This year state legislators introduced nearly 2,700 bills and passed 368. On Wednesday, a large portion of the 328 bills signed into law by Gov. Martin J. O'Malley will take effect.

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Legal or not, the business of selling weed in the U.S. is as wacky as ever.

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Yes, we're talking cannabis cuisine, a small niche in the culinary world but one that is drawing more interest as the legalization movement moves pot closer to the mainstream.

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District of Columbia residents will vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana, setting up another possible fight with Congress over drug laws in the nation's capital.

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A Colorado man loses custody of his children after getting a medical marijuana card. The daughter of a Michigan couple growing legal medicinal pot is taken by child-protection authorities after an ex-husband says their plants endangered kids.

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Nuvilex Inc. said it signed a research agreement with the University of Northern Colorado to perform initial studies in the development of cancer treatments that utilize components of cannabis known as cannabinoids.

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Patients who use medical marijuana for pain and other chronic symptoms can take an unwanted hit: Insurers don't cover the treatment, which costs as much as $1,000 a month.

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Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he thinks the federal government should legalize marijuana.

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A new law that will decriminalize marijuana in October involves some ambiguities that police and prosecutors are just beginning to confront.

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A member of Maryland's Legislative Black Caucus is asking the House to fully decriminalize marijuana this year instead of just commissioning a study on the prospect.

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