The sale of recreational marijuana is set to become legal Feb. 1, even though lawmakers failed this year to put a licensing and regulatory structure in place.

From “cannabis cafes” to “craft cooperatives,” regulators have been laying out a vision for what a potential multibillion dollar marijuana industry might look like.

The petition seeks to make it legal to grow, possess, use and distribute marijuana for people 21 and older. It also seeks to seal the records of those convicted of certain cannabis crimes.

Though it may seem Texas policymakers have softened their attitude on cannabis, bringing them closer to the US population as a whole, they have not.

The city’s order shuttered 26 retail stores and other marijuana growing facilities operating under the name Sweet Leaf. Police investigation focused on eight locations licensed by the company.

County commissioners voted unanimously to put the advisory referendum on the ballot. It could help state lawmakers decide whether to push state legislation.

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

Colorado’s largest city is reviewing the first application from a business seeking to be among the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs.

McKee and her partner, Stich Miller, founded Seattle’s first cannabis co-op, Green Cross Patient Co-Op, in 1993, five years before Washington approved medical marijuana.

Washington has been standing in the way of clinical trials, veterinarians and researchers say. Now a push is underway to have barriers removed so pets and people can benefit.