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A majority of Maine voters favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use, according to a new Portland Press Herald poll showing a groundswell of support among residents under age 50 and among those living in southern or coastal areas. Roughly 53 percent of respondents in the newspaper's...

Those of us involved in the marijuana legalization movement have long assumed that those companies that produce and sell competing products - especially alcohol and tobacco - were working behind the scenes to try to maintain marijuana prohibition and to protect their duopoly for legal...

In 2012, Colorado became the first state approving the recreational use of marijuana. Amendment 64 was the result of some group efforts that promoted the positive impact it would have on society. It's been almost four years since the 55.32 percent of voters approved the retail sale and...

A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) has good news for several of the 17 measures on the November statewide ballot, including Proposition 64 to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Proposition 64 gets the support of 60 percent of likely voters. Sixty-five...

Two years after voting for recreational marijuana, a majority of Oregon voters view the policy as a success, according to a new poll. Sixty-one percent of voters think the legalization of recreational marijuana has had a positive impact on the state, while fewer than one-third see it...

Boston - Massachusetts could not be accused of being "Taxachusetts," at least when it comes to taxing marijuana, if Question 4 on the November ballot passes. The proposal to legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana for adults calls for a tax rate on pot sales that would be lower -...

Boston - Massachusetts could not be accused of being "Taxachusetts," at least when it comes to taxing marijuana, if Question 4 on the November ballot passes. The proposal to legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana for adults calls for a tax rate on pot sales that would be lower -...

Lansing, MI - The Michigan House gave final approval to bills Wednesday that would further regulate medical marijuana nearly eight years after its use was first authorized by voters. The main legislation, which passed 83-22, would impose a new tax and establish a state licensing system to...

Lansing, MI - The Michigan House gave final approval to bills Wednesday that would further regulate medical marijuana nearly eight years after its use was first authorized by voters. The main legislation, which passed 83-22, would impose a new tax and establish a state licensing system to...

The latest polls on marijuana legalization are in, and they contain a lot of good news. In California, two polls show Proposition 64 passing, one of them with very strong support. A poll taken for the Los Angeles Times found that 58 percent of those surveyed favored passage of the proposition...

Proposition 64 would create a 15 percent retail cannabis sales tax and a $9.25-an-ounce bud tax as well as a $2.75-an-ounce leaf tax that could raise more than $1 billion per year in tax revenue, according to the California Secretary of State legislative analysis. In turn, that revenue would be...

By the end of the year, the number of people living in a state where marijuana is legal for recreational use could quadruple. Five states - Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada - are set to vote on full marijuana legalization in November, potentially joining Colorado...

A recent poll shows that a majority of California voters are favoring a section to legalize recreational marijuana on the November ballot, according to the Los Angeles Times. Medical marijuana is currently legal in California, but Proposition 64, or the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, proposes...

A statewide poll of likely voters shows 50 percent support the November ballot question legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts. Question 4 would allow adults 21 years and older to possess, cultivate and use marijuana. The question also sets up a regulatory structure under a new Cannabis...

Two major donations have come in to uphold pot prohibition in California and Arizona. In Arizona, the makers of the deadly painkiller Fentanyl gave $500,000 to defeat that state's legalization effort, which is barely polling at 50 percent. And today in California, the Los Angeles Times reports...

Some Texas cities are taking direct action to dial back the drug wars and reduce their jail population. As lawmakers have wrestled in recent years with easing restrictions on marijuana use — an issue they likely will confront again when they convene in January — prosecutors in the state's...

Deep into the looong November ballot, many voters will be sorting through a typical mix of school bond measures, sales tax hikes and the like. But this year, in dozens of cities and counties in California, communities will also face pivotal questions about the future of marijuana. A campaign...

But, the buzz kill for public entities earmarked to benefit from the sin tax is they haven't seen any of that revenue to date. Those slated to receive marijuana tax funds are: Common School Fund — 40 percent Mental health, alcoholism, and drug services — 20 percent Oregon State Police — 15...

Is marijuana the new sin-tax gusher for the states? It sure looks that way. In November, voters in five states will decide on whether to allow recreational use of the drug, while citizens in four other states have the option of legalizing medical marijuana. Unlike the fierce battles of...

Phoenix - It appears recreational marijuana faces a tough fight at the ballot box, according to a new survey. A recent poll conducted by OH Predictive Insights, a research polling company, found 51 percent of those asked are against legalizing recreational marijuana while 40 percent are for...