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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...

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...

Colorado state Sen. Chris Holbert never expected he would sponsor a bill allowing medical marijuana to be used in public schools. But Holbert, like many people living in Colorado after the legalization of medical and then recreational marijuana, said he's had a lot to learn. The bill, which...

What's being voted on This is proving to be a pivotal year for the marijuana industry, with nine states in total voting on some degree of marijuana legalization. Five of those states are aiming to legalize recreational marijuana, with Massachusetts being one of those states. The...

Berekely — With polls showing that California voters are likely to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, one might think that medical cannabis clubs are nervous about losing customers. Some are quite the opposite. Berkeley Patients Group is confident that quality products and customer...

Berekely — With polls showing that California voters are likely to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, one might think that medical cannabis clubs are nervous about losing customers. Some are quite the opposite. Berkeley Patients Group is confident that quality products and customer...

While Proposition 64 does allow local governments to decide where marijuana stores could open up, some feel like cities are trying to thwart the will of voters. Regarding Proposition 64, the legalization of recreational marijuana use: I hope common sense prevails against greedy businessmen...

Marijuana legalization is good for social justice, its backers say. For too long, drug laws have been used to arrest and incarcerate minorities at much higher rates than whites. Plus, pot has been proven to be, as President Obama himself put it, less dangerous than alcohol. So instead of...

Pusha T is co-signing California's Proposition 64 that will legalize recreational use of marijuana in the state.The rapper known as "Push-A-Ton" may have to change his name to "Push-A-Vote" pretty soon. "What the urgency ordinances do is create a clear line of what's allowed and what's not - so...

Denver - Five other states will vote on legalizing recreational marijuana on Nov. 8 and the impact on Colorado is yet to be seen. The Colorado green rush is credited with bringing an influx of investment and people to the state. Supporters cite a $2.4 billion economic impact in 2015 but...

Arizona's Prop. 205 makes recreational pot legal for adults 21 and older, allowing them to use, possess, manufacture and give away or transport up to an ounce of marijuana. Twenty-five states have already approved medical marijuana. Freedman: Basically the criminal side of it has seen how...

This is a critical time for marijuana legislation in the US. There are more people openly using marijuana than ever before, and fewer people think it's risky. Marijuana arrests are dropping, and there is a countrywide push to decriminalize cannabis so that our overburdened prison system isn't...

One-quarter of the United States - and all the residents of the West Coast - could have access to recreational marijuana after Election Day, when five states will vote whether to join Oregon in legalizing cannabis. Next week, voters in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada will...

'As goes Colorado, so goes the rest of the nation," is an oft-uttered truism heard from stakeholders in the state's burgeoning marijuana industry. Indeed all eyes are on Colorado - the lab rat in this experiment that is legalization - especially as nine other states consider cannabis-related...

Through the latest polls taken by the Field Research Corporation and Public Policy Institute of California, it appears Proposition 64, a much-discussed measure to legalize recreational use of marijuana in California, will pass with 60% support. The measure, if approved Nov. 8, would allow...

Las Vegas - In the next part of 13 Action News series of reports on marijuana, what sorts of people does recreational marijuana attract to Colorado or potentially Nevada? More police are patrolling in Denver and private security guards were hired with the influx of tourists visiting Colorado...

San Jose, Calif. - Recreational marijuana sales are now banned in San Jose, even if California voters pass a ballot measure next week that would make such sales legal across the state. The city council voted to keep recreational marijuana illegal in San Jose, even if it becomes legal in...

Come November 8th, voters in Massachusetts and Maine will consider making recreational marijuana legal for all adults. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports on what impact electoral victories in these nearby states may have on New York State. Several Eastern states are among...

Portland, Maine - A handful of recreational marijuana legalization drives has the medical pot industry bracing for something it never expected to deal with: competition. Legalization is on the ballot in five states this November, and all five currently allow some form of medical marijuana...

Portland, Maine - A handful of recreational marijuana legalization drives has the medical pot industry bracing for something it never expected to deal with: competition. Legalization is on the ballot in five states this November, and all five currently allow some form of medical marijuana...