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Marijuana Legalization

  1. local
    New York Is Getting Serious About Busting Gray-Market Weed ShopsOne of Manhattan’s biggest dispensaries was raided after allegedly selling products without a license.
    By Nia Prater
  2. reefer madness
    The Weed Bodegas Have No FearIt’s illegal to sell without a license — not that this has stopped 1,500 stores and counting.
    By James D. Walsh
  3. politics
    Biden Pardons Thousands of Marijuana Charges, ‘Dank Brandon’ Memes FollowThe president frees up federal weed policy.
    By Nia Prater
  4. politics
    New Yorkers With Pot Convictions to Open First DispensariesNew York’s first marijuana-retail licenses will go to people who have been convicted of pot-related offenses or to their family members.
    By Nia Prater
  5. high times
    The Complete Guide to Legal Weed in New YorkWhere to smoke, how to buy, and more.
    By Aaron Short
  6. business
    Who’s Getting Rich From Weed Legalization in New York?Legal protections for minority-owned businesses are robust, but due to the nature of the industry, large sums of cash could still flow to big firms.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. marijuana legalization
    What Legal Weed Means for New York Right NowThe law has major implications beyond its most visible effects.
    By Benjamin Hart and Rachel Sugar
  8. marijuana legalization
    Excellent Weed Legalization Bill Dies in New Jersey SenateThe bill would have wiped away the criminal records of low-level drug offenders and guaranteed licenses to small, minority-owned businesses.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. vision 2020
    Kamala Harris: I’ve Smoked Weed and ‘I Did Inhale’California’s former attorney general says weed “gives a lot of people joy and we need more joy in this world.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  10. just asking questions
    A Civil Debate With Pot-Legalization Critic Alex BerensonTalking to the author of Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence.
    By Jesse Singal
  11. marijuana legalization
    From Drug War to Dispensaries: An Oral History of Weed Legalization’s First WaveIn the 1990s, state policies on marijuana were draconian. Then, an unlikely alliance that included George Soros and the Men’s Wearhouse CEO emerged.
    By Jordan Heller
  12. New Jersey Governor Vows to Legalize Weed, Cuomo Promises to Think About ItPhil Murphy pledged to legalize weed in his inauguration speech. Meanwhile, Andrew Cuomo announced the formation of a panel to study the issue.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. A Medical Marijuana User’s Message to Jeff Sessions“I’m not looking for a high. I’m looking for relief from the chronic pain this illness has visited upon me.”
  14. Democrats Should Get Higher on Weed in 2018There aren’t a lot of policies that both energize the liberal base and appeal to a majority of GOP voters. Marijuana legalization is one.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. New Jersey Election Preview: Dems Quietly on the Road to a Unified GovernmentThe intense unpopularity of both Chris Christie and Donald Trump in New Jersey made a Democratic victory this year inevitable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Poll Finds Support of Legal Weed at 64 Percent, an All-time HighFor the first time, a majority of Republicans want to see marijuana legalized.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. interesting times
    Yes, I’m Dependent on WeedAnd perfectly happy to be so.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  18. Obama Says Marijuana Should Be Treated Like AlcoholBut he is resigned to letting the federal government keep treating it like heroin.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. Will the Trump Administration Launch a Civil War Over Legal Weed?Trump’s pick for attorney general is America’s leading opponent of legal pot. Will Jeff Sessions enforce federal prohibition or honor states’ rights?
    By Eric Levitz
  20. early and often
    It’s Been a Historic Election for MarijuanaThe country is going to pot, but not in the way you think.
    By Charley Lanyon
  21. Progressives Are Headed for Big Election Day Wins on Wages, Weed, and GunsNo matter who wins the presidency.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. Marijuana Can Fix Hillary Clinton’s Biggest ProblemIf Clinton wins over millennials, she’ll almost certainly win the White House. And the best cure for millennial apathy is legal weed.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. Big Beer Takes on Little Weed at the Ballot BoxThe alcohol industry is bankrolling efforts to defeat this fall’s ballot initiatives on marijuana legalization.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. Americans Are Smoking a Lot More Weed, But It’s Totally ChillThe number of Americans who use marijuana is going up — but the number who abuse the drug is going down.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. Colorado Teens Smoke Weed Less Now That It’s LegalA new survey finds that the teens are all right.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. Why Hillary Clinton Should Support Bernie Sanders’s Weed BillIf Clinton means what she says about marijuana, she should support ending federal prohibition of the drug.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. weed
    Ohio Voters Defy Nick Lachey, Reject Legalized MarijuanaAdvocates say people are against creating a corporate “marijuana monopoly,” not legalization itself.
    By Margaret Hartmann