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Even in tolerant cities like Berlin, authorities have stepped up enforcement of cannabis prohibition. It’s not working, and it costs taxpayers a bundle.

Arkansas has not one but two initiatives to legalize medical cannabis. One now faces a lawsuit from a surprising source: a member of NORML’s legal committee.

Residents of the Danish community began tearing down cannabis stalls on Pusher Street after a deadly shooting shook Copenhagen.

When cannabis is legalized, opioid use declines. The legalization movement represents a threat to the expansion of the market for opioid painkillers.

State regulators have approved the first adult-use cannabis retail store, to be located in Fairbanks.

Irish patients suffering from cancer, multiple sclerosis, or epilepsy have cause for hope thanks to a bill that would legalize and regulate medical cannabis.

Michigan would tax medical marijuana in a tiered regulatory system that would explicitly authorize dispensaries.

Alaska gears up to open its adult-use market, Denver gets set to vote on social consumption, and New York is finally expanding medical marijuana.

The bill, which would create Europe’s first fully legal adult-use cannabis market, is set for debate in Italy’s parliament later this month.

It’s a major milestone in the state’s cannabis policy, but Ohio’s system is still a long way from workable.