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The owners of the now-defunct Sweet Leaf dispensaries were sentenced to a year behind bars. Is that appropriate or overkill?

New York legalized medical cannabis four years ago. Brooklyn’s first dispensary opened last month. It’s about damn time.

The hemp movement has produced many heroes we can celebrate wholeheartedly, including activists, scientists, authors, and a few of the nation’s Founding Fathers. Here’s the story of seven who truly changed the game.

Cannabis farmers markets were common during Washington state’s medical-only days, before patients and customers were pushed into state-licensed stores.

As the state nears the four-year mark since creating the framework to sell medical cannabis, the latest estimate for availability seems to be summer—maybe. Or fall. Or later.

State officials said Friday that Maine rescinded a winning bid from BOTEC, a Los Angeles consultant, to help craft the rules about key issues.

“The border agency appears to recognize that some cannabis consumers might absent-mindedly leave a few joints in a jacket pocket.”

Strict new lab tests have revealed that vaporizer cartridges might sometimes pass toxic lead into cannabis oil, and then consumers’ lungs.

The governor wants to open a “conversation” about legalizing cannabis in the state and says the lieutenant governor will hold a series of town hall-style sessions on the subject.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s appointment of two cannabis regulators who’ve been skeptical of legalization in the past could signal a shift in Alaskan cannabis.