Personal Marijuana Use

A pair of federal bills that would allow states to tax and regulate marijuana had a coming out party at a press conference Tuesday. And there are more bills to come, their authors said.

The times they are a-changing, if Tuesdays Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on marijuana policy is any indication. Only one senator suffered from Reefer Madness; the others wanted to figure out how to make things work.

If you like to wager, Alaska, Oregon, and Rhode Island look like the best bets for legalizing marijuana next year. But the situation is fluid, and there could be others.

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

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.

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.

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.