legalization

Which states will be the next to legalize recreational marijuana? Five states have ballot measures that, if passed, would allow the use of recreational pot. Here's a rundown of the latest polling: Arizona: Too close to call 44 percent for, 45 percent against Arizona State University's...

Support for weed legalization in the US recently hit an all-time high, but looking at the industry, it's been a long time coming. Sixty-percent of Americans - up from 35% in 2005 - now support legalization, according to a Gallup poll from Wednesday. In addition, legal marijuana is on the...

A record 60 percent national support is giving marijuana activists hope for victories this election in legalizing marijuana for recreational use in five states. Five states are putting recreational marijuana legalization on the ballot for this November, with an additional four states voting...

Trenton - Fresh from a fact-finding expedition to see Colorado's marijuana industry, none of the eight New Jersey lawmakers who went had a negative word about pot legalization for reporters at a standing-room-only news conference Thursday. "The sky hasn't fallen," State Sen. Nicolas Scutari...

The "Voice of Doom" that first spoke up in the 1936 film Reefer Madness continues to rant and rave about the horrors of the demon weed known as marijuana — but increasingly, that voice is being disregarded and even mocked as the movement for full legalization continues its inexorable march...

There are a lot of reasons to dislike Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump. Likewise, there are a lot of reasons not to like Democrat Hillary Clinton. However, the 2016 election has proven to be one for the ages, and though Clinton may have ended up succumbing to her faults and spotty...

Denver - Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors, many of them entrepreneurs willing to spend to change drug policy. Unlike in the past, these supporters are not limited to a few wealthy...

A dangerous disconnect between drug policy and environmental policy has reared its head amid America's marijuana legalization process. Legislators and energy agencies have largely turned a blind eye to the carbon footprint of indoor cultivation, which already belches out greenhouse-gas...

Marijuana legalization opponents at a public forum Tuesday repeatedly emphasized an issue raised last week by Attorney General Janet Mills — that approval of Question 1 could result in the unintended consequence of making pot possession legal for children. The noon forum at the Portland...

A month out from Election Day, it's looking like marijuana legalization is going to be a big winner. Initiatives are on the ballot in five states, including California, and all indications are that they are going to pass in all of them, with one possible exception. In what is the closest thing...

With election day soon approaching, California's campaign to legalize marijuana has now assembled the largest group of supporters in the issue's history. In a press conference held on Monday at San Francisco's ACLU office, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Prop 64's large list of endorsements...

Up to five states could approve adult-use cannabis laws on Nov. 8, which could mark a global inflection point for the civil liberty issue. The Atlantic's Rusell Berman notes California is virtually its own nation-state, and is polling in the high 50s on legalization Proposition 64. "Beyond...

As a multimillion dollar fight over recreational marijuana in Massachusetts races toward the finish line, both sides of the debate in Connecticut are keeping a close eye on a vote that could open the door to legalization across New England. Massachusetts is one of five states where measures...

Last anyone checked, 58 percent of New Jerseyans agree that we should legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana for adults, and it is now apparent that our public officials are eager to please a reform-minded electorate. Excluding Gov. Christie, of course: Though he finally allowed PTSD patients...

Medical cannabis sellers are in Vancouver this week hoping to catch a glimpse of what their future may hold in light of the looming federal legalization of recreational marijuana. Workshops at the International Cannabis Business Conference that began Thursday and continue Friday include...

Medical cannabis sellers are in Vancouver this week hoping to catch a glimpse of what their future may hold in light of the looming federal legalization of recreational marijuana. Workshops at the International Cannabis Business Conference that began Thursday and continue Friday include...

With the election rapidly approaching, and a great deal at stake for marijuana legalization supporters, it should come as music to their ears that attitudes are continuing to shift in their favor. As has been reported previously - and for several ongoing years now - the sentiment around...

A fresh look at Americans' views on marijuana, by the Pew Research Center, shows support for legalization continues to rise. In a poll of 1,201 adults conducted in late August, the nonprofit center found that 57 percent believe recreational use of marijuana should be legal; 37 percent said it...

Marijuana has had little impact so far on various public health measures in states where it has been legalized, according to a report from the Drug Policy Alliance released Thursday. Three years after commercial marijuana markets first opened in Colorado and Washington, the nonprofit...

If you can find a connection to the black market, you can purchase a lot of things there. Jewelry, guns, custom wheels for your car - you name it, and somebody's probably stealing it and selling it illicitly. Even laundry detergent became a plentiful black-market product a couple of years ago...