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San Francisco Shows Nation Way Forward by Throwing Out Old Marijuana Convictions

Support for Marijuana Legalization Grows With 60 Percent of Americans Now in Favor

Julia Conley, staff writer

New poll shows majority of respondents up to age 64 support legalization

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New Analysis Shows Federal Marijuana Legalization Could Raise $130 Billion, Add 1 Million Jobs by 2025

Jon Queally, staff writer

In addition to putting dent in failed 'War on Drugs,' legalization could put...

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No, Bernie Sanders Tells Jeff Sessions, Marijuana Is Not the Same as Heroin

Jon Queally, staff writer

U.S. Senator slams Attorney General over decision to target states that have...

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'This Is Not a Drill': Attorney General Sessions Coming for Nation's Legalized Pot

Woman smokes joint

Far-Reaching Bill Would Legalize Weed, Offer Reparations for War on Drugs

'Tipping Point'? Voters Bring Sweeping Wins for Marijuana

Looking for Something Other Than Corporate Media on Election Night?

'An Opportunity to Correct Course': Marijuana on the Ballot 2016

Public Support for Recreational Pot Legalization Hits Record High

Denouncing 'Colossal Waste' of Drug War, Report Makes Case for Decriminalization

Polling Points to Support for Pot Legalization Efforts in Five States

Confirming Big Pharma Fears, Study Shows Medical Pot Laws Decrease Opioid Use

Seriously 'Sinister' Big Pharma: Opioid Maker Bankrolls Opposition to Pro-Pot Referendum

'Politics Above Science': Obama Administration Keeps Marijuana Restrictions

Landmark UN Session Falling Short of Lofty Goal to End War on Drugs

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U.S. To Veterans: You Can Go Fight Our Pointless Wars For Us, But You Can't Smoke Weed When You Come Home Broken

Even as a new report calls for ending a war on drugs with "enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage,” Congress has rejected an amendment to a veterans' funding bill to allow VA doctors in medical marijuana states to discuss pot - not prescribe it or provide it but suggest it - to treat PTSD and other ills they got serving the country that is now denying them what "a mountain of evidence" says is their best treatment. The close 222–195 vote suggests the tide is turning, but not quickly...

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Center for Biological Diversity

Stronger Protections Urged for Pacific Fishers, Other Rare Wildlife, From Expanding California Marijuana Industry

ACLU

New Report: Disastrous Toll of Drug Use Criminalization

Drug Policy Alliance

Thursday Press Conference: World Leaders Call for Decriminalization and Regulation of Drugs during Historic UN Special Session

Drug Policy Alliance

Marijuana Legalization in Washington State: One-Year Status Report

Americans for Safe Access

Medical Marijuana Patients Applaud House Reauthorization Of Rohrabacher-Farr CJS Amendment

Drug Policy Alliance

Governor of Puerto Rico Signs Executive Order to Legalize Medical Marijuana

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Ruben Cantu, Katrina Deloso

In Era of Recreational Marijuana, We Must Do More to Protect Public Health

Jason Jaffery

Defeat of Marijuana Legalization in Ohio Says A Lot About the Kind of Economy People Are Sick and Tired Of

Harvey Wasserman, Bob Fitrakis

Corporate Pot Goes Down in Ohio

Bob Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman

Will Ohio Legalize Pot on Tuesday?

Jim Hightower

Marijuana: From Demonization to Legalization to Celebration

Jim Hightower

Cannabis Americas Common Sense Crops

Hannah K. Gold

How Grassroots Power Is Shaping New York’s Marijuana Decriminalization Debate

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

The War on Drugs is Lost

Bruce Mirken

Spinning A Failed War on Drugs

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