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This is huge! Like 3,854,082 square miles huge. The Canadian House of Commons last week passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana throughout the world's second geographically largest country. The bill had been introduced by Canada's ruling Liberal government last April, and had the...

A state panel formed to consider issues surrounding the legalization of recreational marijuana is resuming its work this week. Wednesday's meeting of the task force meeting will focus on public safety and criminal justice issues involving legalization. Presentations are scheduled from...

Gov. Bruce Rauner is taking a blunt stance, telling a Downstate TV station that it would be a "mistake" to legalize marijuana in Illinois. The Republican governor has, in the past, said he wants more studies on the "ramifications" in states that have legalized the drug. On Wednesday, he took...

Republicans like N.J. Governor Chris Christie and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions are the most hyperbolic opponents of cannabis on the national stage, but it's Democrats who are helping build final barricades to defend local marijuana prohibition. Although the national Democratic Party...

Investors are getting high off marijuana stocks in anticipation of full legalization in Canada and several U.S. states. The marijuana investment universe lends itself well to cryptocurrency traders who have grown accustomed to volatility and surging market caps. Marijuana Index The...

The majority of registered voters in New York support the legalization of marijuana, according to a new poll released on Monday. The poll, which was commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project and the Drug Policy Alliance and conducted by Emerson College, found that 62 percent of registered...

New Jersey's incoming Democratic governor has promised to legalize marijuana, but just how speedy Phil Murphy and the Democrat-led Legislature can be remains murky. The effort's top legislative backers say they have a proposal ready to go soon after Murphy succeeds GOP Gov. Chris Christie on...

New Jersey's incoming Democratic governor has promised to legalize marijuana, but just how speedy Phil Murphy and the Democrat-led Legislature can be remains murky. The effort's top legislative backers say they have a proposal ready to go soon after Murphy succeeds GOP Gov. Chris Christie on...

Four leading Democrats and one little-known Republican running for Michigan governor are throwing their support behind marijuana legalization ahead of a potential statewide proposal they could share the ballot with in 2018. "We've seen other states do it wrong. In Michigan, we've got a chance...

The Missouri Marijuana Legalization Movement is moving forward on numerous fronts to bring 100% Legalization of Cannabis to Missouri. With more than 70,000 members and growing daily, MMLM is a driving force in Missouri, and people are taking notice of their dedication. The revolutionary...

It's looking like the Garden State is about to plant some new greenery. Following Democrat Phil Murphy's victory in New Jersey's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, marijuana legalization in the state could very quickly become a reality. The incoming governor, who won his race in a landslide...

Monday was the five-year anniversary of Colorado voters passing Amendment 64, which legalized recreational marijuana in the state. Since then, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Nevada have all implemented their own recreational laws, and California, Maine and Massachusetts are in the process of...

Phil Murphy's victory in New Jersey's gubernatorial race on Tuesday means Democrats now control the state government, from the legislature to the governor's mansion. And that's good news for one policy issue: marijuana legalization . Murphy ran on legalizing marijuana – not just for medical...

Despite a strong anti-marijuana push from some city council members, a large contingent of churches and others – not to mention very convoluted and confusing language on the ballot – Detroiters voted in favor of the Detroit Medical Marijuana Facilities Ordinance and the accompanying Detroit...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle signaled her support Tuesday for an advisory referendum on whether recreational marijuana use should be made legal. Preckwinkle, a longtime advocate for reducing the focus on the decades long war on drugs to concentrate more on violent crime, backs...

At its Special Town Meeting Tuesday night, Longmeadow may join more than 100 communities across the Commonwealth in banning or limiting the sale of recreational marijuana within its borders. The 19-article Town Meeting Warrant, upon which Longmeadow residents will vote tonight beginning at 7...

Constellation Brands is buying 10 percent of a Canadian weed firm, as capitalism's embrace of the green boom tightens. Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to hint that his team is working up reasons to crack down on states that have legalized cannabis, despite a surprising quiescence on...

A record 64 percent of Americans believe that marijuana should be legal for recreational consumption, according to a recent Gallup national poll. That figure marks the highest point since the group started polling on the topic back in 1969. This shouldn't come as much of a surprise: With the...

A record-high percentage of Americans – 64 percent – support marijuana legalization, and that total for the first time includes a majority of Republicans, a new Gallup poll released Wednesday finds. The poll found that 51 percent of Republicans support marijuana legalization, a figure up nine...

For the first time in nearly 50 years of Gallup polling on the question, a majority of American Republicans say they support marijuana legalization. Fifty-one percent of Republicans surveyed by Gallup this month said they support legalization, up sharply from 42 percent a year ago. Even...