Hundreds of pounds of marijuana found at sites in Yavapai County

Packages containing hundreds of pounds of marijuana were found in two separate locations in Yavapai County in north-central Arizona, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Arizona voters may get a chance to vote on marijuana legalization this November

Could 2020 be the year marijuana is legalized in Arizona? Supporters believe so, as efforts are underway to get a proposition on the issue on the ballot in November. FOX 10's Bailey Miller reports.

Legal weed sales in Illinois total nearly $11-million in just 5 days

Dispensaries across the state have rendered 271,169 transactions since cannabis was legalized on January 1, 2020 – totaling exactly $10,830,667.91 in sales.

Illinois rakes in $3.2 million on first day of legal recreational marijuana sales

Illinois rang in the new year by officially legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana, raking in nearly $3.2 million in sales on its first day, state officials announced Thursday.

UPS workers among 11 charged in Tucson drug trafficking ring

Several United Parcel Service employees are among nearly a dozen people accused of shipping illegal drugs undetected out of Tucson.

Officials list pot vape brands reported in US outbreak

Health officials are investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses and for the first time, they're releasing a list of the vape brands most commonly linked to hospitalizations.

2 businesses declared off-limits for Fort Huachuca soldiers

A smoke shop and a shuttle service have been declared off-limits for soldiers at an Army base in southeastern Arizona. A base commander says the two businesses adversely affect the health, safety, morals, morale and discipline of Fort Huachuca personnel.

More clues point to chemical compound in US vaping illnesses

Nearly 2,300 Americans who vape have gotten sick since March, many of them teens and young adults. Vitamin E acetate has been used as a thickener in illicit vaping products that contain THC, the high-inducing part of marijuana.

Newsmaker Saturday: Mel and Cindy McDonald
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Cindy McDonald talks about how they had to get medical marijuana for her son while her husband was the US Attorney for Arizona. Cindy also shares her family's story in the new book, 'The Least Likely Criminal.'

Bill to decriminalize marijuana at federal level passes divided U.S. House committee

A divided U.S. House committee approved a proposal Wednesday to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, a vote that was alternately described as a momentous turning point in national cannabis policy or a hollow political gesture.

Illegal pot farms on public land creating environmental hazard

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two months after two men were arrested at an illicit marijuana farm on public land deep in the Northern California wilderness, authorities are assessing the environmental impact and cleanup costs at the site where trees were clear-cut, waterways were diverted, and the ground was littered with open containers of fertilizer and rodenticide.

Master in Weed? You can do that at this university

For those who ever dreamed of earning a master's degree in marijuana, now is the time to try.

S. Carolina man claims McDonald’s sweet tea came with weed inside

A South Carolina man who went to McDonald’s for a sweet tea says he received a little extra herbal substance on the side.

Yuma police: No evidence of any tainted Halloween candy

Police in Yuma say an investigation found no evidence that a child ate any tainted Halloween candy. 

Medical pot on campus: Colleges say no and face lawsuits

Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies.

Clusters of illness linked to CBD vapes share 2nd connection

A pioneer in marketing CBD as a health product has pleaded guilty to selling large quantities of synthetic marijuana which was secretly added to vapes, sickening dozens.