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On January 1, sales and use of recreational marijuana became legal in the state of Colorado. Other states such as Oregon and California have ballot initiatives scheduled that may legalize marijuana there as well. Several factors appear to be at work in the drive to legalize recreational marijuana. First is the abject failure of the war on marijuana, which, surprisingly, began right at the moment ... View the full article

A naturally occurring hormone acts as spontaneous defense in the brain against the high caused by marijuana and could be useful in preventing addiction, researchers said Thursday. View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado ski resorts and the state Tourism Office have chosen not to embrace out-of-state visitors who have come to buy legalized cannabis, creating an opportunity for a handful of small firms that are catering to marijuana tourists. When legalized marijuana became available for sale with the New Year, out-of-state tourists joined Coloradans in lining up at ... View the full article

A US man who won a Breaking Bad competition may have gleaned too much inspiration from the show and is now facing charges for running a drug operation. View the full article

Stocks of companies involved in the marijuana industry -- medical or otherwise -- hit fresh highs Thursday after Colorado launched the first legal US sale of recreational pot. Investors took the huge lines ... View the full article

Marijuana enthusiasts are counting on more US states to follow Colorado in legalizing the drug, but opponents said Thursday the fight over pot is far from over. The Rocky Mountain state made drug history on New Year's Day with the inauguration of retail sales of marijuana for recreational use. The Pacific Northwest state of Washington is set to follow suit later this year -- even though, under ... View the full article

The second day of the nation's first fully legal marijuana industry was just a bit less frenzied than the first. Rather than hundred-deep lines outside the limited number of licensed retail shops, the ... View the full article

Denver (UNITED STATES) (AFP) - Marijuana users celebrated Wednesday as Colorado became the first US state to allow retail cannabis sales. Supporters hailed the drug's legalization -- and legal sale -- in Colorado as historic, and a possible sign of things to come elsewhere. Videographic detailing the global production and trafficking of drugs. VIDEOGRAPHIC View the full article

Marijuana advocates want a referendum to decide if the controversial drug should be legalised and taxed in Australia, following similar moves in the US. View the full article

America's first retail stores selling marijuana have opened for business in Colorado. View the full article

First US recreational pot industry opens in Colorado, kicking off global marijuana experiment. View the full article

LEGAL sales of marijuana for recreational use have begun in the US state of Colorado. View the full article

Colorado and Washington are set to become the first US states to legalise recreational marijuana shops. View the full article

The Uruguayan President has signed into law the plan to oversee the production and sale of marijuana. View the full article

Police in Colorado have increased patrols around marijuana retailers as the the state allows the first sales for recreational use in the US. Possession, cultivation and private personal consumption of marijuana by adults has been legal in Colorado for more than a year, but so-called Green Wednesday is a major milestone for the legalisation movement. "No one's ever done this before," said Robin ... View the full article