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Marijuana in Minnesota

Recreational use of cannabis for adults 21 and older is now legal in Minnesota.

Aspen Ideas Festival: Hickenlooper and Couric with 'The Dope on Pot'

Aspen Ideas Festival: Hickenlooper and Couric with 'The Dope on Pot'

Katie Couric interviews Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper at the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival about marijuana laws, in a session titled, "The Dope on Pot." Governor Hickenlooper opposed the constitutional amendment, approved by 55% of Colorado voters, which legalized recreational marijuana. He answers questions from Couric and the Aspen Ideas Festival audience about medical and recreational marijuana laws. Hickenlooper says there is a lot more that we don't know than we know, and called marijuana legalization "one of the great social experiments of this century."

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What the 2014 Legislature did for you

What the 2014 Legislature did for you

Last year: tax increases to fix a broken budget. This year: tax breaks from a budget surplus. Last year: A new gay marriage law grabbed tons of attention. This year: medical marijuana
by The Associated Press

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Americans split on legal pot, oppose online bets, poll finds

Americans split on legal pot, oppose online bets, poll finds

Young people also are far more supportive of legalization, with 65 percent of the millennial generation and over half of Gen Xers (56 percent) in favor, compared with fewer than half (48 percent) of baby boomers and around a third (36 percent) of the World War II generation.
by The Associated Press

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Minn. Senate approves medical marijuana bill

Minn. Senate approves medical marijuana bill

In a bipartisan vote, the state Senate voted 48 to 18 Tuesday for a bill that allows approved patients access to cannabis in pill and liquid form, but not smoking. The Senate measure does not have the blessing of law enforcement or DFL Gov. Mark Dayton.
by Tim Pugmire

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National rise in pot use hits Minnesota, too

National rise in pot use hits Minnesota, too

About 36 percent of U.S. high school seniors and 12 percent of eighth graders reported smoking marijuana in the past year, according to the report.

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Pot legalization effort moves east to Maine

Pot legalization effort moves east to Maine

Voters in Portland are being asked whether they want to make it legal for adults 21 and over to possess - but not purchase or sell - up to 2.5 ounces of pot. The Nov. 5 vote is being eyed nationally as momentum grows in favor of legalizing marijuana use.

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