The Legislature has rescinded a veto by Gov. Paul LePage that could potentially speed up the process of legal recreational cannabis sales in Maine. As a result of the Legislature’s decision, Maine is...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Over 70 percent of Democrats, compared to around half of Republicans, favor fully legalizing cannabis. It’s clear that the Democratic Party is starting...

If there is one thing that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is best known for, it’s probably his opposition to cannabis legalization. Despite this, Sessions could potentially aid cannabis investors...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Andrew White, a Democratic candidate for governor in Texas, recently said he supports decriminalizing cannabis possession and expunging the records of those...

Realtors in Canada are worried about the potential repercussions that home cannabis cultivation could have on the real estate market. Home cannabis growers in the country might soon be limited to growing...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Cannabis advocates in Michigan got enough signatures on a petition to get legalization on the ballot in November, but anti-cannabis activists might try to...

Bernie Sanders has announced that he will co-sponsor the Marijuana Justice Act. This is one of many pro-cannabis moves made by the Vermont senator, who went down in history when he supported legalization...

Voters in Michigan will be able to decide if they want to allow legal sales of social cannabis in their state come November. Organizers of a ballot drive to legalize cannabis for social use have officially...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor On the cannabis user’s favorite holiday, 420, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation to decriminalize cannabis at the federal...

A few additional states are looking to legalize cannabis for adult use in 2018.

President Donald Trump has vowed to support legislation protecting the cannabis industry in states that have legally approved the drug. This is a major turnaround from earlier this year when the U.S. attorney...

A broad scope of cannabis businesses has been approved by voters in one of Colorado’s western towns. On Tuesday, April 3, voters from the northern Colorado town of Berthoud also voted to grant the sale...