Vote on pot shops could end lingering LA issue
Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry.

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters
Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against ...

Court: Calif. cities can ban medical pot shops
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the ...

Court says pot smokers can be fired, even in Colo.
Medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado, but employers in the state can lawfully fire workers who test positive for the drug, even ...

Legal pot draws tourists to Colo., Wash., for 4/20
Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend, ...
Maryland lawmakers pass medical marijuana bill
The Maryland General Assembly on Monday approved a measure allowing medical marijuana programs at research centers that choose to participate.

Medical marijuana facility partners with rapper
A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a ...

Wash. and Colo. 'potrepreneurs' see opportunity
Kim Ridgway and her wife, Kimberly Bliss, can well envision the shop they plan to open — where they'll put the accessories, the baked goods and the ...

Marijuana legalization raises safety questions
Marijuana may be coming out of the black market in Colorado and Washington state, but the drug, at least for now, will retain a decidedly underground ...

Wash. vows to try to keep weed in state - but how?
So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state's legal pot within its borders. But Gov. Jay Inslee insists there are ways ...
Court rejects bid to have marijuana reclassified
A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a petition to reclassify marijuana from its current federal status as a dangerous drug with no accepted ...

President's pot comments prompt call for policy
President Barack Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use.

Washington could become pot source for neighbors
Now that marijuana is legal in neighboring Washington state, Portland police are offering some helpful advice to Oregon pot users. Sure, you can go ...

Legal pot complicates drug-free work policies
Pot may be legal, but workers may want to check with their boss first before they grab the pipe or joint during off hours. Businesses in Washington ...

For Washington state, legal pot _ and now what?
People openly lit joints under the Space Needle and on Seattle's sidewalks — then blew the smoke at TV news cameras. To those looking to "get baked," ...

As pot goes proper, a history of weed
The grass is no greener. But, finally, it's legal — at least somewhere in America. It's been a long, strange trip for marijuana. Washington state and ...

Strategy, timing key to states' pot legalization
In the late-1980s heyday of the anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign, a man calling himself "Jerry" appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S

Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus
Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up. Most universities have codes ...