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New Jersey will reap approximately $300 million in annual tax revenue after legalizing recreational marijuana, but that's not the top reason why Governor-elect Phil Murphy wants to repeal pot prohibition in the Garden State.

Next year could see a huge shift in favor of green, and we’re not talking about the environment.

A proposed referendum on a primary ballot is causing a stir.

Voters in two states chose new governors on Tuesday.

Cannabis legalization is an issue appearing on a variety of state, city and gubernatorial elections around the country on Tuesday.

The state legalized MMJ in 2016, but patients may have to wait until next winter for their medicine.

Monday, November 6, 2017, marks the five-year anniversary of the glorious back day in 2012 when Colorado and Washington voted to become the first two US states to legalize recreational cannabis.

An appellate court decision Tuesday recognized medical marijuana's health benefits, and ordered the state to reconsider its schedule 1 classification as a harmful drug.

“I know in casual conversations in the Congress, many legislators who’ve done pot themselves. This pejorative pot smoker label doesn’t fly."

Advocates worry that local bans on the commercial cannabis industry will make it much more difficult for some patients to access medical marijuana.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A special legislative commission is looking into the potential effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island as the state's northern neighbor readies to allow recreational marijuana sales.

The letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is the latest effort by some lawmakers and veterans groups to encourage cannabis research to proceed.

Effective Nov. 1, Cambria County and its employees will comply with and abide by Pennsylvania's law concerning medical marijuana use – with county leaders pledging not to discharge, threaten, refuse to hire, or discriminate against those certified to use the drug.

All of a sudden, a Mormon Republican senator from Utah is one of Congress’s leading champions for medical marijuana.

Could the US ever legalize cannabis federally? The simple answer is yes, but the reality is far more complex.

TRENTON -- Voters in this year's New Jersey governor's race are not just picking Chris Christie's successor. Their choice will dictate whether or not marijuana for recreational use will be legalized in New Jersey.

Two of these states haven't even legalized medical cannabis.

With less than six months to go, at least one proposal to legalize medicinal use of marijuana in Missouri appears to be in a strong position to get on statewide ballots next year.

The Oregon Democrat also called on Congress to end its “stranglehold” on research by passing the Medical Marijuana Research Act.

ATLANTA - Mayor Kasim Reed announced Wednesday morning that he signed the city council ordinance decriminalizing marijuana.