C.A. — California’s Assembly will consider lifting its 96-year-old ban on marijuana, decriminalizing the drug and taxing it like alcohol, as the state seeks ways out of its worst financial crisis since World War II. The Assembly’s Public Safety Committee...

Los Angeles’ proposed medical marijuana ordinance — which would ban the sale of pot at dispensaries — could cost the city $36 million to $74 million in lost sales tax, according to a marijuana advocacy group. Photo by lavocado, Wikimedia...

Monday’s Gallup poll showing that a record 44% of Americans favor making marijuana legal has brought increased attention to the need for an open, national debate on marijuana policy. The fact that 44% percent of people favor taxing and regulating...