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A new proposition to legalize marijuana in California may pass this November, according to a recent California Counts poll. The poll, which was administered by a collaboration of four public media organizations including KPCC, shows 71 percent approval of Prop 64. The measure would allow...

California has become the epicenter of cannabis reform as the state moves to legalize marijuana for adults via Prop. 64 on the November 8 ballot. Legalization in California would mean that an additional 39 million people in the US would be living under legalization, more than the number of those...

This semester, students of Political Science 179, a class that hosts various guests throughout the course, will gather in Pauley Ballroom to learn about issues relevant to the 2016 election - with the class's first speakers focused on legalizing recreational marijuana in California. On...

State water officials will be in Ukiah today to explain their role in ensuring that marijuana is grown in an environmentally safe manner under the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act. According to the State Water Resources Control Board, officials are developing a "regulatory program...

In 1996 California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. In the subsequent 20 years, numerous other states have passed similar initiatives, with Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington going a step further and legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Now a piece of...

Two groups studying the cannabis economy say legalizing recreational marijuana in California will provide a $1.6 billion boost in revenues from expanded retail marijuana sales. The projections on California's Proposition 64 legalization measure in November come from two firms with a vested...

This November, California voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. If Proposition 64, or the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, passes, California could tap into a market that may grow to an estimated $6.5 billion by 2020. According to the 2016 California Legal Cannabis...

Sacramento — As voters consider marijuana-legalization efforts in several states this November, they can expect opposition from the usual pot opponents like law-enforcement groups and anti-drug activists — but some of the most ardent foes come, unexpectedly, from within the marijuana community...

The Oakland Museum of California keeps its hot season of cannabis programming rolling with a Saturday event "Perspectives on Legalizing Marijuana" featuring some of the brightest minds on the subject. Explore decriminalization, legalization, what the difference is, and why it matters with...

If California voters back Proposition 64 to legalize marijuana in November, the state will have the lowest statewide excise taxes on weed in the country. Aside from the obvious response - cheaper legal weed! - this is an important development that shows California policymakers have learned...

California residents will decide whether to fully legalize the recreational use of marijuana this November in a vote that's likely to have a major influence on marijuana policy in other states regardless of which way it goes. One of the more nuanced arguments against legalization in...

Nevada City, Calif. - The Adult Use of Marijuana Act is big - literally and figuratively. The California measure, if passed in November by voters, would legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults who are at least 21 years old. California would follow in the steps of four other states...

On social media, at least, the assumption is strong that come November, California is going to be the latest and by far the biggest state in America to allow recreational adult marijuana use. Advocates of Proposition 64, the California Marijuana Legalization Initiative, certainly appear...

A longtime member of the Marin Healthcare District board wants to allow patients to openly use medicinal cannabis at Marin General Hospital. "I want to have Marin General be the first hospital in California to openly and transparently allow patients to use medical cannabis," said Dr. Larry...

A longtime member of the Marin Healthcare District board wants to allow patients to openly use medicinal cannabis at Marin General Hospital. "I want to have Marin General be the first hospital in California to openly and transparently allow patients to use medical cannabis," said Dr. Larry...

Once again, California voters will decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. They have previously rejected initiatives to do this, but while this year's Proposition 64 isn't perfect, it is a much more thoughtful proposal. It's time to say yes. Prop. 64 would allow adults...

You've seen fire sales. They happen when goods or real estate are discounted sharply after fire damages a store or a building. But the term has new meaning in rural Calaveras County, where the devastating Butte Fire swept through thousands of acres last year, the seventh-worst wildfire in...

As they come of age and register to vote, Millennials - that enormous generation born since 1981 - are surging so fast they're on the verge of overtaking the Baby Boomer behemoth as a share of the California electorate. And new evidence confirms that, so far at least, the GOP is losing them...

Only four days before the official summer solstice, the air is hot and heavy, the sky cloudless. The road along the highway is spotted with shrubbery, gas stations, and occasionally vast rows of crop, somehow withstanding, even thriving under the tenacious desert sun. Driving south from Tel...

Only four days before the official summer solstice, the air is hot and heavy, the sky cloudless. The road along the highway is spotted with shrubbery, gas stations, and occasionally vast rows of crop, somehow withstanding, even thriving under the tenacious desert sun. Driving south from Tel...