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Silicon Valley loves drugs, but its towns kept saying no to legal weed.

California law sets clear rules for marijuana use — from how you can travel with weed to where it’s legal to smoke. What if you don’t partake? When the scent of a neighbor’s joint wafts into your yard ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A billion dollars of tax revenue, the taming of the black market, the convenience of retail cannabis stores throughout the state — these were some of the promises made by proponents of ...

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Humboldt County helped fuel the rise of the marijuana industry, but after the plant’s legalization, its farmers are struggling. Dan Golden has been growing weed for almost 20 years. As he hand-watered ...

Fresh off a meandering national economic speech Wednesday night, President Donald Trump pivoted to a far more popular policy area Thursday by signing an executive order designed to push cannabis ...