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Like many Californians, state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León is still debating how he'll vote on the flood of ballot initiatives this November, including arguably the most high-profile of the bunch, a measure to legalize recreational marijuana for adults over the age of 21. "I'm not...

Despite Americans' statistical lack of enthusiasm for both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Green Party still has little chance of getting nominee Jill Stein into the White House. But another kind of green is poised to have a big election day this year: recreational marijuana. Alaska...

While airwaves and column inches may still be on a post-convention buzz, the presidential campaigns are not the only ones kicking into high gear. Supporters of Question 2, the ballot initiative that would legalize and tax adult recreational marijuana use in Nevada, are amping up their efforts in...

Let us discuss whether marijuana should be legalized, regulated and taxed similar to alcohol for adults 21 and older. Excise tax revenue alone is conservatively estimated to generate $21.5 million annually. Additionally, millions of dollars would be generated each year in corporate and...

California may soon join the growing number of states that allow recreational marijuana with the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Initiative (or Proposition 64) on the November ballot. The measure would legalize marijuana and hemp under state law. Portions of the measure could...

Even though Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2014, you can't legally buy the stuff in more than 100 Oregon communities. That's because some city and county governments have banned recreational marijuana businesses. But voters in nearly half of those places will have the chance...

On the November ballot of this year, Massachusetts voters will be asked whether to allow the use, cultivation, possession and distribution of recreational marijuana for individuals at least 21 years old. If the measure passes, a cultivation center proposed in Easton could grow marijuana for...

The Sacramento City Council will vote Tuesday on a potential ballot measure that would raise taxes for recreational marijuana shops. If approved by council, the ballot measure will be put before voters in November. The ballot measure would give city council the ability to place a business...

Sales of legal marijuana in Colorado are more potent than ever. According to the Colorado Department of Revenue as of May 2016 revenue from recreational and medicinal marijuana sales totaled $486 million. In April, sales hit an all-time high of $117 million but lost a little buzz, settling...

Editor: Santa Monicans for Safe Access (SAMOSA) would like to comment on the news that there will be a proposition on this November's state ballot which, if passed, would allow adult recreational use of marijuana. While SAMOSA is not a cheerleader for recreational use, we are a proponent of...

In just four months, Nevada voters will head to the polls for the November general election. Along with voting for president and other races, voters will tackle whether or not marijuana should be regulated like alcohol within the state making the use of marijuana legal for adults 21 and over...

Las Vegas - A group that wants to legalize recreational marijuana in Nevada says the state could gain thousands of jobs by doing so. Supporters of a measure that will appear on that ballot in November released an economic analysis this week that shows a recreational marijuana industry could...

La Grande - Rona Lindsey said turning away customers deeply troubles her. As a former administrator at the Union County Chamber of Commerce, viewing tail lights as car after car heads right back to Interstate 84 is tough to watch. "It tears me in two," the Hwy 30 Cannabis owner said. And it's...

This is going to be a transformative year for the United States. Not only are we set to vote in a new president for the first time in eight years this November, but we could also see the most rapid expansion of marijuana ever, with eight states now set to vote on recreational or medical cannabis...

Voters on both sides of the state line will have the chance to decide whether recreational marijuana use should be legal for people 21 and over this November. On June 28, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced the Adult Use of Marijuana Act had qualified for the Nov. 8 ballot as...

Cannon Beach - Retail cannabis shops could be located in any of three commercial areas, according to a Cannon Beach City Council vote this week. But whether any retail recreational shops will come to Cannon Beach at all will be at the discretion of the voters. A group of residents successfully...

Dispensaries in Washington state have sold more than $1 billion worth of recreational marijuana since weed was legalized in 2014, a Seattle newspaper reported. Pot shops have sold over $1 billion worth of non-medicinal marijuana since July 2014, in turn generating more than $250 million for...

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has launched a Marijuana Worker Permit application system for workers in Oregon's recreational marijuana industry. OLCC Recreational Marijuana Licensees and anyone employed in the recreational marijuana industry, including seasonal workers, are required by...

Proponents of recreational use of marijuana in Arizona already have raised more than $2.2 million in their bid to get voter approval in November. New campaign finance reports Friday show the lion's share of the cash coming from the Marijuana Policy Project. That national group has been at the...

Shares in medicinal marijuana firm MMJ Phytotech have surged after Canada's health regulator announced a taskforce to help design a framework for recreational use of the drug. MMJ Phyotech recently won a licence in Canada to grow marijuana for medical use. MMJ said on Tuesday that the...