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A majority of New Jersey voters say they support marijuana use for recreational purposes, according to a new survey. A Quinnipiac University Poll published Thursday asked voters in the Garden State thoughts on a number of issues, from minimum wage and pot to Gov. Chris Christie and President...

Massachusetts voters have strong doubts about the state's ability to oversee the new law legalizing recreational pot, and most are concerned it will be influenced by politics, according to a new poll conducted by the Bernett Group for the Boston Herald. And despite overwhelming support for...

As I walked into the Jackson medical cannabis dispensary last weekend, I noticed behind me an old, frail woman. Her hands were shaking, and her voice was filled with tears. "The OxyContin doesn't take away the pain," I heard her say to the attendant. She asked the cashier for a few grams...

American adults are smoking more pot, but increased cannabis use does not appear to be due to wider availability of legal marijuana, a new study shows. Pot consumption among women almost doubled between 1984 and 2015, from 5.5 percent of adults to 10.6 percent; meanwhile, 14.7 percent more...

Mainers could pay a 20 percent sales tax on purchases of recreational marijuana if a bill proposed by the Legislature's marijuana implementation committee becomes law. The tax is double what was proposed in a ballot initiative approved by voters last year. But it's similar to the effective...

In a joint House-Senate committee hearing Sept. 6, Illinois lawmakers heard testimony from a variety of experts on bills to legalize recreational marijuana. Former Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division Director Lewis Koski testified before the committee on Colorado's experience with...

In 2016, rates of marijuana use among the nation's 12- to 17-year-olds dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades, according to federal survey data released this week. Last year, 6.5 percent of adolescents used marijuana on a monthly basis, according to the latest National Survey...

On Wednesday, Texas issued its first medical marijuana license for a company aiming to help patients with a rare form of epilepsy. With more companies expecting medical marijuana licenses soon, how do Texans feel? According to a February 2017 poll conducted by the University of Texas and...

Despite Mayor Bill de Blasio's repeated promises to end arrests for low-level marijuana possession, the NYPD is on track to arrest tens of thousands of pot-smoking New Yorkers this year, with enforcement once again overwhelmingly centered on minority communities. New data from the Legal Aid...

Eight states and the District of Columbia currently allow recreational marijuana use, and 29 states plus the district permit its use for ostensibly medical purposes. Some of marijuana legalization's negative impacts are well publicized. The sharp increase in marijuana-related automobile...

With two medical cannabis dispensaries now selling products, the Hawaii Department of Health is bracing for a surge of patients signing up for the state's medical cannabis registry. "With other states that have similar size programs, we've seen up to a 50 percent increase in the first year...

Can marijuana save the day? Not yet. But Americans in pain are already turning to the marijuana plant. The hope: One day you’ll have a choice of varieties or formulations of compounds in marijuana — called “cannabinoids” — that bring relief, aren’t addictive, and leave your mind clear...

U.S. voters have an idea of what might actually improve society and make America great again: legalizing weed. A Harvard-Harris Poll survey released Monday found a majority of voters–some 57 percent–thought making marijuana legal across all 50 states would make society better, and 69 percent...

Nearly half of Americans support legalizing marijuana for recreational use and a strong majority believe it should at least be available for medical reasons, according to a new poll. The latest Harvard—Harris Poll survey found that 49 percent of Americans polled believe marijuana should be...

About 45 percent of adults in the United States have tried marijuana, a new high mark when it comes to cannabis use. The new numbers come for a Gallup poll conducted and released in July. The poll found far fewer people currently use marijuana than have tried it. Also, those with incomes...

Recreational marijuana would be taxed at 20 percent, with 5 percent of that paid to communities that host growing or retail facilities, under a plan proposed Tuesday by a committee drawing up regulations for the new industry. Lawmakers proposed a 10 percent wholesale tax, or excise tax, and a...

The state has tried its best to crush the black market since legalization, slashing plant counts and upping black- and gray-market enforcement of unregulated medical and recreational grows. All of that home-grow hatred and a maturing cannabis industry has undoubtedly cut into black-market...

With new product innovation surging, highly nutritious hemp in its various forms, is an ingredient on a health mission with widespread applications. According to research from Innova Market Insights, hemp claims have climbed up 42 percent CAGR for NPD (Global, 2011-2016). North America and...

It's not just "stoners" and "burnouts" backing medical and recreational marijuana in South Dakota. As the campaign to get two marijuana-related measures on the ballot in 2018 continues, Mitchell's James McNaughton sees support for cannabis strengthening statewide. But after this week's...

Maine lawmakers are coalescing around a rough plan for the state's new recreational marijuana industry after months of wonky hearings and with weeks more to go before a final proposal that could come by summer's end. Voters backed legalization by a slim margin in the 2016 election, approving...