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From mandatory cannabis lockboxes to suddenly pro-cannabis senators, these are the stories that triggered our “surprise” emojis in 2017.

Marijuana possession still will be prohibited at eight Border Patrol checkpoints in California, a reminder that state and federal laws collide when it comes to cannabis.

Hopes are that legalization will help rein in environmental damage from black-market grows, much of it in Northern California old-growth forests.

Canadian legalization, Jeff Sessions, the opioid crisis, and tainted products were among the biggest stories in cannabis this year.

California issues adult-use licenses and San Diego’s the place to be. Also: Top 10 Cannabis Stories of 2017, Mexican edibles, & Ben pitches an Acapulco gig.

The Attorney General rescinded 25 previous Justice Department guidance documents late Thursday. The Cole memo, which allowed states to move ahead with cannabis legalization, was not among them.

Marijuana regulators have signed off on a wide-ranging set of rules for the recreational cannabis industry in Massachusetts.

Rep. Scott Slater expressed his concerns about the large number of cultivators, adding that without an adult-use market, some cultivators are doomed to fail.

An Idaho small-business owner is fighting with local officials in the staunchly anti-cannabis state over whether he should be allowed to sell CBD oil.

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.