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The Maine supreme court is wading into the issue of medical marijuana and workers’ compensation.

His new bill pushes research, and his Senate floor speech was a shocking turnabout for a longtime prohibitionist.

Gov. Sandoval wants to stop cannabis clubs, but where else can tourists consume legally?

Canada’s police services told the Canadian government Tuesday that there is no chance they will be ready to enforce new laws for nationwide legalized marijuana by next summer.

A Washington state budtender remains missing after he was abducted outside the Cheney dispensary where he works.

Maine lawmakers want to double the recreational marijuana sales tax to 20 percent. The Legislature’s marijuana legalization committee will consider the issue Sept. 26.

The newly appointed board that will regulate marijuana in Massachusetts met publicly for the first time Tuesday, more than 10 months after voters voted to legalize recreational cannabis.

By analyzing data from the first half of 2017, we’ve estimated that legal cannabis supports 149,304 Americans, an increase of 22% in one year.

Most of this year’s cannabis-related politicking involves laying the groundwork for 2018, when at least a half-dozen medical and adult-use measures may go up for a vote.

Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Licensing Board will meet Tuesday and could vote to close the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries until mid-December.