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Little Rock, Ark. - A retired judge appointed to review petitions for a medical marijuana initiative found more than enough signatures that officials approved for the proposal were valid, despite efforts by opponents to disqualify it from the November ballot. Retired Judge John Robbins says...

Little Rock, Ark. - A retired judge appointed to review petitions for a medical marijuana initiative found more than enough signatures that officials approved for the proposal were valid, despite efforts by opponents to disqualify it from the November ballot. Retired Judge John Robbins says...

Jackson, Miss. - The Mississippi Cannabis Coalition is calling for the legalization of cannabis. The group is calling for farming, selling and other uses of the plant to be accepted by the state for adults age 21 and older. Writers of initiative 60 said there is a seven percent tax on...

Jefferson City, Mo. - A proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri won't go to voters this year because of an insufficient number of valid signatures, a judge ruled Wednesday. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green's decision backed those by St. Louis-area election authorities, who threw...

Jefferson City, Mo. - A proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri won't go to voters this year because of an insufficient number of valid signatures, a judge ruled Wednesday. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green's decision backed those by St. Louis-area election authorities, who threw...

Opponents who want to remove a medical marijuana act from the ballot argued in court Monday that more than 15,000 of its voter signatures are invalid. Meanwhile, the secretary of state's office and the act's sponsor said the act has enough signatures and the mistakes are due to allowable...

Opponents who want to remove a medical marijuana act from the ballot argued in court Monday that more than 15,000 of its voter signatures are invalid. Meanwhile, the secretary of state's office and the act's sponsor said the act has enough signatures and the mistakes are due to allowable...

Jefferson City - A Cole County Circuit Court judge is expected to decide this week if a proposal to legalize medical marijuana can go before voters in November. Backed by the nonprofit New Approach Missouri, the measure would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to treat patients with certain...

Jefferson City - A Cole County Circuit Court judge is expected to decide this week if a proposal to legalize medical marijuana can go before voters in November. Backed by the nonprofit New Approach Missouri, the measure would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to treat patients with certain...

Jefferson City, MO. - An attorney for supporters of a proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri told a judge Monday that enough registered voters signed petitions for it to be placed on the Nov. 8 ballot and that local elections boards wrongly tossed out thousands of signatures...

Jefferson City, MO. - An attorney for supporters of a proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri told a judge Monday that enough registered voters signed petitions for it to be placed on the Nov. 8 ballot and that local elections boards wrongly tossed out thousands of signatures...

After a string of setbacks in state courts - including a refusal to hear their case by the Michigan Supreme Court earlier this week - marijuana activists turned to federal court as they continue battling to put a legalization question before Michigan voters this fall. On Friday, lawyers with...

A U.S. Supreme Court filing is in the works by MI Legalize, the group attempting to bring a vote on recreational marijuana use in Michigan, according to an attorney representing the group. Jeffrey Hank said the group plans to file a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case either...

Oklahoma City - For the third straight year, Oklahoma medical marijuana advocates have come up short in their effort to get the issue on the state ballot, but this time it wasn't signatures they were lacking. It was time. Oklahomans for Health volunteers met the required 65,987-signature...

Oklahoma City - For the third straight year, Oklahoma medical marijuana advocates have come up short in their effort to get the issue on the state ballot, but this time it wasn't signatures they were lacking. It was time. Oklahomans for Health volunteers met the required 65,987-signature...

Marijuana supporters are pushing for a quick answer from the state's highest court in hopes of allowing Michigan voters decide if recreational pot should be made legal. MI Legalize, the group behind the effort to place the issue on Michigan's November ballot, filed an Aug. 30 motion with the...

The secretary of state's office has certified that a petition drive to put a medical marijuana constitutional amendment on the ballot cleared the number of registered voters required. Needing 84,859 signatures, the secretary of state's office said it had found 97,284 valid signatures and thus...

The secretary of state's office has certified that a petition drive to put a medical marijuana constitutional amendment on the ballot cleared the number of registered voters required. Needing 84,859 signatures, the secretary of state's office said it had found 97,284 valid signatures and thus...

We're not big fans of sweeping legislative change brought about through referendum. It leaves too much nuance un-discussed, and renders complex issues as yes-or-no questions. And we're not sure, yet, what to make of the efforts to legalize marijuana in Michigan. It seems we need to have a...

Residents of three states were waiting to find out if they would be voting on some form of marijuana legalization or repeal of existing law this November - Michigan, Oklahoma and Montana. The Michigan recreational legalization effort got some bad news Wednesday. A judge on the Michigan Court...