Top U.S. lawyer wants better drug sentencing policies

Mar 13, 2014
It isn’t easy to get a job after serving time in prison.

Marijuana advocates use Super Bowl as advocacy tool

Jan 31, 2014
Both teams in Sunday’s game are from states where marijuana is legal.

Legal pot businesses would love to take cash to the bank

Jan 24, 2014
The Obama administration is considering regulations that will encourage banks to take legal marijuana business money. What are those businesses doing now, if they can’t deposit into banks?

Banks don't want to hold marijuana industry's stash

Jan 24, 2014
Banks are reluctant -- in most cases unwilling -- to do business with the marijuana industry.

The tech behind tracking marijuana plants in Colorado

Jan 1, 2014
The first state to allow marijuana sales to anyone over 21 has to track all that pot somehow.

Feds and Mexican drug cartels find common ground on legalized marijuana

Aug 8, 2013
You know who doesn't like legalized weed? The drug cartels. And the federal government.
Fast Eddy Aki'a of Hawaii smokes a joint as thousands gathered to celebrate the state's medicinal marijuana laws and collectively light up at 4:20 p.m. in Civic Center Park April 20, 2012 in Denver, Colorado.
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Hemp flag stokes industry hopes

Jul 4, 2013
The flag flying over the U.S. Capitol on July Fourth? Made of hemp.

For public good, not for profit.

What's the right price for legal pot?

Jun 24, 2013
Washington State tries to balance public health, tax revenues and driving the black market out of business as it licenses retailers to sell recreational marijuana.

Setting up a marijuana market in Washington from scratch

Jun 17, 2013
As much as marijuana initiatives are an experiment in drug legalization, they are also a business experiment. How do you set up an entirely new commercial marketplace worth billions?

Legalize it, but tax it! Colorado seeks to regulate marijuana sales

May 9, 2013
Last year, Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana. Now it’s decided how to regulate it. The legislature approved a 25 percent tax on the sale of marijuana among other requirements.