Big Pharma to Big Booze: Industries Fighting Reform

The push to legalize marijuana across the United States gained speed with new wins in California and elsewhere Nov. 8. But those victories won’t be enough to stop opponents from trying to stop legal pot.
So who are the people that want to kill legalization? How are they using their money...
Big Pharma to Big Booze: Industries Fighting Reform

Arkansas Court Kills Legalization Initiative

Voters in Arkansas will have one less path to legalizing medical marijuana use in the November election.
The state Supreme Court in October struck down one of two medicinal cannabis proposals that were slated to appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. The ruling, handed down Oct. 27, means voters will...
Arkansas Court Kills Legalization Initiative

A Few Little-Known Facts About Pot

If you’re a stoner, you know plenty about marijuana. You know how to find it, you know how to use it, and you know how it makes you feel.
But there are plenty of things most people – even most potheads – don’t know about the world’s favorite illicit drug. Here are a...
A Few Little-Known Facts About Pot

Ad Paints Dark Picture of Legal Marijuana

An anti-marijuana group in Massachusetts is offering voters an especially dystopian perspective on legalization.
The state’s voters will decide Nov. 8 whether they want to make cannabis legal for recreation. If this year’s ballot initiative passes, adults 21 and older would be...
Ad Paints Dark Picture of Legal Marijuana

Legalization Support Reaches 60 Percent

Backing for legalizing marijuana in the United States has reached new levels, according to a poll in October that found the highest levels of support in 57 years.
The poll, released by the Gallup Organization Oct. 19, surveyed 1,017 adults living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It...
Legalization Support Reaches 60 Percent

700 Pounds of Weed Burned in Colorado

Authorities in rural Colorado burned about 700 pounds of illegal marijuana plants in October, they said.
The plants were burned Oct. 11 in Penrose, in Central Colorado, by officials with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Jim Beicker said no criminal charges would be filed...
700 Pounds of Weed Burned in Colorado

The 5 Legalization Battlegrounds of 2016

Nov. 8 is shaping up to be a very big day for marijuana in America. That may be hard to see amid the chaos that is the 2016 presidential race, but five states will decide next month whether they want to legalize the drug.
They include Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada. All...
The 5 Legalization Battlegrounds of 2016