Marijuana Legalization

Former Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke on Monday voiced his support for federal marijuana legalization ahead of the Texas Democrat’s likely campaign for the presidency in 2020. 

Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) published an op-ed Tuesday urging federal lawmakers to legalize marijuana nationwide on the same day the first recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts opened their doors to the public.

California Treasurer John Chiang wants to form a state-owned bank to service the coming legal marijuana boom that he expects to grow bigger and faster than the “Dot-Com boom.”

David Stern, former commissioner of the NBA, says that rules in sports governing marijuana use are “antiquated,” and that it’s time for the sports world to embrace weed.

Former Mexican President and outspoken Hillary Clinton supporter Vicente Fox has publicly called for negotiations with the drug cartels that have brought terror to his country.

University of Michigan senior Hunter Swogger is at it again — this time taking to a local marijuana festival dressed as a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a new poll has found.

On November 4, Mexico’s Supreme Court made a landmark—and highly controversial—decision, declaring that individuals should have the right to grow and distribute marijuana for their personal use. The ruling applies only to a single cannabis club that filed the suit, but may have initiated a domino effect that will pave the way for eventual marijuana legalization.

Full marijuana legalization in California inched one small step closer to reality on Monday when advocates were cleared to collect signatures to qualify a measure for the 2016 ballot.

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will hold an open discussion on marijuana legalization Friday in one of the counties that legalization legislation would likely affect the most: Humboldt County.

Morgan Freeman loves marijuana, and he doesn’t care who knows it.