America’s Weed Rush reporting by state and region

Alaska

• After legalizing marijuana, Alaska struggles to roll out regulations

• Marijuana pushes the limits in the inexact science of DUID

• States struggle to develop comprehensive weed safety regulations

Arizona

• Could Arizona be next to legalize?

• Pro-legalization groups prepare for marijuana measures in 2016

• Government restrictions, lack of funding slow progress on medical marijuana research

California

• Medical marijuana brings bedlam and crime to some California communities

• With a federal ban on marijuana, states are left to craft their own medical pot rules — whether they work or not

• Growing marijuana industry raises environmental concerns

Colorado

• Colorado on pot: America's imperfect marijuana model

• Lacking banks, marijuana businesses amass stacks of cash

• Experts: Whites dominate lucrative legal cannabis industry while minorities struggle for footing

• States struggle to develop comprehensive weed safety regulations

Hawaii

• Hawaii's medical marijuana patients turn to illegal market for medicine

• Medical marijuana caregivers not inspected, could feed illegal markets

• Resolute parents demand marijuana treatment for children

Montana

• In Montana, medical marijuana in danger as debate drags on

• With a federal ban on marijuana, states are left to craft their own medical pot rules — whether they work or not

• States struggle to develop comprehensive weed safety regulations

Nevada

• Marijuana related businesses in Nevada race to open after regulatory delays

• From UFC fighter to marijuana grower, Steve Cantwell prepares to start selling pot in Nevada

• Las Vegas marijuana delivery operators try to avoid attention

• Lacking banks, marijuana businesses amass stacks of cash

• Marijuana industry explodes, but complications abound

Oregon

• From seed to sale, Oregon grows on its reputation for prime pot

• Growing marijuana industry raises environmental concerns

• Marijuana pushes the limits in the inexact science of DUID

South

• A lost generation of medical marijuana patients still lobbies fiercely in the South

• Resolute parents demand marijuana treatment for children

• Pro-legalization groups prepare for marijuana measures in 2016

Washington

• Washington's recreational pot program is up and running

• Marijuana pushes the limits in the inexact science of DUID

• Vashon Island: Growing legal pot in paradise

• Growing marijuana industry raises environmental concerns