Polls Still Suggest California and Massachusetts Will Legalize Marijuana
Support for legalization hovers around 50 percent in Maine, Arizona, and Nevada.
Support for legalization hovers around 50 percent in Maine, Arizona, and Nevada.
It is still better than prohibition.
The Drug Free America Foundation claims an imaginary prank "highlights the very real dangers legal marijuana has on children."
Opponents of legalization promote misleading claims about crime, taxes, underage use, and traffic fatalities.
Local elected officials will have important decisions to make about taxes if California voters legalize weed in November.
Legal weed means fewer prescriptions for pharmaceutical drugs. That's not a bad thing, unless you make those drugs.
Polling also suggests Florida will become the first Southern state to allow medical use.
Cannabis candy in trick-or-treat bags is "a very real scenario," they warn. It's not.
A pilot program would let businesses establish "designated consumption areas," subject to approval by local busybodies.
Was it really only six years ago when recreational pot got smacked down in the Golden State by a giggling political class?
We need more candidness from politicians, even if it means a little less sobriety.
The Question 1 campaign says the initiative clearly applies only to cannabis consumers 21 or older.
Legalizing medical marijuana is associated with 9.4 percent increase in the probability of employment for people over 50.
With pot on the ballot in nine states, support for allowing recreational use is strongest in California, while Florida looks likeliest to permit medical use.
Slightly more personal freedom is just a side effect.
State authorities didn't appreciate her not waiting for regulations on legalization.
Insys, which plans to introduce an oral THC spray, says legal pot could "significantly limit" its commercial prospects.
As if fentanyl's public relations aren't bad enough.
A flood of local initiatives introduced in response to state vote.
Rule controlling when signatures may be gathered to blame.
If all the measures pass, nearly one in five Americans will live in places where marijuana is legal.
Group behind measure to take matters to court.
They're still outmatched by supporters (and the polls).
Despite legalization successes in other states, senator declares opposition to marijuana initiative in California.
The measure was strongly opposed by the marijuana industry.
Voters will have 16 other issues to consider Election Day.
Matt Welch talks about the news today on tonight's Kennedy
The Adult Use of Marijuana Act qualifies for the ballot.
After an ardent prohibitionist bought Nevada's leading newspaper, a formerly libertarian editorial board suddenly turned against marijuana legalization.
When Nevada's largest newspaper changed owners, it changed its position on marijuana legalization.
Ballot initiative in the works.
MPP, which decried the behind-the-counter rule as "absurd" and "unconstitutional" in Colorado, is backing it in Maine.
Recent polls indicate that legalization also has plenty of public support.
An initiative that was temporarily derailed by a notary public's sloppy signature qualifies for the ballot.
The ruling says the secretary state improperly rejected signatures based on an unreasonably narrow reading of the law.
With a "permissible inference" based on THC levels, innocent people can still be convicted.
Roger Morgan, who is spearheading the campaign against legalization, says cannabis really is a "killer weed."
Q&A with Roger Morgan of Stop Pot 2016
Anticipating approval of a legalization initiative, a legislative committee recommends heavier taxes and stricter regulations.
The secretary of state rejected nearly half of the signatures submitted by the initiative's backers.
Seven states could legalize marijuana for recreational use this year.
This California city wants to change its reputation from prison community to legal pot manufacturer.
The uncertain fate of cannabis clubs in "the Amsterdam of southern Europe"
Backers of a marijuana legalization initiative take advantage of a golf tournament to make their case.
A narrower version of a 2014 initiative qualifies for this year's ballot.
But hyping cannabis cash as a source of government revenue is a bad idea.
The Golden State's leading marijuana initiative limits competition, favoring small producers.