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March 11, 2021, 8:29 PM

Morocco moves toward legalizing medical marijuana

Morocco’s government has approved a landmark bill that would legalize nonrecreational uses of marijuana
March 11, 2021, 8:29 PM
March 11, 2021, 4:12 AM

Mexican lawmakers advance bill to legalize recreational pot

Mexico’s lower chamber has approved a marijuana legalization bill setting the country on the path to becoming one of the world’s largest legal marijuana markets
March 11, 2021, 4:12 AM
February 22, 2021, 11:42 PM

New Jersey legalizes recreational marijuana

New Jersey has officially legalized recreational marijuana.
February 22, 2021, 11:42 PM
New Jersey legalizes recreational marijuana
1 month ago

Advocates promote social equity in Virginia marijuana bills

Reparations sought for communities harmed by enforcement of marijuana laws.
1 month ago
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South Dakota governor plans to delay medical pot law a year

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has promised to honor the will of voters to legalize pot for medical use, just not this year
1 month ago
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Confidence Interval: Will marijuana be legal across US by 2024? | FiveThirtyEight

FiveThirtyEight’s Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux argues marijuana won’t be nationally legalized in the next four years, despite widespread support.
1 month ago
Confidence Interval: Will marijuana be legal across US by 2024? | FiveThirtyEight
1 month ago

Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle

Jamaica is running low on ganja
1 month ago
2 months ago

Kansas governor: Medical pot should fund Medicaid expansion

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is proposing that Kansas legalize marijuana for medical use to generate revenues that would finance an expansion of the state’s Medicaid health coverage for the needy
2 months ago
Medical pot should fund Medicaid expansion, governor says
2 months ago

Constitutional ban on legal pot advances in Idaho

As legal weed becomes a reality across the U.S., Idaho is putting up a fight
2 months ago
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UFC won't punish fighters for marijuana use in policy change

The UFC will no longer punish fighters for using marijuana in most cases
2 months ago
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Maine marijuana shops report brisk business despite pandemic

The state's rollout of legal marijuana sales has been muted compared with others
2 months ago
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Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale has been freed

A Louisiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 in marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless is now free
3 months ago
Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale has been freed
3 months ago

Man who was serving 90-year sentence for marijuana released

Richard DeLisi is a free man after serving 31 years of a 90-year sentence for selling marijuana
3 months ago
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Ending the war on drugs?

A look at Oregon’s first-of-its-kind measure that decriminalizes possession of all drugs.
3 months ago
Ending the war on drugs?
3 months ago

House votes to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, goes to Senate

The bill passed to the Senate with small bipartisan support. It calls for removing marijuana from the federal list of controlled substances and expunging marijuana-related convictions.
3 months ago
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, goes to Senate
3 months ago

What Congress' vote to decriminalize marijuana means for you

What's the difference between cannabis decriminalization and legalization?
3 months ago
What Congress' vote to decriminalize marijuana means for you
3 months ago

House votes to federally decriminalize marijuana

The MORE Act would mandate a reassessment of prior marijuana convictions and invest in social services for people caught up in the war on drugs.
3 months ago
House approves historic vote to federally decriminalize marijuana
3 months ago

UN agency removes cannabis from strictest drug category

The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs has voted to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry
3 months ago
4 months ago

Americans across party lines, regions embrace marijuana

Recreational marijuana initiatives passed in four states this year, from liberal New Jersey to conservative Montana and South Dakota
4 months ago
Americans embrace marijuana across party lines, regions
4 months ago

Marijuana legalization successes pave way for national conversation on drug laws: Experts

After voters in five states approved measures to legalize marijuana, experts say elected officials are more pressured to make drug policy changes.
4 months ago
Marijuana legalization successes pressure states to rethink drug laws
4 months ago

What are the potential benefits and detriments of marijuana?

Dr. Jen Ashton answers the latest health and COVID-19 questions from viewers.
4 months ago
What are the potential benefits and detriments of marijuana?
4 months ago

These states just legalized marijuana

New Jersey, Arizona and South Dakota are the latest states to relax their drug laws.
4 months ago
These states just legalized marijuana
4 months ago

5 states pass marijuana legalization

Besides voting for president, voters considered measures covering recreational marijuana, abortion, minimum wage, affirmative action and Puerto Rico’s statehood.
4 months ago
5 states pass marijuana legalization
4 months ago

Marijuana legalization measures pass in 5 states

Five states have passed measures to legalize marijuana for recreational and medical use.
4 months ago
Marijuana legalization measures pass in 5 states
5 months ago

How conservative South Dakota could be at the forefront of legalizing marijuana

South Dakota is one of five states that has a marijuana legalization ballot measure in this year's election.
5 months ago
How this conservative state could be at the forefront of legalizing marijuana
5 months ago

Los Angeles faces lawsuit over marijuana delivery licenses

Two marijuana trade organizations filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest legal pot market over restrictions on stand-alone delivery services that have blocked them from obtaining licenses until 2025
5 months ago
Los Angeles faces lawsuit over marijuana delivery licenses
5 months ago

