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Just hours after recreational cannabis became legal across Canada, the federal government announced it would grant amnesty to Canadians who have been convicted of possessing less than 30 grams of cannabis. “These Canadians should be allowed to shed the burden and stigma of a criminal record,” public safety minister Ralph Goodale said at a press […]

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Under a revised plan announced by regulators, the cannabis industry will have 30 days to bring forward alternatives for the agency to consider.

Here’s where to make your first legal purchase in the post-prohibition era.

Patients may still have to wait awhile for access, but it appears medical cannabis is finally coming to the UK.

So long as the reason for travel isn’t business.

Legalization could break through a geographic barrier in November, finding a first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in the Northeast and West.

The increase continues three decades of steadily growing support among nearly all demographic groups—and represents double the support found in 2000.

The drug war didn’t start with the Nixon or Reagan administrations. Its history dates back nearly a hundred years—to the advent of the US Border Patrol.

This week: Utah abandons Prop. 2, thieves get ripped off by a Denver dispensary, and gummies go bye-bye in Washington.