Marijuana legalization

A group opposing the legalization of marijuana across the U.S.—out of fear it will become "the next Big Tobacco"—unveiled an online tool to track industry donations to federal politicians.

Ottawa moved to legalize and regulate recreational cannabis in June, fulfilling a campaign promise put forward by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

It will put some strain on the individual businesses, but I think it will be better for the consumer," Morgan Fox, a spokesman for the National Cannabis Industry Association, told Newsweek of the new regulations.

"I believe the incredible tailwinds blowing at legal marijuana's back make it so the opportunity here is much like the one internet stocks offered in 1994 … or the one bitcoin offered in 2015."

The new rules come into effect six months after the state made recreational cannabis use legal.

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

The Republican Party of Texas will now support the decriminalization of marijuana and use of medical marijuana.

The Florida Department of Health said it has appealed the ruling, which triggers an automatic stay.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to instruct NYPD to stop arrests of New Yorkers smoking weed in public while additionally forming a task force to ease what he sees as an inevitable full-on legalization of recreational marijuana.

Now that GOP senators are coming out in support of legalization, Democrats may be playing a game of catch-up that could have consequences at the polls.

The research on marijuana's effect on IQ is still unclear.

The papers features Jeff Session's face with a joint drawn into his mouth to send a message: "We're not criminals, junkies or idiots."

After a long, hard road, the first marijuana dispensary in Texas is poised to open its doors to treat epilepsy patients.

The new law does not legalize trade of the drug.

Vermont became the ninth state to legalize marijuana use, but did so in an unprecedented way.

Legal marijuana was supposed to hurt the Mexican drug cartels, but narcos in California aren't going anywhere.

The state's January 1 kickoff to legal marijuana sales has brought in around $2 billion in stock value.

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

Is it more profitable for pot producers to stay underground?

Weed workers of California, unite!

Canadians consumed $4.8 billion worth of weed in 2015, putting the industry on par with the wine industry.

For eighth graders, binge drinking and prescription drug abuse decreased after medical marijuana legalization, but increased for 12th graders.

The data was not interpreted as a decrease by anti-marijuana groups, who said use remained higher in legal states than the rest of the U.S.

Nova Scotia's sole alcohol distributor will sell the drug in its stores and online, as a few other provinces are doing.

Federal and state laws concerning the drug are at odds.

Peru is the latest country to legalize medical marijuana. Where else is cannabis legal in the world?

The attorney general has long been an opponent of cannabis legalization.

Marijuana legalization, the right to abortion and free public education could all be up for debate if a constitutional convention is held.

Views on legalizing pot have shifted drastically over the past decade or so.

When cannabis businesses come into neighborhoods, crime goes down, not up.