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A pro-marijuana group is launching another television bid to legalize pot in California — this time with the pitch that legalizing and taxing the drug could help solve the state's massive budget deficit.

Police said Saturday they found 10 pounds of marijuana and $100,000 in cash in the basement of the Special Moments Daycare.

Rhode Island has become the third state in the nation to permit marijuana sales to chronically ill patients over the objections of Gov. Don Carcieri.

Federal drug trafficking and weapons charges led to the Monday arrest of veteran Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond M. Martin, who is accused in a criminal complaint of dealing marijuana while on duty and in ...

The traffic stop of a big-rig turned into a juicy bust for the Arizona Department of Public Safety on Tuesday after 508 pounds of pot were discovered along with a load of watermelons.

Wide receivers Percy Harvin and Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana during February's NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, two sources told FOXSports.com.

Research announced this month by the University of Granada in Spain suggests that daily cannabis use predisposes a person to the appearance of psychosis and schizophrenia. The study, published in the journals Schizophrenia Research and European Psychiatry, interviewed 92 people,...

Could marijuana be the answer to the economic misery facing California? Democratic State Assembly member Tom Ammiano thinks so. Ammiano introduced legislation last month that would legalize pot and allow the state to regulate and tax its sale — a move that could mean billions for the cash-strapped state.

An Assemblyman from San Francisco argues that it's time to tax and regulate the state's biggest cash crop in the same manner as alcohol. Opponents say it would create new costs for society.

In a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, Americans are closely divided on the question of whether marijuana should be legalized: 40% say it should be, while 46% disagree. Fourteen percent (14%) are not sure which course is better.