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You don't have to be Nostradamus to successfully predict that more states will legalize marijuana -- whether for medicinal use only or for recreational use. A bandwagon effect seems quite likely, considering 29 states plus the District of Columbia have already legalized medical marijuana. Nine...

The Trump administration is readying for a crackdown on marijuana users under Attorney General Jeff Sessions. President Trump's Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, led by Sessions, is expected to release a report next week that criminal justice reform advocates fear will link...

The use of medical marijuana is now legal in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Eight states have passed laws allowing for the legal use of marijuana recreationally. Michigan could become the ninth later this year, where the city of Detroit already allows the sale of marijuana in stores...

There's a groundswell of support for cannabis legalisation in the United States, with 29 states, as well as Washington D.C. approved for medicinal cannabis, and eight for lifestyle use. Things are farther ahead in Canada. Regulations for production and sales have been in place for over three...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) has signed a new law decriminalizing marijuana, making the Granite State the 22nd in the nation to eliminate the possibility of jail time for those convicted of simple possession. The measure passed the Republican-led legislature with huge majorities in May...

A Wisconsin lawmaker wants to use medical and recreational marijuana to cure the state's sick economy. Last week, State Rep. Melissa Sargent introduced a cannabis legalization bill aimed at raising the scarce dollars needed to patch roads and keep the lights on in schools across Wisconsin...

America's opioid epidemic is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. From 2000 to 2015, over half-a-million Americans died of opioid abuse and overdose. Ninety-one Americans die every single day for the same reasons. While illegal drugs like heroin have contributed...

For many years, Mitch Meyers was a heavy-hitter in the intensely competitive world of marketing and product branding. If you were living in St. Louis three decades ago and didn't know Meyers, you at least knew her work. After a stint at 7UP, she worked for Anheuser-Busch during its glory days...

In a paper published by The Economic Journal last month, a study by the Norwegian School of Economics in partnership with the Pennsylvania State University Department of Sociology and Criminology, found that marijuana legalization has led to a decrease in violent crime in U.S. states that border...

The policies of the Trump Administration pose a growing risk to all companies involved in the cannabis sphere. Attorney General Sessions is an implacable foe of all things cannabis and can make life difficult in the legal, government approval and finance areas. GW Pharmaceuticals is furthest...

The movement to legalize marijuana notched a new victory with Nevada becoming the latest state to make recreational weed legal as of Saturday. At least half of U.S. states have legalized pot for either recreational or medical purposes. With polls showing record high support for legal...

Adults who are at least 21 years old can now legally purchase recreational marijuana from select retail shops in Nevada. Sales began just after midnight on Saturday. There are a total of 44 licensed dispensaries around the state open for business so far, according to the Nevada Department of...

The legalization of cannabis in the United States for medicinal and recreational drug use has hit another roadblock in Massachusetts, and studies are indicating that Colorado drivers who use marijuana are getting into more accidents. Due to these issues and enforcement warnings from the federal...

A new study published by researchers from University of Texas at Austin looks at crash fatality rates after legalization of marijuana in both Washington and Colorado. The group of researchers looked at the annual motor vehicle crash data between 2009 and 2015 in both legalized states and used...

Last week, a pair of studies came to seemingly opposite conclusions on whether rising marijuana use is causing an increase in car crashes in states that have legalized the drug. The first, conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, analyzed insurance claims for vehicle...

Former Donald Trump presidential campaign advisor Roger Stone, is calling on the president to uphold his pre-election promise regarding marijuana legalization as his attorney general appears closer than ever to reining in states with legal weed. The longtime Republican strategist recently...

Doctors with Seton Healthcare recently published a study finding that states with legalized recreational marijuana don't have a greater increase rate of car crash deaths. The study, which was published in the American Journal of Public Health, looked at auto crash fatalities in Colorado and...

Traffic searches by highway patrols in Colorado and Washington dropped by nearly half after the two states legalized marijuana in 2012. That also reduced the racial disparities in the stops, according to a new analysis of police data, but not by much. Blacks and Hispanics are still searched at...

In a letter that became public on Monday, June 12, it was revealed that U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions personally asked Congressional leaders last month to end funding that restricts the Department of Justice from spending money to affect state medical-marijuana laws. What does that mean...

A strong majority of Americans say individual states should be able to enact their own laws on marijuana, without interference from the federal government. Seventy-six percent of American adults want President Donald Trump to respect state marijuana laws, according to a new poll published...