Nevada already has legal brothels, round-the-clock casinos and a coy catchphrase declaring that “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” If voters approve, the state could soon add another vice in the form of recreational marijuana.
Supporters believe “yes” votes in Maine and Massachusetts would add geographical diversity to the marijuana legalization map.
A handful of recreational marijuana legalization drives has the medical pot industry bracing for something it never expected to deal with: competition.
The campaign behind a medical marijuana proposal disqualified from Arkansas’ ballot days after early voting began on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to consider reinstating the measure, saying the ruling would make it more difficult for grassroots groups to put initiatives on the ballot.
Alaska’s first marijuana retail outlet opened to a throng of customers, nearly two years after voters approved allowing people 21 and older to recreationally use pot.
Ohio judge: The defense for a white former police officer charged with murder can tell jurors about marijuana found in the car driven by the unarmed black man he fatally shot after a traffic stop.
If Proposition 205 passes in November, it would make Arizona marijuana legal for adults 21 and older, allowing them to use, possess and grow up to an ounce of the drug.
California’s Proposition 64 is 62 pages long and aims to regulate the entire cannabis industry, from seeds to pipe. Here are highlights.
The Supreme Court has disqualified an Arkansas medical marijuana proposal from the ballot, but voters will still be able to consider a competing plan.
So this just happened: The National Park Service has closed this island off the Southern California coast after bundles of marijuana were found there.
Voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to legalize California marijuana for recreational use — an issue that has sown deep division here among longtime growers.
Alaska marijuana jobs is attracting resumes, but proposed regulations for employees have been deemed too harsh may keep hopefuls from entering the field.
A lawmaker opposed to two Arkansas medical marijuana ballot measures said Monday he’ll introduce legislation during next year’s session.
The state’s first testing laboratory opened for business Monday, offering cannabis analysis for retail outlets and commercial or private growers.
The latest major donation to the campaign against legal recreational marijuana in Arizona came from this Las Vegas casino owner, who donated $500,000 last week.
‘If it can happen to my family, it can happen to anybody’s’: Trooper Thomas Clardy was killed in March 2016 when a medical marijuana patient crashed into his cruiser.
Arkansas medical marijuana supporters began airing their first TV ad for one of two legalization proposals on the ballot next month.
State health officials have issued a health alert about marijuana products that may have been tainted with high levels of a pesticide and sold to about 130 people southwest of Portland.
North Dakota voters will decide next month whether to legalize marijuana for medical use by siding either with opponents who say sciences is on their side or with supporters like a desperate grandmother who illegally purchased the drug to help her cancer-stricken daughter.
A former Philadelphia mayoral candidate was cited at the airport after security officers found a small amount of marijuana in his luggage.
State Senate President Stan Rosenberg said he’s backing a ballot question that would legalize Massachusetts marijuana for recreational use.
Competing proposals to legalize Arkansas medical marijuana would cost the state more than they would create in tax revenue, state finance officials said.
Opponents of Arkansas medical marijuana initiatives launched a TV ad claiming competing proposals on the November ballot would lead to drug abuse.
Prosecutors say two men have been indicted on assault charges in connection with an explosion at a marijuana grow house that killed a New York fire chief.
Business owners are replacing idealists in the marijuana legalization movement as the nascent cannabis industry creates a broad base of new donors.
Hours after his wife pleaded guilty to misdemeanor pot-possession charges connected with two pounds of the drug found at their house, Utah’s Democratic candidate for governor pushed Tuesday for the legalization of medical marijuana.
High stakes: This casino magnate is fighting legalization efforts across the U.S. Now he’s betting against Nevada marijuana.
Marijuana dispensaries have sold more than $160 million worth of recreational marijuana so far in 2016.
Authorities have arrested a man who tried to trade a pound of pot for a snowmobile that was posted for sale on Craigslist by an Oregon State Police trooper.
A survey conducted by the Kansas attorney general suggest legal Colorado marijuana is having a big impact on Kansas, but it may not be all negative.
It’s been six months since Gov. Tom Wolf signed a law legalizing Pennsylvania medical marijuana, here’s a look at how it’s shaping up (so far).
Both pro and con forces say life will change based on the vote for referendum Question 4, which would legalize Massachusetts marijuana for recreational use.
About 50 Oregon towns and counties that will decide in the Nov. 8 election whether to opt back into the marijuana business.
In Maine, referendum supporters say the language in the proposal clearly states that it would legalize marijuana only for those 21 and older.
The Montana commissioner of political practices says an anti-marijuana ballot committee broke state law by spending money on more than one initiative.
Voters will have their say on at least one Arkansas medical marijuana proposal this November, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Chefs are working with marijuana growers to chart the still-very-unscientific world of pairing food and weed in marijuana fine dining.
A prosecutor said Wednesday that he intends to file misdemeanor drug charges against the wife of the Democratic candidate for governor after federal investigators found about 2 pounds of marijuana at the couple’s Utah home.
One of two teenagers who killed a Pennsylvania woman and her dog so they could steal marijuana from her has been sentenced to 60 years to life in prison.
PBS travel show host Rick Steves says the U.S. can learn from Europe when comes to easing restrictions on marijuana and legalization.
Maine marijuana advocates are airing TV ads in an effort to overcome resistance from the community to get recreational use of marijuana approved in the state.
If Arizona’s ballot measure passes, pot shops would soon arise in a place that has long been a center of drug smuggling.
The Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says marijuana from Colorado is “permeating” every part of Kansas.
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he forgives a former public safety secretary who resigned over Johnson’s stance on legalizing marijuana.
The total estimated cost of the plants? About $3.3 billion.
The new Ohio medical marijuana advisory committee will include two members of a group that fought legalization, raising concerns among advocates.
The state is nearing its first legal Alaska marijuana sales, nearly two years after voters approved the recreational use of pot by adults.
A university in Philadelphia plans to offer communications students the opportunity to take a class that analyzes marijuana policy.
Illinois medical marijuana sales reached more than $3.8 million last month at licensed dispensaries throughout the state.
Supporters and critics of a ballot question that would legalize Massachusetts marijuana for recreational use offered competing arguments for and against the measure on Tuesday.
