The state released a report Monday detailing changes in everything from pot arrests to tax collections to calls to Poison Control.

Colorado kids are not smoking more pot since the drug became legal — but their older siblings and parents certainly are, according to a long-awaited report giving the most comprehensive data yet on the effects of the state's 2012 recreational marijuana law.

The state released a report Monday detailing changes in everything from pot arrests to tax collections to calls to Poison Control. Surveys given to middle-schoolers and high-schoolers indicate that youth marijuana use didn't rise significantly in the years after the 2012 vote.

A marijuana ordinance passed its first reading Monday in a 4 to 3 vote. 

Leaders will return for a second vote on May 9.

It was a packed house at Orlando City Hall on Monday as leaders discussed the ordinance that will decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.

Some residents spoke out with major concerns about how marijuana offenses will be handled in Orlando in the future.

“We feel it’s a gateway drug. We feel it leads to young people trying other things,” said opponent Jim Millar.

Others were worried about how the proposed rules would be enforced.

“It is a false sense of protection, especially for people of color in Districts 5 and 6,” said opponent Cynthia Harris.

Medical marijuana programs are gaining momentum across the country. Yet, while Pennsylvania just became the twenty-fourth state with a comprehensive medical marijuana program, the District of Columbia is working to roll back patients' rights and criminalize consumption.

NBC’s late-night host introduces some incredible pint-size imitators of the GOP presidential candidate

On Friday’s “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the NBC late-night host unveiled a special Donald Trump edition of his segment for fans to submit clips of their kids doing celebrity impressions.

And the kids did not disappoint. One boy called the GOP presidential frontrunner “Donald Trunk,” while a blond girl promised to build a wall “and make Mexico pay for it — it’s gonna be hoooge.”

On Tuesday, Maine will be the first state to formally consider the idea, even though the federal government still classifies marijuana as an illicit drug.

Medical marijuana caregivers and patients will ask state regulators Tuesday to consider adding opiate addiction as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana.

Maine will be the first state to formally consider allowing medical marijuana to be used as treatment for addiction to opiates and other drugs derived from chemical synthesis, said Dawson Julia, a caregiver from Unity who submitted a petition to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to request the public hearing.

The Oregon Health Authority on Monday reminded medical marijuana dispensary operators that they can't sponsor raffles or contests that include free pot as a prize.  

The bulletin was issued during the week of 4/20, the unofficial holiday of sorts for the marijuana set.

"Marijuana may not be given as a prize, premium or consideration for a lottery, contest, game of chance, game of skill or competition of any kind," according to the memo from André Ourso, manager of the state's medical marijuana program.

Ourso also reminded dispensaries that on-site marijuana consumption isn't allowed unless it's by an employee.

Hospitals and treatment centers in Colorado have seen an increase in marijuana use among patients since recreational pot became legal in January 2014, while weed-related arrests have predictably plummeted significantly, a new report reveals.

While the author of an 147-page study released by the Colorado Department of Public Safety on Monday cautions that it’s too soon to truly measure the impact of the state’s first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana laws, statistics so far suggest that facilities have seen an explosion with respect to patients who have either been hospitalized as a result of weed.

Every entrepreneur dreams of discovering an untapped market where they could start with a low investment and build a huge business. If that’s you, consider the developing legal marijuana industry.

This sector is growing faster than ganja under grow lights.

The best part is, it’s early days for this — cough — budding sector.

Many of the specifics governing legalized medical marijuana under a plan Ohio legislators introduced this week would fall to a nine-person commission under the Ohio Department of Health.

“Whether novice or aficionado, knowing how to assess cannabis flower quality is key to having the best possible experience.”

All Cannabis is not created equal, and just as wine enthusiasts enjoy a user friendly tasting system and diamond buyers employ the “Four C’s,” Good Chemistry Nurseries, one of the industry’s most experienced Cannabis producers has now created a stylish, easy-to-use free consumer cannabis evaluation guide for assessing quality cannabis flower.