The policy of Lutz Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Saginaw regarding Michigan's new medical marijuana laws is: Keep it in your car.

NILES — On a scale of 1 to 10, says Steve Allain, his pain is somewhere between 4 and 5.  On a good day.

A medical marijuana facility called the Pacific Beach Collective opened at 929A Turquoise St. on Monday

GILROY -- There's a proposal to open the first medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Clara County. Right now those who have medical marijuana cards have to travel miles to get the drug.

Police and city staff are taking a close look at a business application to open the county's first medical marijuana dispensary in north Gilroy.