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The battle over how recreational marijuana will be taxed and managed in Massachusetts will come to a head Friday. Gov. Charlie Baker has said he wants a bill on his desk by June 30 in order to allow enough time for retailers to apply for marijuana sales licenses and open shop on July 1, 2018...

The state's House of Representatives marijuana bill contains a provision that could theoretically allow people to smoke joints in public if a city or town allows it. The intention is to give municipalities power to allow cannabis cafes, smoking weed at special events, or to allow people to...

ZAP! BUZZZZZZZZ! That was the sound of the Massachusetts House and Senate touching what for years has been considered a politically hazardous "third rail" subject: marijuana. The Legislature this week did what it has refused to do for years — talk in public about the leafy green intoxicant —...

More than seven months after Floridians overwhelmingly backed the broad legalization of medical marijuana, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill aimed at carrying out the voters' wishes. Lawmakers passed the bill (SB 8-A) during a special session this month after struggling to reach...

The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Thursday calling for revisions to the state voter-approved recreational marijuana law, setting the stage for negotiations with the House, which just a day earlier backed a more far-reaching overhaul. The debate in the Senate over the reshaping of the law...

It took lawmakers just one day of a scheduled two-day veto session to pass a new state budget and end weeks of impasse with Republican Gov. Phil Scott, but the swift action Wednesday left a marijuana legalization bill on the shelf until next year. Scott and Democratic legislative leaders...

An opposition Bill which would legalise cannabis for medical use is being “run into the ground” by Government, the TD behind it has warned. Gino Kenny, of the Solidarity-People Before Profit Alliance, said it was now “urgent” that his Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 – which...

After several years of ceding marijuana policy-making to a voting public eager to adopt a more permissive approach to the once completely illegal drug, House lawmakers on Wednesday took the reins of the sticky issue, passing a bill to overhaul how the state will regulate the retail market of the...

Medicinal cannabis has been made legal in Mexico. The President, Enrique Pena Nieto, has officially published a bill allowing its use for health and scientific purposes. The bill was passed in April, with an overwhelming 371 members of the Lower House of Congress voting in favour, with only...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly trying to build support to go after companies that sell marijuana in states that have legalized the drug. However, while the executive branch contemplates fighting marijuana, the legislative branch is taking the opposite approach. Last week...

Vermont lawmakers are giving legal weed another shot. Last month, the Republican governor vetoed a legalization bill for recreational marijuana after it passed the state Assembly and Senate. But rather than killing it outright, he sent it back to legislators and asked for stronger protections...

As a municipal prosecutor in Clark, Jon-Henry Barr said he must try a number of cases against people who get arrested for marijuana possession. Barr also said he knows these cases can wreck good people's lives, and doesn't want to keep quiet about it anymore. One case he won recently against...

A bill that would allow industrial hemp to be adapted to the state's climate and be used as a crop seed was introduced in the State Assembly Saturday. The bill states the domestic cultivation of hemp would create jobs and new products that would benefit New Yorkers. State Assemblyman David...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers are supporting legislation to protect medical marijuana patients from the likes of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other drug warriors appointed by the Trump administration. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act was...

A new version of a recreational marijuana bill is set to come out of committee in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Monday, and some marijuana legalization supporters aren't happy with it. Massachusetts House and Senate members have until the end of the month to hammer out a bill...

The first medical marijuana bill ever introduced into the U.S. Senate is being re-introduced by a bipartisan group of senators including New York's Kirsten Gillibrand. She and five other senators are re-releasing the CARERS Act. It would make sure people who need it, have access to medical...

Californians could order up some pot with their cotton candy and corn dog at the county fair if a budget trailer bill becomes law. Senate Bill 94 brings the rules and regulations for medical marijuana and recreational marijuana together. In doing so, there is some language in the bill the...

The marijuana tax rate in Massachusetts would remain capped at 12 percent under a draft bill released Friday by the state Senate. That's the same rate as in the ballot question that was approved by voters in November. It's in sharp contrast to the 28 percent tax rate in a House bill --...

With just days to go before the Legislature reconvenes for a special session, lawmakers and the administration are zeroing in on a compromise marijuana legalization bill. Gov. Phil Scott vetoed S.22, which passed both legislative chambers in May. With his veto last month, the governor offered...

After tepid support and a procedural snafu forced House leadership to pull the rewrite of the marijuana legalization law from consideration this week, the Marijuana Policy Committee is planning to release a redrafted version of the legislation Monday with debate expected in the House on...