MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — More than 20 Vermont communities have approved allowing retail marijuana businesses within their borders.

The Vermont Legislature legalized the sale of recreational...

DETROIT (AP) — A Canadian man who was found unconscious and tethered to 185 pounds (84 kilograms) of marijuana in the Detroit River was sentenced Wednesday to about six years in a U.S....

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for helping to run a large-scale marijuana growing operation that used his family's plumbing business as a...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has declined to reappoint Loren Jones of Juneau to the board that regulates the state’s legal marijuana industry.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who was prescribed medical marijuana to help with back pain has won a second victory in his legal battle over whether workers' compensation insurance can reimburse him...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's marijuana regulators are looking to align the state's medical marijuana program with state laws.

The Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act has been amended by at...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — It’s Town Meeting Day in VermontTuesday and communities across the state are deciding issues as varied as local budgets to electing officials to deciding whether to host...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's recreational marijuana market is now voter approved and in effect under legislation signed last week by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's effort to legalize recreational marijuana for adults received criticism Friday from two completely different fronts: people who outright oppose legalization and those...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Members of the South Dakota House and Senate took turns deflating marijuana supporters on Thursday, one body approving a plan to delay implementation of medical cannabis and...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years and three months in prison for being high on drugs when he caused a crash that killed two siblings.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate on Wednesday approved medical marijuana legislation as advocates hope to get the measure enacted after years of setbacks in the conservative state....

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is making a major push to legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana after COVID-19 upended the 2020 legislative session, arguing now is the time to finally enact...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Forthcoming legislation to legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania, announced Wednesday, is believed to be the first with a Republican as an author, although it likely faces the...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has passed legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota.

Lawmakers also passed a related bill Tuesday setting up a...

A bill essentially legalizing recreational use of cannabis in Maryland would be an important step toward addressing social equity and racial injustices, advocates said.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s top law enforcement official has released sweeping new guidelines for police in the wake of the state’s decriminalization of marijuana.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A commission that is hearing hundreds of appeals from applicants who want licenses to grow medical marijuana has approved two applications that the state previously...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The seizure of illegal drugs in Nebraska surged last year, according to federal drug agents for the state, and officials warned that methamphetamine and the powerful painkiller...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Supporters of a successful ballot measure to make medical marijuana legal in South Dakota urged state lawmakers on Monday to allow users to avoid criminal charges during any...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs legislation that sets up recreational marijuana marketplace, loosens drug penalties.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys who represent clients in the medical marijuana industry are concerned they might face discipline under a state Supreme Court directive that appears to put...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A bill in the New Jersey Legislature aimed at breaking up a logjam delaying marijuana legalization legislation got approval in a state Senate committee on Friday, setting up...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — For a third time, the Democrat-led Assembly has moved a deadline for Gov. Phil Murphy to act on legislation setting up New Jersey's recreational marijuana plan.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Caught off guard by North Dakota voters' surprise support five years ago for allowing medical marijuana, lawmakers now are developing rules to legalize the drug for...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sales of marijuana in Maine are continuing an upward trend since the product finally reached stores.

Maine voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, but legal...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a pair of proposals aimed at increasing scrutiny on voter-backed ballot initiatives like a recently-passed constitutional amendment...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some of Maine's largest employers no longer test job applicants to see if they have used marijuana or if they do, a positive test no longer precludes a qualified candidate...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's attorney general says his office will not participate in appealing a ruling that struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment legalizing...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Judges can't prevent people from using medical marijuana while on probation for a crime, the Michigan Court of Appeals said.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho campaign for medical marijuana legalization has moved forward after receiving permission to collect signatures from residents.

DENVER (AP) — Businesses in Colorado have sold about $10 billion of marijuana since the plant was legalized for recreational use in 2014, according to new data released by the state Department of...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A veteran Whatcom County corrections deputy is suspected of smuggling contraband items, including marijuana edibles, to a female inmate at the Whatcom County Jail’s Work...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two South Dakota Republican lawmakers focused on regulating recreational marijuana said Tuesday they will continue to push the Legislature to address the matter, even after a...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska prison employee has been arrested after authorities accused him of having inappropriate contact with an inmate and of bringing marijuana into the prison...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 57-year-old South Florida restauranteur is accused of serving up a cocktail of illegal drugs at his Chicago-style hot dog joint, sheriff's officials...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge on Monday struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana after Gov. Kristi Noem's administration challenged...