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“I am convinced that we must discuss it, as part of the solution to the violence and insecurity in Mexico,” Enrique de la Madrid said late Thursday.

It’s one of several efforts to build on the choice California voters’ made to legalize marijuana despite fresh threats from the federal government.

Two family members who allegedly conspired to bribe suburban Detroit officials to persuade them to allow a medical cannabis dispensary have pleaded guilty.

Art Garfunkel gets weird(er) and waxes poetic about the herb, seemingly everyone takes jabs at Jeff Sessions, an economist highlights legalization to reduce crime, and more.

Heidi Grossman-Lepp wanted to protect cannabis growers under the legal shield of religious freedom. Then a shooting drew the attention of the police.

Despite the continuing expansion of legal cannabis in states around the country, the federal Drug War continues to rage on.

For legalization opponents eager to see regulated cannabis markets fail, a new government report out of Washington state doesn’t yield much in the way of talking points.

The Calaveras County auditor says the sheriff improperly spent some of the $1 million his office made from legal cannabis fees to go after illegal operators.

Have you ever been cautioned or warned for a minor cannabis possession instead of being hauled into court on a formal charge? Chances are that both you and society are better off for it, at least according to a new report from the Australian National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund. So-called diversion programs for minor […]

A former California congressional aide promised to “make things happen” to keep an illegal Compton cannabis shop in business — for a price, prosecutors allege.