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A marijuana legalization initiative that has big donor financial backing has been filed in Oregon.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments in December on whether a medical marijuana initiative can move forward.

Some initial videos from the big conference, including Ifetayo Harvey, Rep. Jared Polis, Ethan Nadelmann, Rev. Sanders, and a short highlights piece from the first day.

We are attending the 2013 International Conference on Drug Policy Reform, in Denver, Colorado, for the next few days.

What does the future hold for medical marijuana in Washington state? It's looking kind of ominous right now after state officials issued draft regulations that would wipe out home grows and many dispensaries. But there's going to be some pushback.

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In the latest sign that marijuana legalization is at the tipping point, a new Gallup poll has support at 58%, up a dramatic 10 points from last year.

An Indianapolis man is dead after police said he refused to drop a weapon as they raided his apartment in a dawn drug raid.

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will lead a high-powered panel of experts on a mission to study the best way to legalize marijuana in California. They're aiming at 2016.

A new poll has support for marijuana legalization at 65% in California. The pressure to not wait for 2016 is bound to mount.

Marijuana seeds will be legal in Slovakia starting next year. Just don't grow anything with them because the plant itself will remain illegal.

Our writer Phil Smith will be honored for his work on this newsletter in Denver next week.

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Marijuana legalization could bring billions to the British government, two studies show. But there is little political will to move in that direction.

Washington state's rules for legal marijuana commerce are now set. Look for some 300+ stores to open starting around the middle of next year.

An LA dispensary crackdown gets underway, an Arizona judge throws out a restrictive dispensary ordinance, the Michigan Supreme Court hears a dispensary ban case, and much, much more.

A hard-partying Colorado cop calls it a career, a DC cop launders a bit of drug money, a North Carolina narc gets caught with her fingers in the jar, and a retired cop uses his old badge and cop plates to sling dope.

In a move that cuts against more than a decade of sentencing reform efforts in California, Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would allow some people caught with small amounts of drugs to face misdemeanor charges instead of felonies.

The hemispheric winds of change around marijuana law reform are blowing on the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica, too. Lawmakers debated decriminalization there Tuesday.

While the conventional wisdom is to wait for 2016 for a California marijuana legalization initiative, some Californians aren't waiting. Now, a second legalization initiative has been filed.