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SAN ANTONIO -- Call it a windfall for weed. Four states approved the recreational use of marijuana last week, and four others approved the medicinal use. And Texas could follow suit.

Hemp. It’s a word you have probably heard more than once, and probably had some questions about at the time.

Hemp was once a mainstay crop in Virginia, until it ended up being banished as part of the long U.S. war on drugs starting in the 1930s.

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois is marking its first year of medical marijuana sales as more states voted on Election Day to allow legal use of the drug.

Cannabis industry thought leaders share some thoughts on how the Trump administration may affect them.

Marijuana ballot measures won big on Election Day, and so did candidates who support reforming cannabis policies.

The country as a whole might be in trouble – but it looks like marijuana measures are probably safe.

Both the federal government and various state governments have taken major steps forward in restarting an industry that has been in hibernation for almost a century.

Denverites will soon be able to enjoy cannabis in designated public places thanks to the passing of Ballot Measure 300 - or the Neighborhood-Supported Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program (NSCCPP) - on Nov. 8.

The lifting of the prohibition on pot will have some very immediate effects.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Nevada brought in new leaders and enacted new laws Tuesday, including legalizing recreational marijuana.

Recreational marijuana is now legal in California — and that’s a game changer for public health.

Will Donald Trump turn over a new leaf for the cannabis industry?

While most eyes have been set on the presidential race during the 2016 election, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada and California all held a vote to legalize recreational marijuana, a decision that could potentially shift the nation on a cultural and economic level.

Voters in California and Massachusetts approved recreational marijuana initiatives Tuesday night, and several other states passed medical marijuana provisions in what is turning out to be the biggest electoral victory for marijuana reform since 2012, when Colorado and Washington first approved the drug's recreational use.

Visits to the state’s eight cannabis clinics doubled in August, the first month that pain patients were allowed into the program.

The Green Party’s candidate for US president will be on the ballot in 45 states today; green will be on the ballot in nine.

Industrial hemp’s evolving story stands at a crossroads. The cash crop is simultaneously helped and hurt by rule changes impacting its better-known and controversial cannabis cousin, marijuana.