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France is moving toward marijuana decriminalization, perhaps as early as September, Vermont legalization supporters still hold out hope, and more. New Hampshire Senate Committee Votes to Establish Commission to Study Marijuana Legalization. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to...

A majority of Saskatchewan residents support the legalization of marijuana, according to a new poll by Insightrix Research. Just over 58 per cent of respondents either somewhat or strongly agree with cannabis legalization. Nearly 40 per cent oppose the legalization, while almost two per cent...

The path to legalizing pot often leads the same way: through the ballot box. Eight states, including California, Colorado and Oregon, have passed voter-approved ballot measures legalizing the purchase and possession of marijuana for anyone 21 and older. But a new path toward legalization –...

Ohio Supreme Court William O'Neill, long the bench's liberal voice and a current candidate for the governor's seat in 2018, has staked a vocal claim in favor of full-on marijuana legalization in the state. The Associated Press covered the justice's recent speech, wherein O'Neill confronted...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised marijuana legalization in his 2015 campaign, and he's making good on that promise. By July 2018, our neighbors to the North are expected to legalize recreational cannabis throughout the country. Trudeau made the promise because it had broad support from...

The lead of the federally appointed task force on the legalization of cannabis says the world is watching as Canada looks to legalize the drug's recreational use by next summer. Anne McLellan, a former Liberal public safety minister, says other countries want to see how successful Canada is...

The ongoing effort by New Jersey Senate Democrats to legalize recreational marijuana took another step forward last week with the introduction of a bill by Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, that would legalize the possession and personal use of up to an ounce of marijuana in...

Some Democrats at the State Capitol say marijuana legalization is the most acceptable of three controversial proposals that would raise revenue to help solve the state's red ink problem. Those pushing this say the tax revenue that could be generated on legal marijuana is too significant to be...

Senate and House Democrats will recommend the legalization, licensing and taxation of marijuana sales in Connecticut to help balance the next state budget, sources close to the caucus told The Mirror. Democratic legislative leaders are expected to release proposals later today to help close a...

Marijuana could be grown, sold and used in New Jersey under new legislation introduced Monday in the state Senate. Democratic Sen. Nicholas Scutari, the bill's sponsor, said at a news conference that the measure has little chance of being enacted under Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who opposes...

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on a bill Tuesday that would create a commission to study the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island. The 15-member commission would look at the financial impacts of legalization in states like Colorado. Supporters of...

A state lawmaker introduced legislation on Monday that would legalize marijuana in New Jersey, saying he was laying the groundwork to pass a new law almost as soon as Gov. Chris Christie leaves office. Sen. Nicholas Scutari's bill would make New Jersey one of a small but growing number of...

A state lawmaker introduced legislation on Monday that would legalize marijuana in New Jersey, saying he was laying the groundwork to pass a new law almost as soon as Gov. Chris Christie leaves office. Sen. Nicholas Scutari's bill would make New Jersey one of a small but growing number of...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently ordered a review of marijuana enforcement policies at the federal level. It's too early to know if he will reverse the Obama administration's hands-off approach to marijuana in the states - an approach supported by 71 percent of the public. But one...

The legislation approved by the lawmakers this past week puts Vermont on the right path toward legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Gov. Phil Scott should sign the bill and become an active partner in creating an approach that, as the bill states, "increases public safety and reduces...

The provincial government is preparing for federal legislation that will legalize the recreational use of marijuana in 2018. Premier Brian Pallister says they working hard to deal with all the justice, policing, safety, health, and marketing issues related to the regulation of marijuana in an...

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Kevin Sabet, who’s fighting to slow the momentum of the cannabis legalization movement, says he will battle to the bitter end. Kevin Sabet is courting billionaires. “Our competition has done a lot better in the billionaire department than we have, but I’m working on it,” he says of his...

Chris Christie, the deeply unpopular outgoing governor, is a vehement marijuana opponent but the political winds are shifting. Dismissing a recent lengthy and passionate argument by Gov. Chris Christie against legalized marijuana, New Jersey lawmakers plan to push ahead with a bill that would...

For decades marijuana has been considered a dangerous drug and has been illegal. But to date, twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing marijuana in some form. So what's changed? Is legalizing marijuana a good thing? Below are the seven things that you...