DENVER — City officials temporarily halted the sale of millions of dollars worth of legal marijuana because of concerns that unapproved pesticides or fungicides have contaminated it.

This past Friday alone, city officials placed a "hold" on 60,000 plants at a single grow facility here after consulting with state agriculture inspectors and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They previously had placed crops from six other facilities on similar holds, allowing the plants to keep growing but blocking their sale to consumers.

Some growers have destroyed their crops instead of waiting for test results, which are still pending.

No, not California nor Nevada, and not one of the New England states.

It's looking more and more likely that voters in a key battleground state will be voting on marijuana legalization in November, and recent polling suggests it could win. That's thisNovember, not November 2016.

The state is Ohio, where a controversial pot legalization initiative is already well on the way to qualifying for the ballot, and its backers—or should we say investors?--have the cash on hand to make sure it does.

The new legal industry excludes the same people who suffered most under the old laws.

The town of York is being sued by a group of medical marijuana caregivers who claim that a recently adopted town ordinance violates state confidentiality laws.

Lynne Williams, an attorney based in Bar Harbor, is representing the caregivers, who lease space at a marijuana growing facility on White Birch Lane in York.

In the lawsuit, filed this week in York County Superior Court, the caregivers are referred to only as John Doe 1-8 because they have been granted anonymity under state law.

A stock delisting and a one-year stint on the grey market was not a death sentence for Advanced Cannabis Solutions.

Shares of the Denver-based company that leases real estate to marijuana grow operations and dispensaries resumed trading this week under the symbol “CANN.”

“It’s been a big battle for the management and really fighting very hard for our shareholders,” said Robert Frichtel, chief executive officer of Advanced Cannabis Solutions, which does business as General Cannabis Corp.

The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued a draft of a marijuana cultivation waiver that would allow growers to come into compliance with state water regulations, regardless of the legality of marijuana under state or federal law.

The proposed regulations containing provisions for a waiver is in a 30 day public comment period. If the proposal is finalized as drafted, sometime this year all private property growers, with more than six plants, must apply for this waiver if their operation could impact water quality. This process provides a pathway into compliance for growers in an otherwise totally unregulated industry.

The Vancouver Police Department executed a warrant on Weeds Glass and Gifts, located at 2916 West Fourth Ave, April 29. 

The investigation started in March due to public safety concerns, including a 15-year-old being hospitalized after allegedly buying edible products from the store, as well as other incidents involving young people, according to a VDP press release.

On May 9, the Global Marijuana March pulls through Cologne. City mayor Andreas Hupke will be at the demonstration as patron. The green party politician has long advocated for decriminalizing marijuana.

If the Global Marijuana March is in motion on the Haymarket downtown on May 9, Mayor Andreas Hupke is sure to be at the forefront. The green district politicians has long advocated for the decriminalization of hashish and marijuana - and has therefore assumed the role of patron for the protest. "For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic a mayor supports a demonstration for the legalization of cannabis with his patronage," exults Willie Obst, local organizer of the annual international demonstration.

Prohibition benefits dealers

In 2015, Sensi Seeds will have existed for 30 years, a milestone the company is extremely proud of. The anniversary is also a great opportunity to take a moment to reflect upon what it is that has driven us all these years; the thing that will always inspire us to do what we do, in the way that we do it. We’re talking about cannabis.

The versatility of cannabis