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Vermont Governor Phil Scott vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have made Vermont the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana and the first to do so via a legislative body . Scott sent the bill...

The Vermont Legislature on Wednesday voted to approve recreational use of marijuana. The bill was amended by the house to permit the recreational use of marijuana in small quantities. The law would create a legal system...

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Friday allowing the use, production and distribution of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes. The bill was approved by the other chamber...

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 10 , legalizing the medicinal use of a marijuana extract, into law Monday. The bill, which was passed by both houses of the Wisconsin legislature earlier this year, allows patients to...

The Canadian government on Thursday announced a plan to legal recreational use of marijuana by July 2018. Canada is set to implement this plan into law nationwide, though the government has stated that it would leave...

An anonymous Canadian government official on Monday announced the country's intention to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018. The news follows public declarations from both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to...

The lower house of the Dutch parliament on Tuesday voted 77-72 to approve a bill that would tolerate the cultivation of cannabis. Possessing and buying the drug at shops has been tolerated in the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of a pro-marijuana student group that was barred from using university trademarks. Iowa State University (ISU) [official...

Maine Governor Paul LePage on Friday signed the marijuana moratorium bill into law, just three days before recreational marijuana becomes legal in Maine. The bill allows personal marijuana use but restricts retail sales for one year, at...

JURIST Guest Columnist Stephen Cooper discusses the story of Benny King and the criminalization of addiction... Benny King is a gregarious, good-hearted, God-fearing 53-year-old black man from Alabama who shouldn’t be in prison. But he is. Mr. King...