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With state voters' approval of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, state agencies are beginning to develop the infrastructure to regulate the drug. A day after passage of Issue 6, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters the state now has "to move...

With state voters' approval of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, state agencies are beginning to develop the infrastructure to regulate the drug. A day after passage of Issue 6, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters the state now has "to move...

Boston — Massachusetts is now the only state on the East Coast to legalize recreational marijuana, but top state leaders are already pondering changes to the new law. Senate President Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) told 22News that changes could be necessary as new data comes in from states...

Bismarck, N.D. - They had tearfully but unsuccessfully pleaded to North Dakota lawmakers about how medical marijuana would help their critically ill children or ease their chronic pain. When they took their case to the deeply conservative and religious state's voters, they found victory - a...

Bismarck, N.D. - They had tearfully but unsuccessfully pleaded to North Dakota lawmakers about how medical marijuana would help their critically ill children or ease their chronic pain. When they took their case to the deeply conservative and religious state's voters, they found victory - a...

Lakeland - The City Commission chose not to buck the advice of municipal, county and state law enforcement officials by pursuing an ordinance to reduce the penalties for Lakeland Police Department's enforcement of minor marijuana possession. For more than five hours, city commissioners heard...

Denver - Thanks to last night's elections Colorado will no longer be the go to state for marijuana jokes. California, Nevada and Massachusetts all voted to legalize recreational weed. Those additions mean big business for marijuana companies looking to expand. The largest economies in the world...

Americans woke up Wednesday morning to find the nation's drug-policy landscape radically altered. California, Massachusetts and Nevada legalized recreational marijuana use on Tuesday, while voters in a handful of Southern and deeply conservative states embraced medical marijuana...

Almost all small-business owners dream of the day when they can expand nationally. This has proved to be a unique challenge for those in the marijuana industry because the products they create are illegal under federal law, and the checkerboard of states that permit marijuana sales have complex...

Trenton - Voters from California, Nevada and Massachusetts passed ballot initiatives legalizing marijuana on Tuesday, expanding the lucrative market to the nation's most populous state and the northeast while creating greater momentum supporters say will end the drug's prohibition. Voters in...

Phoenix, Ariz. — Voters in Arizona failed to approve a ballot measure legalizing marijuana for general use by adults. Arizona Proposition 205 lost by a 52.1 to 47.9 percent margin. Passage of Prop 205 would have made it legal for adults 21 years or older to possess and use one ounce or...

California has decided to light up: The state became the biggest in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana use on Tuesday. Proposition 64, which greenlights pot use for adults over 21 starting in 2018, looked set to pass with a 55 percent majority, according to early vote totals. The...

Boston — Voters in Massachusetts have approved a ballot measure legalizing marijuana for general use by adults, a big step toward nullifying the unconstitutional federal prohibition of cannabis in effect. With 64 percent of the precincts reporting, Tenth Amendment Center projects Question 4...

Enfield, CT - Massachusetts has become the first eastern U.S. state to approve the recreational use of marijuana. It's approval could impact Connecticut, where it remains illegal except for medical use. Massachusetts' initiative allows people over the age of 21 to have, use and grow pot in...

I came across two cannabis stories this weekend. The first was about Colorado, the epicenter of the legalization movement, which saw 18,000 new jobs and $2.4 billion in economic activity thanks to taxing and regulating marijuana. The other was about Humboldt County, California, the epicenter of...

Massachusetts appears poised to legalize recreational marijuana - and it's not alone. Four other states take a similar vote this Tuesday on ballot initiatives with near-identical language. In the Bay State, Ballotpedia summarizes the measure like this: A "yes" vote supports this proposal to...

Millions of voters across the United States are considering measures to roll back longstanding restrictions on marijuana this Election Day. By the end of Tuesday night, five more states could fully legalize weed, which would put nearly one-quarter of the nation's population in areas that have...

Ignored in the tumult of the presidential race is the fact that the 2016 election may be a milestone in the struggle to end marijuana prohibition. Five states - Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada - all have marijuana legalization initiatives on the ballot. Polls indicate that...

Little Rock - Arkansas could become the first Bible Belt state to legalize medical marijuana, which pot advocates say would be proof of the drug's popularity even in conservative parts of the country. The fight over medical marijuana has overshadowed the presidential race in the deeply...

Little Rock - Arkansas could become the first Bible Belt state to legalize medical marijuana, which pot advocates say would be proof of the drug's popularity even in conservative parts of the country. The fight over medical marijuana has overshadowed the presidential race in the deeply...