In a new statewide survey of almost 500 registered Massachusetts voters, a majority would support a ballot question to legalize marijuana.

By every metric available, public opinion appears to favor legalization, and by wider margins with each passing year.

By every metric available, public opinion appears to favor legalization, and by wider margins with each passing year.

BOSTON — Proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts said they submitted more than enough signatures Tuesday to the secretary of state's office to keep alive their hopes of putting the proposal before voters next year.

BOSTON — Proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts said they submitted more than enough signatures Tuesday to the secretary of state's office to keep alive their hopes of putting the proposal before voters next year.

Two Boston city councilors are throwing their support behind a November ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts.

Boston's first medical marijuana shop is open for business. Customers can start filling prescriptions at Patriot Care Wednesday afternoon.

The Citizens' Initiative Review project was launched by a bipartisan group of politicians and academics.

The Citizens' Initiative Review project was launched by a bipartisan group of politicians and academics.

Kay Lazar~ The Boston Globe ~

Facility in Salem reports 1,500 patients in 2 months.

Any college student can bake pot brownies. A few A-plus local food pros, however, have set their goals much higher.

The campaign to legalize marijuana in Massachusetts has already gained more than half of the required signatures to put a question on the November ballot.

BOSTON — Supporters of a proposal that could make Massachusetts the fifth U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana expressed confidence they would easily meet a Wednesday deadline for voter signatures and qualify for the November state ballot.

BOSTON — Supporters of a proposal that could make Massachusetts the fifth U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana expressed confidence they would easily meet a Wednesday deadline for voter signatures and qualify for the November state ballot.

BOSTON — Doctors who favor legalizing recreational marijuana for adults on Friday pushed back against assertions that legalizing marijuana is harmful to public health.

Shira Schoenberg ~ MassLive.com ~

Researchers suspect cannabis can do so many things, from fighting cancer to easing concussions and Crohn’s disease. There are still tight restrictions but weed is increasingly coming into the scientific mainstream.

BOSTON – Marijuana is "widely available" in Massachusetts due to decriminalization but there's little regulation of the drug, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday, explaining why she is open to supporting legalization.

BOSTON – Marijuana is "widely available" in Massachusetts due to decriminalization but there's little regulation of the drug, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday, explaining why she is open to supporting legalization.

On the eve of a vote that could legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, a Colorado company is preparing to build the state’s largest marijuana greenhouse, a sprawling, high-tech complex that could eventually expand to nearly 1 million square feet.

BOSTON — Doctors who favor legalizing recreational marijuana for adults on Friday pushed back against assertions that legalizing marijuana is harmful to public health.

Hearings on Massachusetts' recreational marijuana begin in the Statehouse in Boston Monday, where lawmakers will mull potential changes to the voter-approved legislation legalizing marijuana use among adults and paving the way for commercial sale of the drug.

It was his experience with medical cannabis that got Stephen Mandile up in arms about providing better for Massachusetts veterans.

The lawmakers will take the lessons learned there and issue a report with recommendations to the senate president next month.

The lawmakers will take the lessons learned there and issue a report with recommendations to the senate president next month.