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As the US decides on a new president, Californians will also choose whether to legalise marijuana in a vote that could shape drug policy across the globe. Campaigners believe legalising cannabis in the US state — the world's 6th largest economy — could trigger a domino effect around the...

Irrespective of whether a citizen favors or opposes adult recreational marijuana consumption, a "yes" vote on California's Proposition 64: The Marijuana Legalization Initiative, is a no-brainer. The measure would legalize possession and use for adults 21 and older, create a new Bureau of...

Sheldon Adelson, the politically influential billionaire and Donald Trump supporter, is bankrolling the fight against marijuana legalization measures on several state ballots this year. Meanwhile, Adelson the philanthropist gave money to research that supports the medical use of marijuana...

The legalization of recreational and/or medicinal marijuana is on the ballot Tuesday in California, Nevada, Arizona, Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota, Florida, Massachusetts and Maine. If you live in one of those states, I strongly encourage you to vote in support of legalization. And, it is...

The debate over whether to legalize recreational marijuana is not as simple as either side would like to make it sound. On one side are opponents profoundly bothered by the ethics of legalizing a mood-altering substance at a time the battle to curb opioid abuse is in full swing. On the...

Though his fate will hang in the balance on Election Day, Corvain Cooper won't get to cast a ballot. The 37-year-old will be in a cell in central California's Atwater federal prison, where he's serving a life sentence with no chance of parole for convictions involving marijuana. "I was...

Ischua - Lawyers for a man accused of growing almost 700 marijuana plants a year ago tried to claim the drug's legal classification violated his civil rights before the man pleaded guilty. Public defenders for Randy Wade Kenyon, 58, who was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison on...

This is a call to action to mothers across California to use your moral authority to speak out to end a broken system of marijuana prohibition that has been tearing our families apart for far too many decades. It may seem counter-intuitive that responsible mothers are promoting marijuana...

The difficulty of testing for marijuana intoxication and the complexity of Maine's drug-testing laws are creating uncertainty among state officials and employers about the workplace impacts of a legal marijuana market. "It's uncharted territory to a great extent," said Julie Rabinowitz...

Vancouver-based pot activist and dispensary owner Dana Larsen says he doesn't have a problem with drugstore chain Shoppers Drug Mart applying to Health Canada to dispense marijuana at its stores. But he says he is concerned about the idea of pot sales going fully corporate. "I think in the...

Vancouver-based pot activist and dispensary owner Dana Larsen says he doesn't have a problem with drugstore chain Shoppers Drug Mart applying to Health Canada to dispense marijuana at its stores. But he says he is concerned about the idea of pot sales going fully corporate. "I think in the...

A drugstore chain wants to become a distributor of medical marijuana in Canada. A spokeswoman for Shoppers Drug Mart says in an email that the chain has applied to Health Canada to become a licensed medical marijuana producer but only for the purpose of distributing the drug. Tammy Smitham...

A drugstore chain wants to become a distributor of medical marijuana in Canada. A spokeswoman for Shoppers Drug Mart says in an email that the chain has applied to Health Canada to become a licensed medical marijuana producer but only for the purpose of distributing the drug. Tammy Smitham...

As troubled as our country is at the moment, divided between two main mutually contemptuous (and contemptible) political blocs, facing a rising generation seemingly frightened by the exchange of ideas inherent in a devotion to protecting free speech, and apparently committed to placing either a...

Woburn - The School Committee continues to examine the potential repercussions of legalizing marijuana use in Massachusetts, but at least one board member clarified that visitors to local schools will still be prohibited from carrying the drug on educational grounds. During a recent meeting...

Yes, Washington was part of the vanguard of change when it came to legalizing marijuana. And yes, voters in even more states may approve legalization for recreational use in November. But if you think drug tests have fallen out of fashion in Tacoma, Olympia and elsewhere in this state, think...

Alcohol exits the body in a matter of hours. Cocaine can take a couple of days. Cannabis has no exact timetable. The cannabis compound detectable in urine samples is evidence of past use, not actual impairment, said Dr. Alan Shackelford, a Harvard Medical School-trained physician who...

Alcohol exits the body in a matter of hours. Cocaine can take a couple of days. Cannabis has no exact timetable. The cannabis compound detectable in urine samples is evidence of past use, not actual impairment, said Dr. Alan Shackelford, a Harvard Medical School-trained physician who...

Orthodox Jewish authorities have declared cannabis and Marijuana Kosher (Parve) for Passover and all year, reports the Israel National News. After sniffing the leaves, Rabbi Kanievksy and Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein said that the Cannabis plant has a "healing smell," according to the Times of...

The legalisation of cannabis for medical use in Scotland remains unlikely, despite winning the backing of the SNP conference in Glasgow. The Home Office confirmed to The Scotsman it has no plans to devolve drug laws to Holyrood or review the classification of the plant, which is illegal to...