Forbes: Legal Marijuana is a Boon to the Economy, Study Finds 

• A Colorado report finds that a taxed and regulated cannabis industry contributed more than $58 million to the local Denver, CO economy.

Forbes: Marijuana Industry Projected To Create More Jobs Than Manufacturing By 2020

• A new report projects that by 2020 the legal cannabis market will create more than a quarter of a million jobs.

Investopedia: The Economic Benefits of Legalizing Weed

• A RCG Economics and Marijuana Policy Group study on Nevada says that legalizing recreational marijuana in the state could support over 41,000 jobs till 2024 and generate over $1.7 billion in labor income.

NYT: The Great Colorado Weed Experiment

Business Insider: 23 Health Benefits of Marijuana

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LifeHack: 20 Medical Benefits of Marijuana You Probably Never Knew

NY Daily News: Here's What Happens If You Smoke Cannabis For a Year to Relieve Chronic Pain

Newsweek: Marijuana is a Wonder Drug When It Comes to the Horrors of Chemo

Los Angeles Times: Take it From Me As a Former NFL Player: Pot is Better For Pain Than Opioids

Washington Post: Marijuana May Be Even Safer Than Previously Thought

NY Times: The Injustice of Marijuana Arrests

Drug Policy Alliance: Race and the Drug War

Huffington Post: Racial Disparity In Marijuana Arrests

Doctors For Cannabis Regulation: Doctors and Players for NFL Cannabis Reform

ACLU: Nick Smith: How the War on Marijuana Derails Lives

ACLU: The War on Marijuana in Black and White

Crain's: Legalizing Recreational Pot is a Bad Idea for Employers

• According to this article, the legalization of recreational marijuana will impose significant costs on taxpayers, resulting in workplace losses, car crashes, lost tourism revenue, administrative enforcement and a multitude of other issues.

VICE: Growing Weed is Pretty Bad for the Environment

Grist: Everything You Need to Know About Pot's Environmental Impact

ScienceDaily.com: Marijuana's Hidden Price-Environmental Impact

NIH: Mind Over Matter-Marijuana (text available in Spanish)

TeensHealth: Marijuana (audio and text available in Spanish)

San Francisco Magazine: What’s the Matter with California Cannabis?

Teen Vogue: Don't Believe This Major Myth About Smoking Weed

NIH: Effects of Marijuana on Brains and Bodies

Science Daily: Smoking cannabis increases risk of depression in the case of genetic vulnerability, study finds

NYT: Marijuana Has Proven to Be a Gateway Drug

STAT: Easing Access to Marijuana is Not a Way to Solve the Opioid Epidemic

Healio: Cannabis Use May Increase Risk For Opioid Abuse

Weed Legalization Highlights How Progressive Policies Deceptively Re-Entrench Anti-Black Dynamics

USA Today: Marijuana Devastated Colorado, Don't Legalize It Nationally

Racial Justice Drive Fight For Against Legal Pot in New Jersey