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The House of Representatives is set to act this week on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE) which would expunge convictions and conduct sentencing hearings related to federal cannabis offenses. Business Insider’s Jeremy Berke explains the prospects for the legislation and the future of cannabis legalization.

Could legalizing marijuana in Virginia help address social disparities and inequities?

After serving more than three decades in prison for nonviolent cannabis offenses, a 71-year-old man is hoping to spend Christmas this year with his family, NBC News reports. Richard DeLisi, who was sentenced in 1989 to 90 years in prison for conspiring to traffic more than 100 pounds of cannabis into the U.S. from Jamaica, could be released as early…

Gov. Ralph Northam is pushing to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Virginia, which could be the first Southern state to make the drug legal for recreational use

Seemingly contradictory findings show why more research into the effects of cannabis on the heart and the rest of the body is needed.

“We believe the rest of the East Coast will follow suit legalize very soon,” GrowGeneration CEO Darren Lampert said in a “Mad Money” interview.

The 2020 election wasn’t just about Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Ballot initiatives across the country had real-world consequences for millions of people. NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez breaks down some big moves in weed, the minimum wage and gig worker benefits.

Light up! A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a big step forward Tuesday as five more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

Oregon has become the first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Kassandra Frederique explains how this move will help decrease drug addiction in the state by offering avenues to support and treatment.

New Jersey, Arizona, Montana and South Dakota voted on Election Day to authorize the use of recreational marijuana, while Mississippi made medicinal use legal. Ryan Vandrey, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, breaks down the ripple effect of this green wave.

It could be a landmark election year for the legal marijuana industry.

Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota and Montana will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in their states this Election Day. Business Insider reporter Jeremy Berke breaks down the probability of legalization in each state and discusses where the presidential candidates stand on the issue.

People with past marijuana-related convictions came to a marijuana dispensary in Capitol Heights, Maryland, Saturday to get help from Prince George’s County officials to have their records cleared. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Officials in Evanston, Ill. are proposing sale tax from the sales of cannabis be used to fund a proposal for reparations.

The owner of High Times is going to start selling marijuana after championing its use in the pages of its magazine for nearly half a century.

Legal marijuana has become established in some form into all but a handful of states, but the industry faces a challenge as the economy falters amid the coronavirus crisis

Registered marijuana dispensaries in D.C. can offer delivery service, curbside pickup and at-the-door pickup starting Tuesday amid the coronavirus crisis, the mayor and health department announced.  The temporary order by the mayor is “necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare” of medical marijuana patients as they abide by D.C.’s stay-at-home order and adhere to social distancing guidelines, the...

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says the state will become “a more fair, just, and equal place” now that simple possession of marijuana will be decriminalized

A Maryland woman is accused of taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to move 100 pounds of marijuana into Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

How do real estate agents and property owners respond to the growing marijuana industry? News4’s Erika Gonzalez has the report.