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The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017 would effectively legalize cannabis on a federal level. The bill currently has 11 co-sponsors, and was originally introduced by former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in 2015. The bill's primary co-sponsor is Rep. Thomas Garrett, a...

Even as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to say terrible things about marijuana and hint at a potential crackdown against states that have approved recreational or medical sales, assorted members of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at changing the way the federal...

I plan on growing the legal limit of 6 plants indoors where I live. My best option would be using grow tents. I'm thinking the smartest thing would to have 3 in flower and 3 in veg. What would be the best size tent to do that from my research 2 4x4 or 1 4x8 about 6 or7 foot tall tent that has a...

A measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Minnesota would be put on the ballot in 2018 under a bill introduced on Saturday by a Rochester lawmaker. DFL Rep. Tina Liebling is sponsoring the measure, which proposes a constitutional amendment to allow people age 21 and older to buy and...

Britain will be left in the 'dope dark ages' if the Tory's win the General Election. That's according to a Teesside cannabis campaigner, who also feels voters should shun the Liberal Democrats - despite the party's pledge to legalize weed. Lib Dem chief Tim Farron's would allow the Class B...

"More and more citizens are demanding marijuana use be permitted," Yohanan Danino, then Israel's police chief, observed in 2015. "I think the time has come for the Israel police, together with the state, to re-examine their stance on cannabis. I think we must sit and study what's happening...

A new initiated measure looks to decriminalize cannabis across the Mount Rushmore State. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued his explanation for the measure Wednesday and it has been filed with Secretary of State Shantel Krebs. The measure's sponsor says it would legalize all...

Marijuana proponents on Friday launched a 2018 ballot drive to make Michigan the ninth state to legalize the recreational use of the drug and the first in the Midwest to do so. The initiative has the backing of state-based marijuana advocacy groups and a key national lobbying organization...

A senator in New Jersey looking to rid the state of what he sees as its "archaic laws" concerning marijuana introduced a bill that would make recreational use of the plant legal for adults. Although it's doubtful New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, will sign off on the measure...

Ricardo Rivera was alone, surrounded by a crush of media and lobbyists, when he watched the unveiling Monday of a bill that would fully legalize marijuana in New Jersey. Rivera's daughter, Tuffy, 10, is a licensed medical marijuana patient who uses cannabis for seizures under the state's...

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson has introduced a potential city ordinance that would decriminalize several minor marijuana offenses. First brought forward at last night's City Council meeting, the vote on the measure has been pushed back in order to ensure it complies with state law...

A coalition seeking to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan got the green light Thursday to circulate petitions and plans to begin collecting signatures immediately in hopes of making the 2018 ballot, a spokesman said. The Board of State Canvassers unanimously approved the form of...

Hope for expanding medical-marijuana access and creating a civil penalty for possession of small amounts of the substance aren't quite snuffed out in the Capitol, despite setbacks. On Wednesday, Heather Fazio, Texas political director for the Marijuana Policy Project, said she'd identified...

Gov. Phil Scott has until the end of the day next Wednesday to decide whether to sign into law a bill that would legalize possession of marijuana. Senate Secretary John Bloomer delivered the bill, S.22, to the governor's office Thursday morning. By law, the governor has five days to respond...

There's one piece of legislation that seems to be getting broad bipartisan support in Springfield. The Illinois Senate earlier this month unanimously approved a measure that would allow farmers to grow and sell industrial hemp, a strain of cannabis. But unlike marijuana, industrial hemp contains...

On the same day that Attorney General Jeff sessions announced that he would attempt to revamp the war on drugs, it came to my attention that potentially more important events regarding the war on drugs were taking place in Vermont, the “freedom and unity” state. It would seem that the state...

It looks as if Canada is possibly on its way to legalizing recreational weed use, which would make it and Uruguay the only countries on this planet to do so (as of press time). The plan, which pundits say is likely to pass, is not all wine and roses for our stoner brethren to the North. Of great...

The move toward marijuana legalization is ... still not as coherent as it could be, let's say. The Liberal legislation, unveiled last month, would establish rules around THC-impaired driving that may well prove unconstitutional: science has yet to establish a solid link between a given level of...

The marijuana industry is growing so fast that if the government legalized it nationally it would outsell ice cream. A new report from Marijuana Business Daily has calculated that the estimated total demand for marijuana, including the black market is around $45 billion to $50 billion. Annual...

In light of the eight different states that have approved the use of recreational marijuana and more than 60 percent of people in the country favoring legalization, state Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari has announced he will introduce new legislation to legalize personal use of small...