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A customer looks at rifles at a gun shop in Lakewood in this Jan. 5 file photo. Federal laws do not prevent people who are on the terrorist watch list from purchasing firearms.`

ATF doubles down on marijuana gun ban, adds more explicit warning to firearm purchase form

November 22, 2016 at 5:53 p.m.

The federal government just doubled down on its efforts to keep guns away from cannabis patients and enthusiasts.

Election Night party in support of Initiated Ordinance 300, the Neighborhood-Supported Social Cannabis Consumption Initiative

Initiative 300: Denver’s social marijuana use measure too close to call in early returns

November 9, 2016 at 12:47 p.m.

Denver's vote on Initiative 300, the measure meant to permit limited cannabis consumption inside certain businesses, was too close to call in early returns Tuesday evening.

California recreational marijuana vote 2016: State approves Proposition 64

November 8, 2016 at 11:17 p.m.

California voters passed a ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a big boost to the campaign to end the drug's national prohibition.

Massachusetts the first state in eastern U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana

November 8, 2016 at 10:08 p.m.

Voters have approved ballot measure Question 4 making Massachusetts the first state in the eastern U.S. to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.

Florida legalizes medical marijuana

November 8, 2016 at 10:17 p.m.

Florida voters approved a state constitutional amendment Tuesday to legalize medical marijuana, broadening access to pot beyond the limited therapeutic uses approved by the legislature two years ago.

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

Question 200 in Pueblo County: Everything you need to know about vote to repeal marijuana law

October 31, 2016 at 6:19 a.m.

A breakdown on the issues behind Question 200 in Pueblo County and Question 300 in the city of Pueblo, which would force closure of marijuana businesses.

Willie Nelson plays his guitar at Humphreys by the Bay in San Diego, California on October 19,2016. The country music legend discussed his history with marijuana, the time he stole and tried to smoke hemp and his new cannabis line, Willie's Reserve which is for sale in Colorado with Cannabist editor-in-chief Ricardo Baca on his bus before the show.

Willie Nelson: The Outlaw Country legend reflects on his personal cannabis history

October 30, 2016 at 11:51 a.m.

Willie Nelson talks in detail with The Cannabist on his lifelong relationship with weed 鈥� his first time getting high (he didn't), his willingness to sesh with Donald Trump and...

Study: More people arrested for marijuana than all violent crimes combined, urges drug use decriminalization

October 12, 2016 at 4:34 p.m.

New report by prominent human-rights groups notes marijuana arrests outnumber those for violent crimes, highlights the human toll of America's arrest-first drug policy and urges decriminalization of drug use.

Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Michael Botticelli testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee June 7, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

U.S. drug czar: The feds have dragged their feet on pot research

October 7, 2016 at 10:52 a.m.

The U.S. government hasn't really done what it could to further medical marijuana research, the nation's drug czar said recently.

Isaac Dietrich, CEO of MassRoots, displays his app at his office in Denver on January 22, 2015. The company's cannabis-oriented social networking app, MassRoots, was pulled from Apple's App Store in November after 14 months.

Embattled weed tech company MassRoots cuts jobs amid debt default

October 7, 2016 at 10:59 a.m.

MassRoots Inc. has cut more than 40 percent of its workforce and recently defaulted on debt payments, the Denver-based firm disclosed.

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