Recreational use of marijuana is officially legal in the State of California as of New Year’s Day — provided that consumers can find someone to sell it to them at licensed dispensaries, which are still in short supply.
California New Year’s Day partiers can only buy legal recreational marijuana at 44 locations across the state, as cities like Los Angeles are suffering problems setting up taxes and dealing with union infighting.
California unions are demanding that 100,000 marijuana production, packaging and distribution workers organize in anticipation of the legalization of recreational weed on January 1.
Mexican authorities seized more than 5 tons of marijuana stored near the Texas border.
Booming marijuana cultivation that is tearing apart many Northern California communities is expected to go ballistic once the state legalizes recreational marijuana on January 1.
Northern Michigan University now offers a degree in “medicinal plant chemistry,” which may be the first degree program dedicated to the study of marijuana.
California launch of recreational marijuana sales is about to help the state’s $34 billion wine industry go even “higher” with marijuana-infused varietals.
Police say that it is likely that drug dealers killed a 14-year-0ld Texas girl with a hammer in a drug deal gone bad. The girl vanished over the summer and turned up dead in a landfill.
California could be the first state in the nation to legalize psychedelic mushrooms, if a controversial ballot initiative filed with the Secretary of State last Friday passes.
Commissioner Roger Goodell appears to be “softening” his position on the use of marijuana for pain management by NFL players.
A publicly traded marijuana grower, American Green Inc., has made a bold play on California’s marijuana legalization: It just bought an entire town.
After resisting the trend or several years, the National Football League is finally showing a willingness to lend its imprimatur to a study looking at marijuana for pain management.
Tuesday in a Facebook video Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Marijuana Justice Act, that would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act which would make it legal at the federal level. The bill also “retroactively expunges” the criminal records
A Michigan mother is accused of leaving her 6-month-old son in a car seat to die while she smoked marijuana.
Former New York Jets player Marvin Washington has joined a lawsuit against the Attorney General of the United States over federal laws outlawing the possession and use of marijuana.
Israel’s new cannabis decriminalization policy, approved by the government in March, officially came into effect on Sunday, commencing a new legal approach towards the recreational use of marijuana in the Jewish state.
A Florida woman paid a teenager hundreds of dollars each time they had sex, police said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials working in the Tucson Sector seized two vehicles, several illegal aliens, and hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of methamphetamine and marijuana.
Tim Farron’s Liberal Democrats have released its general election manifesto, pledging to hold a second EU referendum, scrap the marriage allowance, legalise cannabis, and implement policies which will increase immigration.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) called on Secretary of State Jeff Sessions to leave “grandma’s medicinal marijuana” alone and argued against reversing progress on the legalization of the drug during her speech at the Center for American Progress’s 2017 “Ideas Conference” Tuesday.
In approximately 30 days, the only place Laguna Beach residents and visitors will be able to smoke legally will be in their cars or homes.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) concluded a targeted nationwide gang operation which was the largest ever conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Two Mexican nationals were arrested last week attempting to smuggle 2,000 pounds of marijuana worth over $1 million across the boarder near Elgin, Arizona, authorities reported.
Pennsylvania State Police raided the home of Kerri Malloy on Wednesday after postal workers notified them of a delivered package that contained carfentanil, CBS Pittsburgh reported.
Pop superstar Miley Cyrus has revealed she has quit smoking marijuana in preparation for the release of her next album later this year.
Border Patrol agents found tens of thousands of dollars-worth of marijuana stashed inside a hearse.
Police departments in Bath Township, Michigan, and Wyoming, Minnesota, have decided to put a humorous spin on their April 20 posts this year.
The State of California is bracing for its first “4/20” celebrations since the legalization of recreational marijuana passed by referendum in November 2016.
The Maryland House of Delegates passed legislation on Tuesday that would allow the state to issue five more licenses above what current law allows for growing and processing medicinal marijuana, specifically designed to make pot providers more diverse.
Three Cuban nationals were arrested after allegedly running a marijuana growing operation in the “sanctuary” of Chester County, Pennsylvania for a Mexican drug cartel.
Actor Woody Harrelson is almost as famous for his outspoken advocacy of marijuana as he is for his movie roles, but now, after 30 years of advocacy, Harrelson is swearing off pot.
The Charles Koch Institute and rapper Snoop Dogg will team up to host a panel on criminal justice reform at South by Southwest (SXSW) later this month.
The Israeli government voted on Sunday in favor of decriminalizing recreational marijuana use, joining some U.S. states and European countries who have adopted a similar approach.
Two illegal immigrants have been arrested in connection with an Erie County Sheriff’s raid into New York homes with nearly 100 pounds of marijuana.
In a move seen as paving the way for marijuana to be decriminalized, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Thursday he plans to dramatically change the way the Israeli penal code treats private, recreational use of the drug.
A pot advocacy group is pledging to lead a pro-pot march while handing out 4,200 joints to random people in the crowd attending Donald J. Trump’s January 20 inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C.
An advocacy group for pot is urging Senators to reject the nomination of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to serve the next U.S. Attorney General.
As California prepares for the era of legal marijuana, Israel is emerging as a potential overseas partner in new cannabis-related enterprises.
Israeli scientists began their pioneering research to isolate the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana with a 10-pound stash seized by the Tel Aviv police.
A Mexican immigrant and his first wife are suspected of murdering an American woman in California after the man allegedly married the second woman to obtain legal residence.
