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House and Senate negotiators struck a cautious tone Monday as they resumed negotiations over legislation that would overhaul the state’s voter-approved law.

Puerto Rico became the latest corner of US to adopt a medical marijuana law, with the territory’s governor on Sunday signing a bill that legalizes it.

A local anti-drug group in New Mexico is protesting the use of the word “pharmaceutical” by a cannabis dispensary in Carlsbad, NM.

Legalization advocates (and a jazz band) gathered in San Diego to celebrate the departure of DA Bonnie Dumanis, who took a harsh stance on cannabis.

There could be some changes coming to Oregon’s medical and adult-use cannabis programs under a measure now sitting on Gov. Kate Brown’s desk.

Who let the skunks out? Suddenly the scent of cannabis is all over the city. Here’s how to handle it, Beantown.

Florida attorney John Morgan is taking aim at the Legislature’s recently imposed ban on smokeable forms of medical cannabis.

Speaker Robert DeLeo is asking House members working to negotiate a compromise to suspend talks until a final state budget is sent to the governor’s desk.

After decades of prohibition, the nation is “turning its page,” the prime minister says. It joins six other European nations with legal medical cannabis.

Given how long THC can be detected in saliva, blood, or urine, strict limits could mean waiting days or weeks before driving.