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As voters go to the polls today deciding whether to legalize the cultivation, possession and use of marijuana, a few cities have imposed bans on its use. The La Mirada City Council will decide at its 6 p.m. meeting today whether to impose a 45-day ban on the use of marijuana in the city. The...

Tallahassee, Fla. - Down a dirt road, behind locked gates and a barbed wire fence, in an otherwise empty field outside Tallahassee, sits the first place in the state to grow a plant that the federal government still considers illegal. Even though pot is still against the law in the Sunshine...

Tallahassee, Fla. - Down a dirt road, behind locked gates and a barbed wire fence, in an otherwise empty field outside Tallahassee, sits the first place in the state to grow a plant that the federal government still considers illegal. Even though pot is still against the law in the Sunshine...

Massachusetts appears poised to legalize recreational marijuana - and it's not alone. Four other states take a similar vote this Tuesday on ballot initiatives with near-identical language. In the Bay State, Ballotpedia summarizes the measure like this: A "yes" vote supports this proposal to...

What's being voted on Today is a big day for the marijuana industry, with residents in five states voting on whether or not to legalize recreational cannabis. One of those states is Maine, with voters deciding on Question 1, or the Maine Marijuana Legalization Measure as it's officially known...

Millions of voters across the United States are considering measures to roll back longstanding restrictions on marijuana this Election Day. By the end of Tuesday night, five more states could fully legalize weed, which would put nearly one-quarter of the nation's population in areas that have...

We are travelling through Denver inside a tour bus with a twist. A disparate group of some two dozen people are relaxing - that is definitely the word - on plush benches which run along the sides of the vehicle. They are not here to gaze at the Rocky Mountains. These tourists have come to...

For the past four years, all the way up through last week's episode of 60 Minutes, the public and the media have associated marijuana legalization with the state of Colorado. From jokes on late night television to reality shows on cable networks, the two have been inextricably linked. As a...

The alcohol almost killed him. After guzzling beer all day in the Arizona sun, Mason Tvert was plastered. So drunk, an ambulance eventually rushed the then-high school senior from an outdoor concert to the hospital. Staff there offered to call him a cab home, but, as he recalls, did not say a...

Trinidad, CO - On a cool autumn morning in this idyllic town of roughly eight thousand, residents walk along the charming main street with lattés in hand. The bell tower of the Holy Trinity Church rings out as leaves fall, perfecting the picturesque scene. Trinidad is experiencing a revival...

Trinidad, CO - On a cool autumn morning in this idyllic town of roughly eight thousand, residents walk along the charming main street with lattés in hand. The bell tower of the Holy Trinity Church rings out as leaves fall, perfecting the picturesque scene. Trinidad is experiencing a revival...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she plans to vote in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana in California. "I will vote for it, but I have not made a public statement about it until right this very second," Pelosi, who represents the district that serves San Francisco...

Ignored in the tumult of the presidential race is the fact that the 2016 election may be a milestone in the struggle to end marijuana prohibition. Five states - Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada - all have marijuana legalization initiatives on the ballot. Polls indicate that...

The nine cannabis-related measures on ballots across the nation have drawn immense attention, most notably in the form of tens of millions of dollars in political contributions. Campaign finance data shows that only 20 businesses and individuals account for a whopping $20.8 million in donations...

The chairman of the campaign to legalize marijuana in Arizona is acknowledging the issue could be decided by fewer than 4,000 votes. The acknowledgment by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol's J.P. Holyoak comes as the campaign received an infusion of $750,000 for Proposition 205...

Kansas City, Mo. - With voters heading to the polls on Nov. 8, there is one thing they won't see on the ballot that just about made it on there. Missouri medical marijuana advocates collected signatures, falling just short of the required amount to end up on the November ballot. NORML...

Kansas City, Mo. - With voters heading to the polls on Nov. 8, there is one thing they won't see on the ballot that just about made it on there. Missouri medical marijuana advocates collected signatures, falling just short of the required amount to end up on the November ballot. NORML...

Nancy Pelosi said marijuana legalization in California will get her vote, breaking the House minority leader's silence on Proposition 64 to allow recreational pot and putting her at odds with other top Democrats. "I will vote for it, but I have not made a public statement about it until right...

No government on earth had ever created a for-profit marijuana market — until voters decided to do so in the United States. Now the fall of marijuana prohibition — not yet federally, but state-by-state — may feel inevitable. A record 61 percent of Americans support legal adult use, according...

Q What does Ohio's medical marijuana law allow? A Effective Sept. 8, 2016, Ohio allows medical marijuana in a limited form: marijuana extracts sold by state-licensed dispensaries in oils, tinctures and patches primarily for eating and applying to the skin. Vaporization of cannabis is...