On a bitterly cold night in February 2015, Gillian Heintzelman left her job at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and made her way to a nearby bar to meet her boyfriend and a friend. They stayed for a few minutes, and then left together to get a late-night dinner. Read more

From patients' rights to justice reform and all manner of tax and accuracy issues in between, they took on some of Canada's most pressing cannabis issues. Meet Canada’s favourite cannabis advocacy groups, as chosen by Leafly readers. Read more

Illinois legalized, New York decriminalized, and presidential candidates rejected prohibition. Now reform groups are eyeing the South, the Midwest, and Arizona in 2020. Read more

Hugh Hefner left an indelible impression on the US with his financial and vocal support for cannabis legalization. Read more

The conference couldn’t have come at a better–and more tense—time. Read more

Iowa State University lost its appeal in a court battle over a NORML T-shirt bearing the ISU logo and a cannabis leaf. Read more

Allen St. Pierre leaves NORML, and the nation’s go-to cannabis communicator gets gone. Read more

After a tumultuous year, Mizzou finds itself in another conflict with a student group. Read more

Ohio MMJ bill arrives at governor's desk, the VA scraps a speech on cannabis, and Oregon wants you to start low and go slow with edibles. Read more

Seniors are cannabis curious, California authorities warn of toxic contamination, and legalization's growing pains aren't what Denver officials expected. Read more