Marijuana Legalization

2011 was a busy year in drug policy. Here is our selection of the biggest stories of the year here at home.

Two-thirds of Canadians want marijuana legalized or decriminalized, according to a new Forum Research poll.

The Canadian Liberal Party has passed a non-binding resolution calling for marijuana legalization, regulation, and taxation.

Michigan medical marijuana patients are tired of getting pushed around by state officials, so they've come up with a novel solution: Just repeal the marijuana laws once and for all. An initiative that would do that is getting underway now.

We go around the world to find the most important international drug policy stories of 2011.

Washington state marijuana legalization initiative supporters turned in enough signatures last week to almost guarantee that the measure will be on the ballot in November. Now, we wait for the state to make it official.

A new law allowing prosecutors to divert small-time drug possessors into treatment instead of prison went into effect Friday.

Spain's Basque County Autonomous Community is on course to legalize marijuana early next year.

Four of Vancouver's last five former mayors are calling for marijuana legalization, and they have been joined by the city's current mayor.