Marijuana legalization

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.

Senator Booker said he wants to correct an "unjust system" that largely impacts communities "of color."

The Super Bowl XXXIII champion Marvin Washington is one of five plaintiffs suing the attorney general over marijuana legislation.

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

Canada faces health, law enforcement and diplomatic challenges as it prepares for the legalization of the drug by July, 2018.

Sessions wants to undo the amendment that prevents the Justice Department from spending money to prosecute those in line with state medical marijuana laws.

Travis Maurer was the improbable force behind legalizing marijuana in Oregon. Can he do the same in conservative Missouri?

Canada, Ireland and Mexico are moving closer to legalizing marijuana.

Sanders has gone further than any other candidate by saying he favors legalizing marijuana.

Briefing reporters on agency's new national drug report, the Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration Chuck Rosenberg called marijuana "bad" and "dangerous."

The vote does not legalize marijuana consumption, but more rulings of the same kind could set a legal precedent.

Even libertarian Rand Paul has declined to take a position on legalization.

"This has nothing to do with states' rights and everything to do with getting high."

The Kettle Falls Five case shows the contradictions between state and federal guidelines on pot.

Colorado is home to gun-huggers and pot smokers, pro-lifers and atheists—but running for the middle ground.

Those selling marijuana legally find they are facing prohibition by the back door.

There are many ways of doing it, and many aspects to consider, before it's made legal across the U.S.

Times are changing in the city many associate with drug tourism.

As marijuana legalization gathers force, a former drug czar and a federal prosecutor point out the dangers.

"I don't see how (the new laws) can be compatible with existing conventions," the executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), told reporters.