EditorialState Sen. Lindsey Port, the author of the bill, speaks ahead of a Minnesota Senate vote to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Minnesota at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., April 28, 2023. (Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times)
EditorialA section of Lake Mead with the “bathtub ring” visible after a decades-long megadrought outside Boulder City, Nev., on Feb. 2, 2023. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy greets customers after a tour of the dispensary on the first day of recreational marijuana sales at Zen Leaf dispensary in Elizabeth, N.J., April 21, 2022. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy greets customers after a tour of the dispensary on the first day of recreational marijuana sales at Zen Leaf dispensary in Elizabeth, N.J., April 21, 2022. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialBlack Men Run, a running group founded in 2013, warming up at Tempe Beach Park before their early morning run, in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 13, 2019. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialLola Star and her dog, Dazzle, who has gotten into joints left on the ground many times, at theeir home in Brooklyn on Feb. 4, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialJayden Cisneros plays soccer in the rain outside one of the recreational vehicles where his family lives in Rancho Dominguez, Calif., Jan. 14, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialA press conference is held to mark the opening of New York State’s first legal cannabis retail dispensary at the non-profit Housing Works, in Manhattan on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAlan Matijasevic, 29, plays for El Ciclón de Burzaco, which offers soccer for people anywhere from age 5 to 80. His son Gio, 7, is a in a recreational program. (Anita Pouchard Serra/The New York Times)
EditorialAs recreational marijuana becomes legalized across the United States, some couples are finding new ways to incorporate cannabis into nearly every aspect of their wedding celebrations. (Rachel Stern/The New York Times)
EditorialTremaine Wright, chairwoman of the New York State Cannabis Control Board, at a public meeting in Manhattan on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
EditorialErica Ford, founder of LIFE camp, during the New York Times' DealBook conference in New York, on Nov. 6, 2019. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialCannabis is dried inside a greenhouse after being harvested at a Suffolk County farm in New York on Oct. 4, 2022. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
Editorial Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist speaks to reporters following press conference on Election Day at the Lake Vista Recreational Center in Largo, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times)
Editorial Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist delivers remarks during a press conference on Election Day at the Lake Vista Recreational Center in Largo, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times)