Marijuana

Groups are backing a plan to study if medical cannabis could help veterans.

Voters in Oklahoma will decide on State Question 820, an initiative to legalize marijuana, March 7, 2023. Voters in Ohio could decide on an initiative to legalize marijuana in November 2023.

South Dakota voters approved a constitutional amendment that would expand Medicaid in the state.

North Dakota voters approved a constitutional measure limiting the governor to two four-year terms and state lawmakers to eight years.

While Pennsylvania lawmakers debate whether to legalize recreational marijuana, its neighbors have started to greenlight it.

An interesting trend has developed: Opioid emergency room visits drop by nearly 8% and opioid prescriptions are modestly lower in states where marijuana is legalized.

A ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana in South Dakota if approved is drawing passionate debate from both sides.

Just as in 2020, voters across South Dakota will have a chance in November to decide whether the state should legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is calling for a March vote on legalizing recreational marijuana after a series of legal challenges kept it off the November ballot.

President Joe Biden Thursday pardoned thousands of people convicted under federal law of simple marijuana possession and urged governors around the country to do the same with state offenses.