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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