Former president Bill Clinton spoke out in favor of letting states decide whether or not to legalize marijuana, pointing to "a lot of evidence" showing that medical marijuana can help patients with a wide range of symptoms.
Officials for New Approach Oregon say they will submit 145,000 signatures to the secretary of state Thursday for their initiative to legalize marijuana in the state.
Marijuana is legal for recreational use in two states and for medical use in nearly two dozen others, but that hasn't kept some law enforcement officials from taking a hard line against its use and cultivation.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislators announced Thursday that they have agreed on a path forward to legalize medical marijuana in the state.
CANNABIS CULTURE - The presumed Democratic front-runner for the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton, claimed she would be "committing radical candor" when asked by CNN's Christiane Amanpour about marijuana legalization this week.