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In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, a discarded syringe sits in the dirt with other debris under a highway overpass where drug users are known to congregate in Everett, Wash.

Senator demands docs from big pharma as she probes their role in opioid epidemic

March 28, 2017 at 12:51 p.m.

Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is investigating the role of five top opioid manufacturers in the national drug epidemic.

A different kind of sea-weed: Man finds marijuana bale on Florida beach

March 28, 2017 at 12:37 p.m.

A 52-year-old man in Daytona Beach, Florida called 911 after finding a bale of marijuana that had washed up on the beach.

Report: Canada to legalize marijuana by July 2018

March 27, 2017 at 3:52 p.m.

The frenzy surrounding Canada's marijuana market intensified after a report the government will unveil recreational legalization legislation in April.

Recreational marijuana is sold at High Country Healing in Silverthorne on Jan. 1, 2014.

Colorado has strategy for recreational marijuana industry if feds crack down

March 27, 2017 at 8:30 a.m.

Colorado is considering an unusual strategy to protect its nascent marijuana industry from a potential federal crackdown, even if it means losing taxes.

Colorado lawmakers urge governor to step in on medical marijuana registry backlog

March 27, 2017 at 4:06 a.m.

Three Colorado legislators are calling on Gov. John Hickenlooper to intervene in the state's medical marijuana registry backlog, an issue that one lawmaker says is a matter of "life and...

Federal marijuana playbook: Trump administration’s tough talk and what we know so far

March 23, 2017 at 7:08 p.m.

It's been one month since we heard the Trump administration's first public comments about marijuana and AG Jeff Sessions' views. Here's what we know so far.

A key component of New Federalism Fund's efforts will be conveying to lawmakers in Congress how the industry operates, contributes revenue to state and local coffers and serves as a source of employment.

Powerhouse cannabis firms form lobby group to protect state-based weed laws

March 23, 2017 at 4:58 p.m.

Some big-name firms in cannabis have formed a national advocacy and marijuana lobbying organization, New Federalism Fund, to spur change on Capitol Hill.

Colorado Senate committee sets marijuana plant limit to 12, or 24 with registration

March 23, 2017 at 11:59 a.m.

A Colorado plan to crack down on homegrown marijuana is heading back to the House after a Senate committee changed the bill to add a registration clause.

A medical marijuana customer counts out ...

13 California marijuana dispensaries owe $12 million in taxes, says report

March 21, 2017 at 10:53 a.m.

Thirteen medical marijuana dispensaries owe more than $12 million in unpaid state taxes, according to a recently published Board of Equalization report.

Woody Harrelson gives up weed after “30 solid years” of partying

March 21, 2017 at 10:50 a.m.

Woody Harrelson has given up weed after decades of use, but has nothing against marijuana, which he calls "a great drug."

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