Legalization

Vermont is the ninth state in the U.S. to legalize cannabis for recreational use and also the first state in the country to do so through its legislature.

The Canadian government has warned citizens on its website that legal cannabis use could still cause problems when traveling abroad.

Bob Marley, who died in 1981, was a member of the Rastafarian movement, which developed in Jamaica.

Trudeau has suggested that unspecified Canadian "allies" have shown "a lot of interest" in Canada's move to legalize the drug. "They recognize that Canada is being daring...and recognize that the current regime [of prohibition] does not work."

Boehner joined several U.S. mayors this week in telling the federal government to get out of the way of marijuana legalization.

Arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana in New York City may soon become a thing of the past.

Many cannabis entrepreneurs are trying to navigate the murky waters of recreational weed.

But will the government allow the industry to flourish?

Several potential 2020 presidential contenders in the Senate are now co-sponsors of the Marijuana Justice Act.

The gubernatorial candidate said marijuana has "effectively been legal" for white people "for a long time."

Marijuana has been fully legalized—for both medical and recreational purposes—in nine states and Washington, DC.

According to an expert, the elected officials at the federal level are "the last domino to fall."

"The momentum behind marijuana law reform will not only continue but increase as we head into 2018."

The organization's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence found "no evidence of public health related problems associated with the use of pure CBD."

Maryland legalized medical marijuana in 2014, but its first dispensary opened last week.

Conservative senators say several provinces are not ready to enforce a legal framework by July 1.

"We bless cannabis before smoking it by giving a short prayer."

The PSA reads "Cannabis is legal, traveling with it is not. Leave it in California."

As Maine moves recreational use forward, it joins a club including Colorado, California and Oregon. And each state approaches the drug differently.

Only 14 percent of voters said weed shouldn't be legal in the U.S.

Since Colorado first legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, the demand for novelty, even gourmet, products containing THC has soared

The measure passed with a 75 to 71 House vote.

Khalifa's new app is just one of the rapper's marijuana-related businesses, and he isn't the only celebrity making green off grass.

The Canadian Medical Association suggested that only adults 21 and older should be allowed to purchase and consume marijuana products legally.

The bill's sponsor says his colleagues 'are scared' of the bill.

Republicans back legal recreational marijuana, but Attorney General Jeff Sessions has other ideas.

Immigration laws do not enjoy widespread support. People will resist.

Liberals do not want to continue empowering and funding the violent cartels in a "war on drugs" that has been a 40-year failure.

The aim is to light 4,200 marijuana joints four minutes and 20 seconds into Trump's speech.

If passed, Proposition 64 could bring millions of dollars into small towns via local taxes.