TIME on Pot: 5 Cover Stories About Marijuana

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By Lily Rothman

This week’s TIME cover story examines how little we actually know about marijuana’s effects on our brains, even as cities and states around the United States are legalizing the drug.

It’s not the first time marijuana has been cover-story material. TIME has published five cover stories about the drug that, taken together, show how society’s view of marijuana has evolved over two decades.

Read the new cover story here, on Time.com: The Great Pot Experiment

Dec. 9, 1996
The Dec. 9, 1996, cover of TIMECover Credit: GARY TRUDEAU
Nov. 4, 2002
The Nov. 4, 2002, cover of TIMECover Credit: TED THAI, ARTHUR HOCHSTEIN, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/PHOTO RESEARCHERS
Nov. 22, 2010
The Nov. 22, 2010, cover of TIMECover Credit: PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEFF RIEDEL FOR TIME
April 21, 2014
The April 21, 2014, cover of TIMEPhotograph by Jamie Chung for TIME
May 25, 2015
The May 25, 2015, cover of TIMEPhoto-illustration by Brobel Design for TIME. Mouse: Getty, Lighter, Joint, Smoke: iStockphoto

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