Category archives: Legal Marijuana

An obstructionist governor has drastically slowed the already complicated process of creating a regulatory structure from scratch.

It’s been a long wait but Massachusetts is now the first eastern state to allow recreational sales.

Many new office holders support legal marijuana but few made it their highest priority.

With few exceptions, voted approved both ballot measures and candidates favorable to legal marijuana, at least for medical purposes.

Marijuana’s continuing status as illegal under federal law makes the job of regulating it for consumer safety much harder.

The demographics of California cannabis users are not what many would expect.

We tried but we couldn’t find anybody unhappy about it.

Marijuana is considered a dangerous drug under international treaties, a stance that needs updating as legalization goes global.

The U.S. population is nearly ten times larger than Canada. The economic benefits of legalization here would be at least that much greater.

Lawmakers addressed the unfairness of people saddled with a lifetime criminal record for doing what is now a legal big business.