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The Mexican Catholic church supports medical use, French politicians are arguing over decriminalization, and a 10-year-old girl moved from Texas to California for medical cannabis.

Colorado schools would be forced to allow students to use medical cannabis under a bill that cleared its first hurdle Monday at the state Legislature.

Ohio’s medical cannabis bill finds an unlikely ally, MassRoots wants to be on NASDAQ, and “Britain’s most charming drug smuggler” dies.

A new Colorado law allowing medical marijuana use at public schools is getting a second look Monday in a House committee.

California’s medical marijuana czar says it “appears” there’s a need for cannabis, although she’s never smoked it herself.

Governor Tom Wolf released an official video urging the Legislature to pass Senate Bill 3, which would legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania.

Facing questions over inconsistency in cannabis testing and fears that some labs have let contaminated cannabis to slip through the cracks, regulators announced emergency rules aimed at raising testing standards.

Representatives from Canada and Mexico are calling on the United Nations to give countries broad authority to regulate cannabis within their borders.

A federal court has ruled that a church for Native Americans in Hawaii should not be excused from federal marijuana laws despite the group’s claim that ingesting cannabis is part of their sacred sacrament.

Costa Rica gets closer to legalizing medical marijuana, Alaska’s retail program hits a snag, New Hampshire tries once again to decriminalize, and more in the State of the Leaf.