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After serving more than three decades in prison for nonviolent cannabis offenses, a 71-year-old man is hoping to spend Christmas this year with his family, NBC News reports. Richard DeLisi, who was sentenced in 1989 to 90 years in prison for conspiring to traffic more than 100 pounds of cannabis into the U.S. from Jamaica, could be released as early…

Seemingly contradictory findings show why more research into the effects of cannabis on the heart and the rest of the body is needed.

“We believe the rest of the East Coast will follow suit legalize very soon,” GrowGeneration CEO Darren Lampert said in a “Mad Money” interview.

The 2020 election wasn’t just about Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Ballot initiatives across the country had real-world consequences for millions of people. NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez breaks down some big moves in weed, the minimum wage and gig worker benefits.

A couple say they were cast in a false light on an Animal Planet reality television show about state Fish and Game conservation officers, but a lawyer for the show’s production companies disagreed in arguments before the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The court heard arguments Tuesday involving Dale and Anne Mansfield, of Durham, who briefly appeared in a 2018 “North…

Light up! A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a big step forward Tuesday as five more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

Oregon has become the first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Kassandra Frederique explains how this move will help decrease drug addiction in the state by offering avenues to support and treatment.

New Jersey, Arizona, Montana and South Dakota voted on Election Day to authorize the use of recreational marijuana, while Mississippi made medicinal use legal. Ryan Vandrey, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, breaks down the ripple effect of this green wave.

Four years and 689 approved business licenses since voters elected to allow legal recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, the industry has come a long way. Here’s a timeline of the major milestones in the industry over the past four years.

It could be a landmark election year for the legal marijuana industry.

Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota and Montana will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in their states this Election Day. Business Insider reporter Jeremy Berke breaks down the probability of legalization in each state and discusses where the presidential candidates stand on the issue.

About four years after Mainers voted to legalize recreational marijuana, the state took another step toward a more robust cannabis economy into reality. Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy put stamps on years of work by lawmakers and the cannabis industry with its first fully approved licenses for recreational marijuana: three for cultivation, one for a testing facility and two...

Officials in Evanston, Ill. are proposing sale tax from the sales of cannabis be used to fund a proposal for reparations.

Maine marijuana regulators have created new rules about sample collections that are expected to make the state’s testing system less burdensome. Maine approved adult use marijuana in 2016 and has been in the process of crafting rules and regulations about sales since. The coronavirus pandemic has slowed the rollout in recent months. The Maine Office of Marijuana Policy said the…

Customers are lining up at recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts after retailers were given the green light to open curbside services Monday. NETA’s Brookline store opened Tuesday for medical and adult-use marijuana sales, but people can’t go into the store. They are offering curbside pick up only for now in line with the guidance outlined in Phase 1 of...

Recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts reopened Monday to curbside services and they’re already seeing an influx of business.

Marijuana retailers were given the green light to open across Massachusetts Monday.

The owner of High Times is going to start selling marijuana after championing its use in the pages of its magazine for nearly half a century.

The unofficial holiday saluting all things cannabis arrives at a challenging time for the nation’s legal marijuana industry.

Coronavirus is bringing new protocol to Massachusetts’ marijuana dispensaries, with some even suspending recreational sales.