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From out-and-proud Oscar winners to progressive southern Democrats, here are the week’s most notable cannabis quotables.

IHOP declines to serve the weedily rank, Jamaica’s first dispensary opens, and New York cops still keep arresting people for cannabis.

Stop arresting people for cannabis is a basic first step. Also, in general, leave people alone.

Pat Miles endorses adult-use legalization, a position his primary opponent Dana Nessel has always held.

For a second straight day, the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony but took no vote on the measure. A committee chairman said it could come up again Wednesday.

A Kentucky House committee has been hearing comments from supporters and opponents of a measure to legalize medical cannabis.

The change would make cannabis possession without a medical marijuana referral a citable offense in Albuquerque that can come with a $25 ticket but no jail time.

As many cities decriminalize and other states legalize, New York City keeps arresting more people of color for cannabis. What gives?

There are eight cases against the state, ranging from smoking to how the state awards licenses for medical marijuana treatment centers.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s inauguration raised the expectations of many cannabis advocates to new heights—maybe a bit too high.