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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A deadline set for Monday for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to act on legislation establishing a recreational marijuana marketplace has been extended.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says his budget plan will include a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, an idea that will likely be blocked by the Republican-controlled...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have survived to nearly the halfway mark in their 9-week legislative session without an outbreak of coronavirus infections, but that doesn't mean the...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Voters in a number of Vermont communities are going to be deciding on Town Meeting Day whether they would like to host businesses that sell recreational marijuana.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge in Pierre heard nearly three hours of arguments from attorneys on Wednesday in a lawsuit that will ultimately decide the fate of an amendment to the state...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Burlington voters will be deciding on Town Meeting Day in March whether Vermont’s largest city should become host to shops that sell recreational marijuana.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three years after Mexico passed a law permitting the medicinal use of marijuana, the government on Tuesday published the underlying regulations governing everything from who can...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of amending North Dakota’s constitution to legalize recreational marijuana are taking another run at the issue, after failing to collect enough signatures to get...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an executive order Friday to officially direct a lawsuit challenging a voter-approved constitutional amendment to legalize...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Determined to defy the coronavirus, the South Dakota Legislature will convene for its 96th session on Tuesday in Pierre, where lawmakers will settle a state budget flush...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) —

Montana lawmakers have turned down the state Department of Revenue's request for $1.35 million to start a recreational marijuana program.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for the legalization and regulation of marijuana for recreational use by adults, his third attempt in as many years to get the drug fully...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana residents will be legally able to grow and possess marijuana beginning Friday as a voter-passed law to legalize recreational marijuana begins to take...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A mysterious organization that spent $5 million in support of Montana's successful ballot measures to legalize recreational marijuana must identify its donors, the...

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Voters in the town of Brattleboro will be asked in March whether to allow retail sales of marijuana products in their community.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers pass measure to set up a recreational marijuana marketplace; governor is expected to sign it.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers moved legislation to set up the recreational marijuana market in the new year one step forward on Monday.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado dispensaries have sold more marijuana in the first 10 months this year compared to a record-setting sales year in 2019, officials said.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A group that tried unsuccessfully to place a medical marijuana proposal on the November ballot will launch a new 2022 campaign to legalize the drug for recreational...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Board of State Canvassers certified the November election results Monday, showing a record number of votes were cast in the state.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The group that campaigned to legalize recreational marijuana in South Dakota through a voter-backed constitutional amendment has filed in court to defend the amendment in...