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The "Voice of Doom" that first spoke up in the 1936 film Reefer Madness continues to rant and rave about the horrors of the demon weed known as marijuana — but increasingly, that voice is being disregarded and even mocked as the movement for full legalization continues its inexorable march...

A super-majority of Americans support ending the country's failed prohibition on marijuana, the polling company Gallup finds just weeks before five states vote to legalize the plant. The Gallup poll released Wednesday finds support for regulating and taxing cannabis hit an all-time high of 60...

Boston - Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg said he's backing a ballot question that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. Rosenberg said he hopes he and fellow lawmakers can make improvements to the question if voters approve it, but he didn't offer...

At last, the state will vote on recreational pot smoking: California Proposition 64. The initiative is commonly known as The Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), and the fact that it's even up for a vote amazes me. I grew up at a time when weed was largely thought to turn your brain into a mound...

Marijuana retailers began collecting a 25 percent tax on recreational marijuana sales starting in January. That money is adding up quickly. According to the latest figures from the state Department of Revenue, Oregon has collected more than $40 million in taxes on recreational pot through the...

Mention marijuana advertising to anyone who was alive in the 1970s, and you might draw out of them a famous Cheech and Chong jingle. "No stems, no seeds that you don't need," goes the ditty, "Acapulco Gold is" - cue sound of someone toking on a joint - "badass weed!" It was a joke at the...

British Columbians are split on how recreational marijuana should be sold once it's legal, but stand-alone shops like the dispensaries that line Vancouver's streets are the most popular option, according to a new poll. The latest survey from Insights West suggests 38 per cent of people in...

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Last year, Golden Leaf Holdings, a leading cannabis company, paid $3.3 million for almost 100 acres of land in Oregon to build a marijuana growing, processing and research site. The future looked bright: Oregon voters had legalized recreational marijuana in 2014. But Measure 91 gave counties...

On a bright, sunny day in October, visitors to the Cannagarden pop-up stand in East Vancouver browsed tables laden with a variety of marijuana products, including pot-infused peanut butter, pot-soaked honey and even cooking butter with Nutella. The conspicuous outdoor stand has been set up on...

Comedian, musician and pot activist Tommy Chong says he intends to keep "priming the pump" until marijuana is legalized across the United States and in Canada. Chong, 78, said the introduction of legislation promised for next spring to legalize recreational marijuana in Canada could set an...

Lyons, Colo. - How to set a tone of woodsy chic at a four-course candlelight dinner served under the stars in the Colorado foothills: Live musicians and flowers, check. Award-winning cuisine, check. Beer and wine pairings with each course, check. Marijuana pairings? Oh, yes. The...

Vancouver - Master horticulturalist Francoise Levesque tends to the thousands of marijuana plants at Tilray, one of 35 federally licensed producers of medicinal marijuana that have brought pot growing "from the basement into the light." "We are pioneering, in a way, how to do things," says...

Vancouver - Master horticulturalist Francoise Levesque tends to the thousands of marijuana plants at Tilray, one of 35 federally licensed producers of medicinal marijuana that have brought pot growing "from the basement into the light." "We are pioneering, in a way, how to do things," says...

For the first time since their recreational marijuana legalization push began, Proposition 64 advocates are running statewide television spots. Text "When legalizing safe, responsible adult use of marijuana, the most important question is, 'how?' By voting yes on Prop. 64, adults 21 and...

My name is James McLynas and I am running for Sheriff of Pinellas County. While I do not have the power to hasten the change to the legalization of marijuana in Florida, an elected Sheriff has the power to expend the resources of his department in a manner that best serves the community. It...

Portland, Ore. - The budtenders of the Rose City are relentlessly helpful with tips pairing a marijuana strain that is "equal parts fruity and musky" with a stimulating Sichuan dish. As Oregon, the place where empires once clashed over the global trade of beaver furs, glides into a second year...

At the world's largest cannabis "protestival," Seattle Hempfest August 2016, I spoke about the need for further reforms of federal and state laws regulating the use of marijuana. I pointed out that although pot is supposedly "legal" in Washington, there is still a certain social stigma attached...

A $25,000 contribution from a Colorado-based business to a political action committee advocating for legal recreational pot sales in Albany has some opponents chafing. The PAC, called "Keep Albany Open for Business," wants to sway Albany and Linn County voters, who will decide in November...

The minority vote can be crucial, especially in California, where largest racial or ethnic group is composed of Latinos. Today, the campaign behind Proposition 64, which seeks to legalize recreational marijuana for those 21-and-older, aimed its message at the Golden State's people of color. A...