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With California readying for a vote on legalizing recreational cannabis or marijuana by November, there is high enthusiasm over the prospects of a money spinning industry opening up. It has charged up many potential entrepreneurs with excitement. California cannabis legalization vote has...

With 39 million people, and a booming 20-year-old medical marijuana trade, California politicians will soon have $1 billion a year in extra cash to spend - if the new recreational marijuana initiative passes on the November ballot. The legal medical marijuana market in the United States...

Sacramento, California - There is no guarantee California will vote to legalize recreational marijuana in November, but political operative and father of four Daniel Conway has already staked his future on it. Conway left his job as chief of staff to Sacramento's celebrity mayor, former...

Oakland, California - It's known as Mary Jane, ganja, Chronic and even the sticky icky and has been featured in countless movies, including one that warned of its dangers, "Reefer Madness." Now, marijuana is the subject of a contemporary history and science exhibit. "Altered State...

Today the California Adult Use of Marijuana Act ("AUMA") officially takes its place on the November ballot as Proposition 64. The measure qualified for the ballot earlier this week. Prop. 64 will allow adults 21 and older to possess, transport and use up to an ounce of marijuana for recreational...

It looks like California may soon give recreational marijuana the green light. On Tuesday, the California secretary of state's office said it would add a question to the November ballot about whether to legalize the drug for recreational purposes. With a yes vote in the fall, California would...

New York - Eight states, including California, will vote to legalize weed either for recreational or medical purposes in November. The legalization of marijuana for recreational use will be on the ballot on Nov. 8 in California, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts and Maine, according to Allen St...

Fresno, California - Voters will once again get to decide whether recreational marijuana should be legal in California. Proponents of the measure gained enough signatures to get it on the ballot this November. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims says she would still try and enforce their...

There are many words that could be used to describe the California Valley: flat, hot, sunny, rural, remote, lawless, desolate, dry. Soon, a new descriptor can go on that list: marijuana-growing mecca. The sparsely populated community rests along Highway 58 in the southeastern corner of San...

California will officially vote on whether to make recreational marijuana use legal this November. If approved, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) will allow adults over 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana for personal use, as well as allow the cultivation of up to six plants...

The polling has never been better. This year 60% of likely California voters are inclined to legalize the consumption of marijuana for recreational use, up from 54% last year. The political prognosis has never been better. Four states and the District of Columbia have already legalized pot...

California residents will get to vote on the legalization of recreational cannabis this November after campaigners gathered more than 600,000 signatures to put it on the ballot. Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Tuesday that the initiative, which required just over 402,000...

In November, California voters will have a chance to legalize recreational marijuana. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) would allow people 21 and older to possess as much as an ounce of weed, which would be regulated like alcohol and taxed at a rate of 15 percent. A Public Policy...

For almost a year, American visitors to Las Vegas have been able to go to a show, dine at a celebrity chef's restaurant, drink, gamble - and legally buy cannabis. Nevada was the first state in the nation to offer "reciprocity" to medical marijuana users, meaning a physician's recommendation...

For almost a year, American visitors to Las Vegas have been able to go to a show, dine at a celebrity chef's restaurant, drink, gamble - and legally buy cannabis. Nevada was the first state in the nation to offer "reciprocity" to medical marijuana users, meaning a physician's recommendation...

The American Civil Liberties Union of California on Tuesday endorsed the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, or AUMA - Californians' ballot measure that would legalize cannabis in the 2016 general election. After conducting research proving Black people and other minorities get arrested far more for...

The American Civil Liberties Union, aka the ACLU, is here to fight for your rights. Smoking weed is apparently one of them. Amen. Backers of an initiative headed for the November ballot that would legalize recreational marijuana announced today that the ACLU of California is in their...

California researchers are going to have access to the highest-grade medical cannabis for research - far surpassing the federal government's awful supplies - under new rules approved in the California legislature Wednesday. The California State Assembly green-lit more medical pot research in...

California researchers are going to have access to the highest-grade medical cannabis for research - far surpassing the federal government's awful supplies - under new rules approved in the California legislature Wednesday. The California State Assembly green-lit more medical pot research in...

Sacramento, CA – Hundreds of patients, advocates, care providers, industry workers, and other stakeholders from around the State are convening in Sacramento on Monday to meet with their elected officials and urge them to protect patients' rights, defeat taxation measures, and support beneficial...