Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to introduce legalization legislation in the spring of 2017, the country’s health minister announced on Wednesday.

Werner Sipp, president of the U.N.’s International Narcotics Control Board, pooh-poohed the idea of cannabis legalization and “so-called ‘new approaches’” to drug policy.

Yesterday’s release of a report on the effects of legalization in Colorado inspired dueling media narratives. Here’s the story behind the headlines.

Denver’s 4/20 festivities snowed out, Italy’s top prosecutor backs decriminalization, and forget Strange Brew — Canadian researchers are using yeast to make cannabinoids.

Over the past six months, John Hudak has quietly become one of the most influential voices on national cannabis policy in the U.S.

Vermont’s adult-use legalization measure marches slowly and steadily through the House, Colorado Springs cannabis clubs fight for survival, and Vogue gets hip to edibles.

We pick the brain of Bob Carp, a leading tax attorney who advises cannabis businesses in every medical and adult-use state.

Hillary Clinton doubles down in opposition to federal legalization, Missouri wrinkles its nose at concentrates, and Georgia falls (just barely) short.

A major report issued this morning by The Lancet urges the U.N. to rethink its drug policy and adopt a number of major changes, including an end to cannabis prohibition.

Massachusetts AG tells voters to hold their horses, California legalization gets a predictable endorsement, and the New Yorker weighs in on licensing.