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Legalization could break through a geographic barrier in November, finding a first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in the Northeast and West.

The increase continues three decades of steadily growing support among nearly all demographic groups—and represents double the support found in 2000.

The drug war didn’t start with the Nixon or Reagan administrations. Its history dates back nearly a hundred years—to the advent of the US Border Patrol.

This week: Utah abandons Prop. 2, thieves get ripped off by a Denver dispensary, and gummies go bye-bye in Washington.

Just don’t try to leave the country with it.

Regulators announced a major change to the way they view cannabis-infused edible products, effectively banning all hard candies, fruit chews, and gummies.

The first recreational cannabis licenses have now been granted—but would-be customers will still have to wait a few weeks before the stores open for business.

Everybody promises to pass a legalization bill in 2019. But will it really be better than Prop. 2?

“If somebody is licensed by this state, should they feel at increased risk of federal prosecution now?” U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer said. “Yes. They should.”

The proposed tax rate so steep that dispensary operators warned it could put licensed shops out of business.