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As of last month's elections, four more states voted to decriminalize marijuana for both medical and recreational use, bringing the grand total to 8 states that have legalized recreational marijuana (9, including Washington D.C.). The Harris Poll revisited the topic of legalized marijuana this...

Proponents of medical marijuana and research into the drug's viability for opioid addiction treatment are concerned over what President-elect Donald Trump means for the future of the industry. Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and Washington, D.C., where it is also legal for...

The seven lucky balls that popped out of the Arizona Department of Health Services lottery machine in October produced big winners – not in the state's Powerball game, but in the competition to make money in the medical marijuana industry. The prize winners were granted licenses to open a...

Seven states passed marijuana initiatives on Nov. 8, which ordinarily would have injected new life into the push to expand Georgia's tiny medical cannabis program. But those advocates must now wonder whether the incoming Trump administration will quash their enthusiasm. While the...

Using marijuana to treat serious illnesses isn't just for hippies and sketchy back alleys anymore. As an increasing amount of states have continued to approve medical marijuana for a number of ailments, using cannabis as a legitimate treatment is coming out from the shadows. And while the...

States with medical marijuana laws have fewer traffic fatalities than those without, especially among younger drivers, a new study found. You would think crash rates might be higher, supposing that more drivers are, too - especially around midnight, when a run to a 7-Eleven becomes necessary...

The marijuana industry could be described as the fastest growing industry within the United States. Though there are numerous industries that have 20%-30% compound annual growth potential throughout the remainder of the decade, few can claim to have what's expected to be nearly 24% annual...

Huntingdon, West Virginia is a quaint town with a beautiful college campus and enough hills for some amazing scenery. However, last August, the town experienced a devastating tragedy. The state itself has been known for years as a place of high opioid addiction and overdose, but one day, in a...

Look around and you'll struggle to find an industry that's more blazing hot than marijuana. Back in 1995, not a single state had a law on its books legalizing medical cannabis or recreational pot. Today, following the November elections in which residents in eight out of nine states voted in...

Marijuana reform advocates have been celebrating since seven states elected to legalize cannabis on Election Day victories – but where exactly is the legalization movement heading in the next couple years? Tom Angell, founder of the pro-legalization nonprofit Marijuana Majority, predicted...

Last spring, medical marijuana advocates celebrated a hard-fought victory as Pennsylvania legalized the medicine they hope will help them or their sick loved ones. Now - as new leaders prepare take power in Washington - they're watching nervously and hoping the rug isn't pulled out from under...

Morass is defined as a bog, marsh and also a difficult situation. That description appears fitting for our county. Calaveras County voters approved Measure C, enacting taxes and fees on marijuana production, at the Nov. 8 election. In legal terms, Measure C is described as Calaveras County...

Back in August, we learned through the Wikileaks email dump that an alcohol lobbying group was peddling propaganda to lawmakers in the attempt to stifle cannabis legalization. Claiming to be "neutral" on the subject, they did not hesitate to spout falsehoods and fear-mongering about the...

Denver - Hoping to preserve its marijuana law under the next president, Colorado is planning a slate of legislation designed to crack down on pot that is grown legally but then sold on the black market. The goal is to cut down on complaints that Colorado's liberal allowances for growing pot...

Four states, including California, the nation's most populous, voted to legalize marijuana on November 8. That doubles the number of legal states to eight (plus the District of Columbia), and more than quadruples the number of people living in legal marijuana states, bringing the number to...

This could very well go down as the best year for the marijuana industry on record. It's tough to top 1996, the first year medical marijuana was approved in a state (California), or 2012, when Colorado and Washington simultaneously became the first states to legalize the sale of recreational...

In a recent interview, University of Denver law professor Sam Kamin outlined three ways Donald Trump could shut down state-legal marijuana - a prospect that has raised increasing levels of concern among cannabis reformers since the president-elect's nomination of pot-hating Senator Jeff Sessions...

As of last week, voters in California and seven other states have passed ballot initiatives to allow for-profit companies to produce, distribute and sell non-medical marijuana. With more than 65 million people living in states that have passed marijuana legalization, and a Gallup poll showing...

Since voters there legalized recreational marijuana in 2014, officials in Alaska have been hashing out logistical issues, including how to transport marijuana to communities across the state without violating federal law, since there are few roads and it's against federal law to move marijuana...

President Barack Obama says though he doesn't think legalizing marijuana will end America's drug problem, he believes pot should be regulated the same way cigarettes and alcohol are regulated. Obama, in an interview with Rolling Stone published Tuesday, said regulating marijuana is a much...