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Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California is proposing a law that would only allow states to determine marijuana policies, resolving the current conflict between state and federal marijuana laws. Four states – Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington – have laws that allow the...

Across our country, we routinely take a pledge that ends in "with liberty and justice for all." Yet that fundamental promise has been broken in six of the eight states that have legalized recreational marijuana use, as tens of thousands of people remain in state prison for nonviolent...

Last Tuesday's Daily Camera reported that the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) had formed a 14-member committee to Advise the Trump administration on marijuana policy, and that Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett was a member of it. That's good news. Not as good news as the...

A study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that there were fewer drivers killed in car crashes who tested positive for opioids in states with medical marijuana laws than before the laws went into effect. The study is one of the first to assess the link...

Albany - The lead state Senate sponsor of New York's medical marijuana law has written to President Trump asking that the feds allow such state programs to continue. Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) wrote to Trump on Dec. 9 when he was President-elect encouraging him to direct his Attorney...

It looks like the great American populous needs more legal marijuana in their lives as the East Coast is seeing more states are looking for recreational. Fortunately for those folks, there are now eight states that have legalized the leaf for recreational purposes, giving adults the freedom to...

With the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, the United States got a new president. And with that new president comes a long list of new appointees across various federal agencies and departments. While President Trump's cabinet selection process has played out publicly, a variety of...

Finally, there appears to be a serious federal discussion about marijuana legalization. But it's nowhere near the Beltway. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's marijuana task force recently released a landmark report about legalizing and regulating the drug in Canada. Advocates on all sides will...

As President Obama prepares to leave the White House and make way for President Trump on January 20, many Americans fear–with good reason–that the incoming administration will effectively nullify his presidential legacy. Of all the things progressives fear about a Trump presidency, this is...

America's red states may be responsible for Donald Trump's presidential election, but some of those states think just as highly about legalizing marijuana as they do Trump, if not even more. Five states with marijuana-related initiatives on their November 2016 ballot showed similar support...

Legislators in more than a dozen states have introduced measures to loosen laws restricting access to or criminalizing marijuana, a rush of legislative activity that supporters hope reflects a newfound willingness by public officials to embrace a trend toward legalization. The gamut covered...

With the exception of 1996, when California first legalized medical cannabis, or 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational pot, 2016 was probably marijuana's best year ever. When 2016 began, medical marijuana was legal in 23 states, and recreational...

If the American people are worrying about Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions' approach to enforcing federal marijuana laws, he says they should get Congress to change them. Sessions, who President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to become U.S. attorney general, answered questions on marijuana among...

Arkansas lawmakers have advanced a plan to delay the launch of the state's medical marijuana program and a proposal removing a requirement that doctors recommending the drug say benefits outweigh its risk. With unanimous support, lawmakers at a House Rules committee meeting voted Wednesday to...

Arkansas lawmakers have advanced a plan to delay the launch of the state's medical marijuana program and a proposal removing a requirement that doctors recommending the drug say benefits outweigh its risk. With unanimous support, lawmakers at a House Rules committee meeting voted Wednesday to...

Name: Steve DeAngelo Occupation: Cofounder and executive director of Harborside Age: 58 Residence: Oakland San Francisco: This must be quite a time to be a weed activist. Steve DeAngelo: Yes. It hasn't been easy. Legacy cannabis people–we've been raided, we've been arrested, we've been...

Washington - Marijuana legalization advocates struggled Tuesday to find hope in comments that Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, made at his Senate confirmation hearing about federal tolerance for states that have legalized pot. Sessions, who has been fiercely...

And so it begins. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, Trump's nominee for the country's next attorney general, took center stage on January 10 at his confirmation hearing. Marijuana supporters had been quick to voice their concern over Sessions's nomination because of his stance on marijuana, as well...

Washington – Backers of marijuana legalization on Monday stepped up their pressure on the U.S. Senate to block the confirmation of Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general. Sessions, a staunch opponent of legalization, angered proponents in April when he called pot...

Over the past few years, the United States has taken great strides towards legalizing marijuana nationwide, but we aren't the only country moving in that direction. Around the world there is a growing push for the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis, especially as the...