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These days it seems everyone is talking about pot. The prime minister often speaks about the impending legalization across our country. And in Toronto, everyone is talking about dispensaries. Later this month, Toronto's Board of Health will consider a report from the city's top doctor...

The marijuana legalization movement is driving down the cost of cannabis nationwide, a new report from researchers at Pardee RAND Graduate School and Carnegie Mellon University found. In the 24 states that have legalized marijuana, either for medical or recreational purposes, users are able...

A letter signed by prosecutors was recently published in the News-Leader expressing a strong stand opposing legalization of medical marijuana. The reasons stated were: 1) Proponents really want full legalization (concern about a "camel's nose") 2) Drugs being tested by the FDA "show future...

A proposal to legalize recreational use of marijuana is likely headed to Maine voters this fall. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap determined Wednesday that the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol had gathered more than the 61,123 petition signatures from registered Maine voters that are...

The last time the United Nations held a special meeting on drug policy in June 1998, Sarah Merrigan was six years old. Google didn't exist yet, Apple was barely turning a profit, and only one state – California – had legalized medical marijuana. Today, Merrigan is a 23-year-old senior at the...

Boy, this has been an ugly election cycle. The candidates and their supporters have been dragging some pretty dark parts of our society into the spotlight, and it has not been pretty. But for me, there is at least one shining green light to be seen: Both parties appear ready to be getting...

Near the top of the list for the most controversial subjects in the United States public eye, marijuana is still a very highly debated topic. While some are happy with the way things currently are, there are of course multiple other parties. Some are arguing for the psychoactive drug to be...

The much weakened marijuana bill that passed out of the House Judiciary Committee last week calls for the formation of a commission to study the likely prospect of legalization, but it falls short of legalizing the drug now. A story in The New York Times on Tuesday foreshadowed what appears to...

When the House Committees on Judiciary and Government Operations announced a public hearing on cannabis legalization for 5pm March 31, expectations were that the prohibitionists would outnumber supporters of legalization by a wide margin. After all, as the conventional wisdom held, opponents...

Outside they waved faux-American flags with pot leaves, unfurled a large banner and shouted familiar rallying cries at passersby. But inside the Legislative Office Building Tuesday the marijuana legalization movement came ready to make a fiscal argument: If Connecticut doesn't act, another...

Proponents of legalizing marijuana in Connecticut urged state lawmakers on Tuesday to act quickly and capitalize on the "novelty factor" of possibly becoming the first New England state to allow recreational use of the drug. Tracy Helin, of Middletown, who is registered to use the state's...

Over the past four years, marijuana legalization has come to the United States at a relatively fast pace, thanks to overwhelming support for it among young adults. But up until now, change has mostly come from the voters -- sometimes in spite of lawmakers' wishes. That balance could be shifting...

It's a steep climb for proponents of legalized marijuana in Connecticut. The legislature's Judiciary Committee killed a legalization bill without even holding a public hearing this year, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy appears unalterably opposed. But the sponsor of the legislation, Rep. Juan...

As marijuana sweeps to the center of public debate, protestors and progressives – like those who tried to inflate a 51-foot joint replica in front of the White House last week – have been at the forefront of the legalization movement. During Tuesday's forum at the Warren Alpert Medical School...

As states across the U.S. legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes, lawmakers are faced with difficult questions, such as: How much marijuana can somebody consume before getting behind the wheel of a car? Legislators in Hawaii have asked the state's Health Department to study the issue, the...

Last fall voters in Ohio voted down a ballot initiative to fully legalize the personal use of cannabis in the state. The law had many problems, primary among them the creation of a legal oligopoly favoring the companies lobbying for the bill. It's hard to say whether the ballot measure would...

The marijuana legalization movement has won a string of successes in the last five years, and they could be about to put another feather in their cap – a pro-marijuana president. Marijuana decriminalization is no longer a partisan issue, with reformers and advocates for the status quo on both...

S.C. governor Nikki Haley's administration is using federal tax dollars to fund an anti-medical marijuana initiative — the equivalent of taxpayer-funded lobbying against several pending pieces of legislation. The initiative — dubbed "The Blunt Truth" — is run out of the S.C. Department of...

No matter how the 2016 election pans out, the marijuana legalization movement appears to be in a good shape. After Florida Sen. Marco Rubio dropped out of the race on Tuesday, the presidential field became unanimously supportive of the right of states to legalize marijuana. On both sides of...

Hi 420 activists! I've made a board game about stoners. I've been developing it for about 3 years now with a couple of friends and it's gotten to the point where everything is pretty much ready for production. Now, I've committed to giving 10-20% of the profits (if there are enough...