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As Nevada nears the expected July 1 start date for its emergent recreational marijuana program, Republicans and Democrats put the finishing touches on the laws that will shape the state's marijuana future for the next two years. Tourists still have nowhere to smoke since the public...

Nevada lawmakers are on the last day of a session that became focused on disagreements over education savings accounts, capital improvements and a proposed marijuana tax. The education funding debate had lawmakers working to resolve budget uncertainty in the final days of the 2017 session...

Sometime this summer, New Hampshire will almost certainly become the 22nd state in the nation to decriminalize marijuana. The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Thursday voted to eliminate the criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of cannabis. The bill now is headed to the desk...

Native American tribal governments in Nevada will now be able to negotiate directly with the governor's office on marijuana, thanks to legislation passed Friday. Senate Bill 375, which opens the door for legal negotiations on the use and sale of medical marijuana on tribal lands, also allows...

The marijuana industry can accurately be described as growing like a weed, and investors are really beginning to take notice. According to a recently released report from Marijuana Business Daily, the Marijuana Business Factbook 2017, U.S. weed sales are expected to grow by 45% in 2018 from a...

Many cities are keen to develop their craft beer and wine industries, but in Oregon, the city of Portland has a different market in its sights — marijuana! It has joined forces with cannabis businesses in lobbying for a bill that would allow the consumption of pot at licensed lounges, and part...

California lawmakers voted to keep state and local police from helping enforce federal anti-marijuana laws that conflict with state law. The state Assembly voted Thursday to shield Californians complying with state cannabis regulations like those legally operating a shop selling pot from being...

Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott says he thinks it still could be possible to pass a marijuana legalization bill in what's expected to be the upcoming two-day veto session of the state Legislature. Scott said negotiations have been taking place to address his concerns with the legalization...

At the close of the 2017 legislative session, marijuana remains illegal to produce, possess, use or sell in Texas. While cities like Dallas have moved to implement cite-and-release policies, which allow police to send people holding marijuana home with a court summons, the state maintains its...

Legislation decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana in New Hampshire is on its way to Gov. Chris Sununu's desk, and he is expected to sign it into law. The House on Thursday voted to concur with a change in the bill made by the state, marking the final legislative action on...

Backers of a compromise plan to legalize the recreational use of marijuana to have a proposal ready for lawmakers to consider when a special veto session begins on June 21. But they're concerned that no action will take place. That's because House Republicans are threatening to block...

In the euphoric aftermath of marijuana legalization victories in California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada last November, the marijuana blogosphere was alive with predictions about which states would be next to free the weed. Extract listed 10 states, MerryJane went big with 14 states, the...

A Republican and three Democrats unveiled a bill Tuesday that would decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana, but quickly acknowledged the bill's grim fate in a GOP-controlled Legislature. "I'm not naive to think that we are going to probably pass this and get it signed into law,"...

Proponents of drug policy reform say they look forward to the signing of a marijuana decriminalization bill, but some are concerned the law will exacerbate addiction problems in the Granite State. The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted Tuesday to approve the Senate's...

Considering how unpopular marijuana was with the public during the mid-1990s, it's phenomenal to take a step back and witness just how rapidly pot's presence has grown in the United States over the past 21 years. Marveling marijuana's expansion In 1996, California became the first state to...

Thanks to a gubernatorial veto, Arizona is now a place where it's OK to grow medical marijuana but illegal to grow hemp, a non-toxic version of marijuana plants. Gov. Doug Ducey's veto of state Sen. Sonny Borrelli's hemp bill is unfortunate because it deprives the desert state a business...

France is moving toward marijuana decriminalization, perhaps as early as September, Vermont legalization supporters still hold out hope, and more. New Hampshire Senate Committee Votes to Establish Commission to Study Marijuana Legalization. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to...

Gov. Phil Scott rejected a marijuana legalization bill that passed the Vermont Legislature this month, but said he was willing to work with lawmakers on a compromise. Scott said he would send the bill back to the Legislature with suggestions to strengthen the bill to his liking. His specific...

Thanks to the statesmanship of state Sen. Nicholas Scutari, a bill to allow recreational use of small amounts of marijuana for adults 21 and over will become part of the dialogue in the 2017 gubernatorial election. The bill would regulate the cultivation, distribution and sale of marijuana...

Vermont has legalized medical marijuana and was working towards legalizing adult use marijuana, but Governor Phil Scott just said no. The Governor vetoed a bill that had been passed by the legislation. While the anti-marijuana forces are cheering, the pro-legalization forces are saying it's...