuana-related concerns.

A new report reveals a staggering number of kids have gotten sick after inadvertently eating marijuana edibles.

A new report reveals a staggering number of kids have gotten sick after inadvertently eating marijuana edibles. The report by the American Association of Poison Control Centers shows more than 7,000 confirmed cases of kids younger than six years old who have eaten marijuana edibles were reported to the nation’s poison control centers between 2017 and 2021. Cases went from…

A new study shows the number of young children who get sick after accidentally eating marijuana edibles has skyrocketed in recent years. News4’s Mauricio Casillas looks into what parents should know about the dangers of the THC-laced treats.

The number of young kids, especially toddlers, who accidentally ate marijuana-laced treats rose sharply over five years as pot became legal in more places in the U.S., according to a study published Tuesday.

Stuck inside a secure storage room for weeks now is almost 2,000 pounds of cannabis — at just one farm alone. With nowhere to sell it due to delays in New York’s legal weed rollout, local growers are sitting on half a billion dollars of marijuana, and the clock is ticking

The suspect in the weekend killings of four people at a marijuana farm in Oklahoma was arrested in the afternoon by officers in South Florida, police announced late Tuesday.

New York state’s first licenses to sell recreational marijuana could be awarded as soon as next week. The state Cannabis Control Board is set to consider approving applications Monday. It’s a major step toward launching one of the nation’s most hotly anticipated legal marijuana markets, but the step comes amid complications. A court ruling last week temporarily blocks the state...

With the addition of Maryland and Missouri, 21 states have legalized recreational marijuana for adults over the past decade — even though it remains illegal under federal law.

Voters in a handful of states are set to decide on ballot proposals that could legalize recreational marijuana.

Marijuana prohibitions have fallen across the United States in the decade since Colorado and Washington approved recreational cannabis. Where is the marijuana movement heading next?

A mother in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, faces felony murder and child neglect charges after her 4-year-old son died from eating marijuana-infused gummies earlier this year. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Tanner Clements died two days after he ate marijuana edibles at a home in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. A pediatric ER doctor has advice for what parents should do if their child gets hold of THC gummies.

President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon thousands of people convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law could give a boost to Election Day ballot proposals in five states that would legalize the drug.

President Biden announced he’s taking executive action to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, and it’s something Connecticut has had in the works for about a year now.

President Biden announced he’s taking executive action to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, and it’s something Connecticut has had in the works for about a year now. “No one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. It’s time we...

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his three-step plan to reform federal marijuana laws, which includes an immediate pardon for all federal simple possession convictions.

The president also encouraged governors to do the same in their states and announced steps toward federal decriminalization of the drug and addressed plans to explore changing how it is classified.

Missouri could become the first state to pass a voter-led effort to require courts to automatically forgive past marijuana crimes.