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Two decades ago, Californians voted to become the first state in the nation to allow use of medical marijuana. A cannabis trade now worth billions of dollars sprouted, linking growers in the famed Emerald Triangle and those closer to home on the North Coast with dispensaries and consumers buying...

California - Momentum is building since a group of well-known actors and musicians came out last week in favor of Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, a voter initiative on the November 2016 ballot that will control, regulate and tax responsible adult use, sale and cultivation of...

Proposition 64, which would legalize recreational marijuana in California, has avoided a drop-off in the polls that its predecessor suffered six years ago. In 2010, Proposition 19 held an almost ten percentage point lead in the months leading up to the election, but lost ground in late...

Medical marijuana has been legal in California since 1996. Proposition 64 would legalize recreational marijuana - that is, you wouldn't need a doctor's note - for adults over 21 years of age, with a lot of stipulations. If passed, smoking marijuana in public and while driving would be...

This November, Arizonans will decide on a ballot measure that would legalize and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana. Local dispensaries predict massive industry growth if Proposition 205 is passed. Joel Williams is a supporter of the ballot measure. Williams controls five...

Sean Parker, the billionaire tech tycoon who has helped push California to the precipice of legalizing marijuana, isn't talking. Parker, founding president of Facebook and co-founder of the file-sharing service Napster, has contributed $7.3 million toward the Proposition 64 legalization...

Yesterday, the LA Times ran a story on two 76-year-old twin cannabis farmers. The two have grown marijuana in the Covelo area since 1986. They will be voting no on Proposition 64 which would legalize recreational use of cannabis. The story gives a look at why many small growers don't want the...

There are so many questions about California's November ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana that it's easy to overlook the most basic question of all: What would the initiative actually do? Well, we're here to help. So get your sample or mail-in ballots out and follow...

Proposition 205 is on the ballot this November as the "Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act." The 20-page proposition is not solely a "yes or no" on legalization of marijuana for adults 21 and older for recreational purposes. Here are four things to know. -Educational facilities...

If Proposition 64 passes this November, California will bid adieu to the nation's oldest medical marijuana law. Enacted in 1996, Proposition 215, or the Compassionate Use Act, created looser restrictions on cannabis use across the state. Chris Conrad is a cannabis authority who has worked as...

If Proposition 64 passes this November, California will bid adieu to the nation's oldest medical marijuana law. Enacted in 1996, Proposition 215, or the Compassionate Use Act, created looser restrictions on cannabis use across the state. Chris Conrad is a cannabis authority who has worked as...

Proposition 64 not only seeks to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use in California, but also makes changes to the state's longstanding medical marijuana industry. "We strengthen it in a couple key ways," Yes on Proposition 64 spokesman Jason Kinney said of the measure's medical...

Proposition 64 not only seeks to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use in California, but also makes changes to the state's longstanding medical marijuana industry. "We strengthen it in a couple key ways," Yes on Proposition 64 spokesman Jason Kinney said of the measure's medical...

Proposition 64 for recreational cannabis is expected to be voted into California state law on the Nov. 6 ballot with large support. The Los Angeles Times reported in September that 58 percent of California voters support the legalization. Yet, in regards to cannabis, Cal Poly Pomona has no...

For the first time since their recreational marijuana legalization push began, Proposition 64 advocates are running statewide television spots. Text "When legalizing safe, responsible adult use of marijuana, the most important question is, 'how?' By voting yes on Prop. 64, adults 21 and...

The minority vote can be crucial, especially in California, where largest racial or ethnic group is composed of Latinos. Today, the campaign behind Proposition 64, which seeks to legalize recreational marijuana for those 21-and-older, aimed its message at the Golden State's people of color. A...

Should Proposition 64 pass in November, recreational marijuana use will be as illegal in the unincorporated areas of the county as the Kings County Board of Supervisors could make it. Tuesday, the Kings County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that would keep existing bans on...

TV ads in support of marijuana legalization hit the airwaves yesterday up and down the state of California. The campaign's ads in support of Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act are running on both broadcast and cable channels. The first ad highlights in a straightforward way how the...

Palmer - Voters in the Alaska's unofficial cannabis capital will decide this week whether Mat-Su's unincorporated areas should opt out of legal commercial marijuana sales altogether. That's an option offered to local governments by the 2014 ballot measure that legalized recreational use in...

Oceanside - Oceanside City Council voted to send a letter of opposition against Proposition 64, which would legalize recreational marijuana use in the state. Councilman Jack Feller proposed the city letter, which received a 4-1 vote on Sept. 21. Feller added a recommendation that a city press...