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Marijuana debate

A collection of CNN stories about the marijuana legalization debate.

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A woman hand rolls joints in San Francisco for a medical cannabis cooperative. Colorado and Washington state legalized recreational marijuana on November 6.

Penalties by state

Marijuana plants at the mausoleum for reggae musician Peter Tosh (1944 - 1987) in the grounds of his former house in Belmont, Jamaica, 3rd June 2011. (Photo by Kevin Cummins/Getty Images)

Map: Marijuana laws in U.S.

Photos: History of marijuana

This is your body on weed

Being Moody: Growing pot next door to Congress
Talking to kids about legal marijuana
Breckenridge and social media react to pot vote
Is marijuana as safe as -- or safer than -- alcohol?
Will Loretta Lynch change Obama administration's views on legal pot?

Opinions

Katherine Grimm

To legalize pot, stop the infighting

Margaret Storey

Epilepsy patients need more than pot

Mike Riggs

Do marijuana prisoners deserve amnesty?

GO WITH AFP STORY by Desiree Martin A picture taken on April 12, 2013 shows plants of marijuana at the plantation of the Sibaratas Med Can association in Mogan on the southwest coast of the island of Gran Canaria. The plants grow from cuttings for approximately two months and then blossom before being harvested, dried, stored in jars for a month and later processed to be consumed on site. Spanish law prohibits the possession of soft drugs like cannabis in public and its growth to be sold for profit is illegal. But the law does tolerate growing cannabis for personal use and its consumption in private. Dozens of private marijuana smoking clubs operate across Spain that take advantage of this legal loophole that serve cannabis users who do not want to get their drugs from the streets. AFP PHOTO / DESIREE MARTIN (Photo credit should read DESIREE MARTIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Marijuana is safer than alcohol

Pot is legal and sky hasn't fallen

Everyone needs a hobby, right? Recreational marijuana users told us it makes them feel more relaxed and creative.

'I like weed, and I'm a good person': fighting stereotypes

BERKELEY, CA - MARCH 25: One-ounce bags of medicinal marijuana are displayed at the Berkeley Patients Group March 25, 2010 in Berkeley, California. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen certified a ballot initiative late Wednesday to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana in the State of California after proponents of the measure submitted over 690,000 signatures. The measure will appear on the November 2 general election ballot. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Minister's daughter: Cannabis is 'a gift from God'

Dr. Sanjay Gupta in the spring of 2010.

Why I changed my mind on weed

Latest news

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 25: Marijuana plants grow at Perennial Holistic Wellness Center medical marijuana dispensary, which opened in 2006, on July 25, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously voted to ban storefront medical marijuana dispensaries and to order them to close or face legal action. The council also voted to instruct staff to draw up a separate ordinance for consideration in about three months that might allow dispensaries that existed before a 2007 moratorium on new dispensaries to continue to operate. It is estimated that Los Angeles has about one thousand such facilities. The ban does not prevent patients or cooperatives of two or three people to grow their own in small amounts. Californians voted to legalize medical cannabis use in 1996, clashing with federal drug laws. The state Supreme Court is expected to consider ruling on whether cities can regulate and ban dispensaries. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)