Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Months away from stepping down from the Colorado General Assembly, Pueblo Sen. Nick Hinrichsen sponsored a bill to decriminalize ...

Virginia took a major step toward becoming the latest state to decriminalize marijuana on Monday, with a bill advancing out of one half of the Commonwealth’s general assembly. The ...

Marijuana decriminalization took another step forward in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, with the City Council voting to pass a bill that would reduce the penalty for possession of small amounts of ...

iStock / Getty Images The golden dome of the Colorado Capitol in Denver. A bill that would have decriminalized prostitution in Colorado will not move forward this year after its sponsor said it lacks ...

Months away from stepping down from the Colorado General Assembly, Pueblo Sen. Nick Hinrichsen sponsored a bill to decriminalize sex work statewide because he believed it would "save lives." However, ...