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

Marijuana Leads to More Arrests Than Violent Crime

Police arrest more people for possession of small amounts of cannabis than they do for all violent crimes combined, a new study reports. The news comes even as states increasingly move toward drug and criminal justice reform and confirms widespread accusations of racial profiling in pot...
Marijuana Leads to More Arrests Than Violent Crime

Where Is Marijuana Legal?

Marijuana law in the United State changes almost by the day. But at least until November 2016, the drug will be legal for personal use in just five places: Oregon, Colorado, Washington State, Alaska, and the District of Columbia.
Each of those places, plus another 33 states, allow medical...
Where Is Marijuana Legal?

Poll Shows Growing Support for Legal Pot

Support for legalizing marijuana has been growing in the United States for decades – and nothing in recent years has slowed that progress, a new poll shows.
The survey, released Oct. 12 by the Pew Research Center, found that almost 60 percent of American adults favor legal cannabis....
Poll Shows Growing Support for Legal Pot

Is Second Time the Charm for MMJ in Florida?

The last time activists tried to legalize medical marijuana in Florida, it didn’t end well. Voters strongly supported the idea – just not strongly enough.
Florida state law requires a vote of at least 60 percent to amend its constitution by public referendum. Cannabis advocates...
Is Second Time the Charm for MMJ in Florida?

NYC Busts Marijuana Grow

Authorities in New York City busted what they described as a massive marijuana grow in early October.
The raid Oct. 3 uncovered a pot farm in the Bronx that would be relatively small by Colorado or California standards, but city officials said it was sizeable for such a densely populated area....
NYC Busts Marijuana Grow

Polls: Legalization Ahead in Every State

Marijuana legalization will be on the ballot in five states next month, and the odds are looking increasingly good every one of them could pass it.
Recent polls show voters in each of the five states – Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada – support legalization and...
Polls: Legalization Ahead in Every State

Denver Cops Are Running Out of Space for Marijuana

Colorado voters legalized marijuana in 2012, a move many said would lead to less illegal cultivation of the drug. But police in Denver now say there’s so much illicit product flooding the market they’re struggling to find space to store what they find.
Officials with the Denver...
Denver Cops Are Running Out of Space for Marijuana

Chelsea Clinton "Misspoke" by Saying Marijuana Kills

Chelsea Clinton admitted she was wrong when she suggested in September that marijuana can kill if it’s mixed with other drugs.
A campaign spokeswoman for the former first daughter said Clinton “misspoke” when she said “anecdotal evidence” shows toxic interactions...
Chelsea Clinton "Misspoke" by Saying Marijuana Kills

Reform Moves East: Maine, Massachusetts to Vote on Legal Weed

The last few years of marijuana reform have revealed at least one curiosity of American geography and politics: It’s much easier to legalize pot in the West than anywhere else.
That, at least, has been the case so far. Four states – Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington –...
Reform Moves East: Maine, Massachusetts to Vote on Legal Weed

Nashville Decriminalizes Marijuana

It is no longer a crime to carry small amounts of marijuana in one of America’s most conservative cities.
Officials in Nashville voted in September to decriminalize simple cannabis possession. Now, instead of facing misdemeanor criminal charges, jail time, and a permanent record, potheads...
Nashville Decriminalizes Marijuana

Coloradans Still Back Legal Weed

Colorado voters legalized recreational marijuana four years ago, and time hasn’t changed their minds.
A poll released in September finds that Coloradans have few regrets in legalizing cannabis in 2012. The results are good news for states voting on the issue in November.
Voters legalized...
Coloradans Still Back Legal Weed

Marijuana Could Cut Opiate Abuse

New research shows a decline in the use of opioid painkillers in US states that allow people to treat pain with medical marijuana, affirming the fears of Big Pharma who have been vigorously seeking to frustrate efforts to legalize the herb.
Columbia University researchers examined data from 1999...
Marijuana Could Cut Opiate Abuse

Michigan Won"t Get to Vote on Marijuana

A federal judge ended hopes that Michigan voters could decide this year whether to legalize marijuana for recreation.
U.S. District Judge Linda Parker rejected a motion for a temporary injunction in September, an injunction that would have blocked state officials from printing ballots until...
Michigan Won"t Get to Vote on Marijuana