While Gov. Jack Markell has come out against legalizing marijuana in Delaware, the state has followed others in the country and loosened it pot laws during his tenure.

On Friday, a new state law decriminalizing the possession and personal use of up to an ounce of marijuana went into effect.

Some believe this a step toward the eventual full legalization. Others, like Markell, oppose it wholeheartedly.

We believe Markell’s successor would be wise to at least sanction a comprehensive study of marijuana legalization in Delaware.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have approved growing marijuana on their reservation in central Oregon and selling it outside the reservation.

The vote comes a year after a U.S. Department of Justice policy indicated tribes could grow and sell pot under the same guidelines as states. The tribe is one of a handful to enter the pot business thus far.

Warm Springs officials said about 80 percent of tribal voters favored the proposal. More than 1,400 of the 3,300 eligible voters turned out for the Thursday referendum.

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A Transportation Security Administration worker at the Oakland International Airport has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to smuggle marijuana through the airport, federal prosecutors said.

The indictment, which was unsealed on Thursday, also charges 28-year-old Kiana Scott Clark of San Mateo with conspiring to defraud the United States by obstructing, impeding, and interfering with the TSA’s aviation security functions, U.S. Attorney’s officials said.

According to the indictment, Clark allegedly used her position as a TSA officer to facilitate the smuggling of drugs into and through the Oakland airport for delivery throughout the U.S.

ACHORAGE, Alaska — Officials say they had to discard hundreds of tubes of lip balm that were distributed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richards after they were found to have hemp seed oil as an ingredient, which contains trace amounts of THC.

The base’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office had been distributing the lip balm as it typically does with other promotional items, like water bottles and calendars, The Alaska Dispatch News reported. JBER spokesman 1st Lt. Michael Harrington said the lip balm was purchased mistakenly.

“Not everybody thinks to check the ingredients list on ChapStick,” said Harrington.

The lip balm contained hemp seed oil, which is banned under U.S. Army and Air Force regulations.

PORTLAND, Maine — A terminally ill New Hampshire woman who won a court's permission to get a medical marijuana card received her medication in Maine Friday.

New Hampshire passed a law that allows patients with certain conditions to use medical marijuana, but no dispensaries have opened yet. Supporters of medical marijuana say the case is an important step toward increasing access and giving terminal patients more options for end of life care.

Linda Horan, 64, was beaming Friday afternoon at the Wellness Connection of Maine's Portland dispensary. She had just picked up some cannabis tinctures, capsules and cookies to help treat symptoms associated with her lung cancer.

"My god, I'm over the moon," she says. "Completely over the moon."

By Tom, the Founder

The CannaSafety™ mission is centered around promoting the safe and conscious use of cannabis. It is an ancient, magical plant and healing herb that has been used for 1000’s of years, and now with the end of prohibition we are again beginning to uncover the true potential and spectrum of its therapeutic effects. There are 111 cannabinoids in cannabis (7 new discovered in 2015!) and we still have so much to learn.

A medical marijuana company in the US has developed a new strain of cannabis that could lead to cheaper and more effective products for people suffering from seizures and inflammation. The company Minnesota Medical Solutions created a new type of cannabis that contains more cannabidiol (CBD), a compound used in medical products.

The company said on its announcement on Wednesday the new high-CBD strain is aimed to make its medical products easier and cheaper to refine. CBD currently appears in lower ratios in most marijuana strains.

UNION GAP, Washington -- Marijuana-themed Christmas gifts are popular in states like Washington where marijuana has been made legal. Marijuana retailers said, like most businesses, their sales are higher during the holidays.

"They are flying off the shelves this year," Sara Hecker, who works at Station 420, said about its Christmas-themed gift baskets. The baskets contain a starter glass pipe, rolling papers and of course some pot.

The legalization of marijuana in Washington is just barely three years old, but retailers said they have already seen negative stigmas dissipate as more states follow suit. Retailers said it would not be long before finding a bag of weed under the Christmas tree is normal.

What began as a one-off letter from the U.S. Postal Service to a small, Washington state newspaper has turned into a standoff between USPS headquarters and members of Congress. At stake is whether cannabis advertisements, which have skyrocketed in recent years, can travel through the nation’s mail.

As states legalize marijuana, more marijuana businesses are opening across the country. An obscure 1982 brainchild of Bob Dole’s Senate Finance Committee, section 280E of the federal tax code, is hitting state-legal marijuana sellers in the pocketbook—right now. 280E, which says taxpayers cannot deduct costs of selling federally illegal drugs, is not just helping fund the federal government. It’s also hampering marijuana advertising and marketing—to the satisfaction of nervous parents, and to the consternation of profit-seeking marijuana promoters.