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Massachusetts lawmakers plan to recommend sharply higher taxes on marijuana and more control for city and town officials over retail pot shops.

Nevada’s powerful liquor lobby and state-regulated medical marijuana dealers are fighting over who should be licensed to distribute marijuana, and a judge must rule.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein stated before the Senate Appropriations committee that marijuana is properly scheduled as a Schedule I drug.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is scheduled to appear before Senate and House Appropriations subcommittees to discuss the Justice Department’s budget. He will appear before the Senate committee at 10 a.m. ET and the House one at 2 p.m. ET. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before a Senate intelligence committee hearing at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congress to undo federal medical marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014.

ALBANY, N.Y. — With little more than a week left in the legislative session, some state lawmakers and community advocates are renewing the push for legalized recreational marijuana in New York state. State Sen. Liz Krueger and Assembly member Crystal Peoples-Stokes are joining with advocates organized by the Drug Policy…

The principal backer of Florida’s Amendment 2 said he intends to sue over Legislature’s passage of a regulations bill that bans smoking medical marijuana.

Nearly a year after Hawaii’s medical marijuana dispensaries were legally allowed to open, the state has not yet certified any labs to run required safety tests.