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![Lauren Smith had her children torn away from her after a lab test indicated that she had used marijuana at some point while pregnant.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/USOA_South_Carolina_Lauren_Smith_2-400x300.jpg)
South Carolina Is Ripping Infants Away From Their Mothers Over Pot Use
Marijuana may not even harm fetuses, but South Carolina now jails mothers who test positive for exposure while pregnant.
![A flowering cannabis plant is seen at the Illicit Gardens production facility in Independence, Missouri, on March 18, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1109-marijuana-400x300.jpg)
Poll Finds 70 Percent of Americans Back Legal Recreational Marijuana Use
The poll's publication comes one day after voters in Ohio passed a referendum legalizing recreational use in the state.
![Marijuana leaves under dappled light](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0830-marijuana-400x300.jpg)
Biden Health Officials Recommend Downgrading Marijuana From Schedule I
Advocates say officials should go further than rescheduling the drug and have called for decriminalization.
![Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is pictured at a 2021 press conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0802_ashley-moody-400x300.jpg)
Florida’s 2024 Ballot May Include Abortion Rights, Marijuana Legalization
Florida’s Supreme Court has struck down four out of nine citizen initiatives it reviewed over the past five years.
![An illustration of a man trapped behind both prison bars and the silhouettes of marijuana leaves](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0420-prison-weed-400x300.jpg)
While You’re Lighting Up on 4/20, I’m Serving Decades in Prison for Selling Weed
I was sentenced in 1998 to 40 years in prison for selling marijuana. Even as it is decriminalized, I remain behind bars.
![An illustration of a man curled into the fetal position in a prison cell as the shadows, forming a toothy maw, prepare to eat him alive](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0207-prison-rubus-400x300.jpg)
While Ex-Elected Officials Invest in Cannabis, I Remain in Prison for Selling It
I've spent over 24 years in prison for marijuana charges while others profit from it. How is this fair?
![Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos addresses the Assembly during a legislative session on December 4, 2018, in Madison, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0113-robin-vos-400x300.jpg)
Wisconsin Republicans Refuse to Consider Legalizing Recreational Cannabis Use
Nearly two-thirds of Wisconsinites support the legalization of marijuana for recreational use.
![A grower cuts marijuana plants to place on shelves to be taken to the drying room during the processing of marijuana plants at MMJ America cannabis growing facility at the old Dardano's Flowerland greenhouse on April 11, 2018, in Denver, Colorado.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1222-marijuana-400x300.jpg)
Marijuana Law Reached Peak Absurdity in 2022
As cannabis startups struggle, consumers get “legally” high on sketchy synthetics sold in prohibition states.
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Cannabis Industry Poured Millions Into Legalization Ballot Measures in 4 States
Nearly $10 million has gone into ballot measures in Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota since 2021.
![A customer uses an ATM at a medical marijuana dispensary on April 21, 2022, in Bloomfield, New Jersey.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1013-marijuana-400x300.jpg)
7 in 10 Voters Support White House Move to Consider Decriminalizing Marijuana
The poll suggests that decriminalizing the drug could be a politically savvy move for Biden before the election.