Long lines as Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries open

Prices are expected to be high initially because the supply is limited.
5 months ago
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Pittsburgh mayor ‘totally supportive’ of marijuana legislation

Mayor Bill Peduto discusses his plans to keep college campuses from becoming hot spots, legalizing marijuana and more.
6 months ago
Pittsburgh mayor ‘totally supportive’ of marijuana legislation
7 months ago

Republicans rip Democrats' priorities after vote scheduled on bill to decriminalize marijuana

After a vote was scheduled on a bill to decriminalize marijuana, Republicans argue Democratic priorities are misplaced amid pandemic and movement for racial justice.
7 months ago
Republicans rip Democrats' priorities after vote scheduled to decriminalize marijuana
7 months ago

Bill to decriminalize marijuana at federal level up for House vote next month

A landmark bill that would decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level is up for vote soon.
7 months ago
Bill to decriminalize marijuana at federal level up for House vote next month
7 months ago

Landmark bill decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level passes House committee

The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Wednesday that would decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level, giving states more room to craft unique laws.
7 months ago
Landmark bill decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level passes House committee
7 months ago

Marijuana use linked to increased risk of heart trouble

A new alert from the American Heart Association found that marijuana is linked to an increased risk of heart trouble, including heart attacks and heart failure.
7 months ago
Marijuana use linked to increased risk of heart trouble
8 months ago

Evanston, Illinois, finds innovative solution to funding reparations: Marijuana sales taxes

The city hopes to disburse $10 million for housing and economic improvements.
8 months ago
City finds innovative solution to funding reparations: Marijuana
9 months ago

Los Angeles to reset troubled marijuana licensing program

Los Angeles is trying to repair its troubled marijuana licensing program
9 months ago
9 months ago

Los Angeles looks to boost ailing legal marijuana market

Los Angeles is looking to improve how it regulates its struggling legal marijuana industry
9 months ago
9 months ago

Louisiana widening access to medical marijuana under new law

More Louisiana residents will have access to medical marijuana under a significant expansion of the state’s therapeutic cannabis program that Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed into law
9 months ago
1 year ago

4/20 marijuana party busted in New York City over failure to maintain social distancing

4/20 party busted in New York City over failure to maintain social distancing
1 year ago
4/20 marijuana party busted over failure to maintain social distancing
1 year ago

Coronavirus sends 420 gatherings up in smoke, but potheads still plan virtual toke

Cities across the nation have banned outdoor 420 celebrations, driving the festivities online.
1 year ago
Coronavirus sends 420 gatherings up in smoke, but potheads still plan virtual toke
1 year ago

Virus fuels pot industry's push for online sales, delivery

Colorado has made online sales of recreational marijuana legal during the coronavirus pandemic, fulfilling one of the pot industry’s biggest wishes
1 year ago
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Marijuana dispensaries deemed 'essential' but ineligible for federal stimulus

A look at the marijuana industry which has been deemed "essential" while being excluded from the stimulus.
1 year ago
Marijuana dispensaries deemed 'essential' but ineligible for federal stimulus
1 year ago

Marijuana sales skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic

Legal weed purveyors from California to Colorado have been reporting lines of customers outside their shops.
1 year ago
Marijuana sales skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic
1 year ago

Medical marijuana bills challenge Bible Belt politics

Views about medical marijuana appear to be changing across the South, where efforts to legalize it have long been stymied by Bible Belt politics
1 year ago
Medical marijuana bills challenge Bible Belt politics
1 year ago

First recreational pot shop in a major East Coast city opens

Boston’s first pot shop opened Monday, marking the first recreational marijuana store to open in a major East Coast city
1 year ago
1st pot shop opens in Boston
1 year ago

Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes

When voters in conservative Oklahoma approved medical marijuana in 2018, many thought the rollout would be slow and burdened with bureaucracy
1 year ago
Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes
1 year ago

Conservative Utah's 1st medical marijuana dispensary opens

Utah's first medical marijuana dispensary opened Monday as the state began a slow rollout of a program that will allow residents with certain health conditions to use the plant for medicinal purposes
1 year ago
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New Mexico bid for recreational marijuana all but doomed

The effort to legalize recreational marijuana in New Mexico is all but doomed for this year after a proposal to do so was rejected by a key Senate committee
1 year ago
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Colorado university to offer cannabis-related degree

University officials in Colorado have received state approval to offer a cannabis-related degree program
1 year ago
Colorado university to offer cannabis-related degree
1 year ago

Michigan inmate serving 60-year sentence for selling weed requests clemency

Michael Thompson, 68, has been in prison since 1996 for selling weed to an informant. Guns were also found in his home after his arrest.
1 year ago
Inmate serving 60-year sentence for selling weed requests clemency
1 year ago

Tennessee man smokes marijuana in front of judge

Spencer Alan Boston was appearing in court on a possession-of-marijuana citation.
1 year ago
Tennessee man smokes marijuana in front of judge
1 year ago

Man smokes marijuana in front of judge after advocating for legalization

A Tennessee man smoked marijuana in front of a judge while advocating for the legalization.
1 year ago
Man smokes marijuana in front of judge after advocating for legalization