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A new set of stats about cannabis use in the U.S. is painting an interesting picture of what today’s marijuana scene looks like.

And it's not just middle-aged folks who are indulging more often.

As perceptions of marijuana change, more American adults are using pot than ever before, and they're using it more often, a new study finds.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thirteen percent of U.S. adults tell Gallup they currently smoke marijuana, nearly double the percentage who reported smoking marijuana only three years ago.

Voters in nine states will get to decide whether to liberalize laws involving marijuana this year in a rush of ballot measures that pro-pot activists see as a critical tipping point in the fight over legalization.

Once an issue reserved for dreadlocked Green Party supporters, marijuana legalization has become a mainstream political topic.

For the first time Republicans narrowly support legalizing marijuana.

Those running retail marijuana dispensaries or cultivation facilities want to be taken seriously, and many have taken it upon themselves to find ways to engage in their communities.

It is no secret that marijuana legislation has continued to gain momentum in the United States this year.

Advocates for legalizing marijuana say they have reason to believe their mission to make America mellow has its most receptive audience ever among candidates running for president.

The 55-and-older crowd is now the fastest-growing demographic of pot users in the country.

Aurora, the third largest city in the state, will donate funds to organizations which help low-income people with housing and community services.

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The organization’s Congressional Scorecard is an all-encompassing database that assigns a letter grade ‘A’ through ‘F’ to members of Congress based on their marijuana-related comments and voting records.

Canada's Liberal government will introduce a law in spring 2017 to legalize recreational marijuana, it said on Wednesday, fulfilling an election pledge and following several U.S. states in permitting easy access to the drug.

The newest industry in the U.S. may also be the most female-friendly.

The Drug Enforcement Agency has given its blessing to a study on the effect of medical marijuana on post-traumatic stress disorder, the first randomized, controlled research in the U.S. for PTSD that will use the actual plant instead of oils or synthesized cannabis.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky has ruled that medical marijuana is kosher for Passover.

Experts say listing cannabis among the world’s deadliest drugs ignores decades of scientific and medical data. But attempts to delist it have met with decades of bureaucratic inertia and political distortion.

Is it high time that America embraces marijuana legalization?