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Recent data shows that violent crime rates are reduced in border towns that have legalized cannabis. Read more about the study here.

Senate Bill 1302 seeks to allow cannabis delivery to private residences for adult use and medical cannabis consumers—even to those in communities with strict bans on cannabis businesses.

Here are some questions small businesses need to consider when deciding on what drug testing policies to follow.

This weekend’s Cup in Sacramento will be the first with permitted onsite sales and consumption. If it goes well, it won’t be the last.

Testing for cannabis—a fixture at large American employers for at least 30 years—excludes too many potential workers, experts say.

Gov. Paul LePage is running out of options to block state voters’ and lawmakers’ attempts to allow a regulated cannabis market in Maine.

Feinstein’s office said that the senator’s views changed after meetings with constituents, including parents of children who have benefitted from medical marijuana.

Lawyers for the hemp industry say they’re working to “carefully weigh” the available options, which includes a rehearing that must be requested within 45 days.

Seattle’s move, which could clear convictions for 542 people, comes as cities in other legal cannabis states consider similar action to undo the wrongs of America’s drug war.

The confusion began in March, when the state Department of State Health Services announced a draft plan to yank CBD products from shelves — even if they contain no THC and aren’t marijuana derivatives.