Politics

In a small plaza behind the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, visitors rested on a stone bench beneath orange trees, relieved to be out of the hot Seville sun. Flamenco music and the aroma of fried anchovies wafted...

It’s been a good few months for cannabis legalization in the Pacific. Last month, news broke that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory not far from Guam, had legalized cannabis for adult use. Homegrow is expected...

It’s that spooky time of the year again. You know, the season in which people enjoy any excuse to scare the hell out of little kids and indulge in an unlimited offering of chocolate and candy. But also —...

Anti-pot crusader Kevin Sabet traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia last week to publicize the launch of a website dedicated to serving as a watchdog against Canada’s new legal cannabis industry. Sabet and a small group of representatives from allied...

Ryan wants to get high. Like many of his generation, the 55-year-old Toronto-area video editor is intrigued by the idea of legal recreational cannabis. His two kids are away at university and he likes the idea of relaxing and...

It’s often hard to envision massive, super fast changes in social attitudes. But they do happen. Who could have guessed in, say, 1999, same-sex marriage would just a few years later become legal in so many states, recognized by the...

Cannabis tourism is already big business in U.S. states where weed is legal for adults. And in Canada, which on October 17 became the first G7 nation and just the second country in the world to legalize adult-use cannabis,...

Popular support for marijuana legalization continues to climb. Now, the newest numbers are in. And once again, these stats reveal that more and more people are on board with legalization. In fact, the latest numbers show more support for...

An Oregon man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for possessing medical marijuana he purchased legally in his home state.  Patrick Beadle, 46, was sentenced to eight years in prison without the possibility of parole in Madison...

By, Gene Johnson SEATTLE (AP) — More than two dozen countries have relaxed their cannabis or other drug laws, and a number could consider legalizing in the not-too-distant future. The South American nation of Uruguay was first to legalize marijuana in...