A bi-partisan group of US representatives led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) Friday introduced legislation that would end the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that...
A new report prepared for Congress from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) concludes the feds have no easy options to fight Washington & Colorado on legal marijuana, as it...
As previewed last week on NORML’s blog, the Brookings Institute is convening a cannabis policy forum on Monday, April 15. In advance of the symposium, Brookings has released...
The DEA has obtained a warrant for Oregon’s medical marijuana records. In the application for the warrant, the requesting DEA agent said, “I have probable cause to believe...
Bills that would require recipients of public benefits, such as welfare or unemployment benefits, to submit to drug testing, have advanced in three states. On Monday, an...
After months of postponing a fight between Mendocino County and the US Attorney’s Office, an agreement has been reached. Mendocino County agreed to hand over medical marijuana...
A bill introduced by State Rep. Kelly Alexander, Jr. (D-Mecklenburg) to downgrade the penalty for simple possession of marijuana in North Carolina, passed first reading Wednesday and...
This past January, newly-elected Mayor Bob Filner, announced plans to stop the crackdown on medical marijuana in San Diego. Mayor Filner began working on a proposal to...
Hawaii Senate judiciary committee Chairman Clayton Hee has shot down two resolutions asking authorities to release Roger Christie from federal prison on bail.
The Obama administration released its Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal Wednesday, including its 2014 federal drug budget. Pundits and politicians on both sides of the aisle quickly pronounced...
The NORML Women’s Alliance is hosting a wake-n-bake to celebrate the launch their new foundation. Set for April 21st, 2013 in Denver Colorado, the event promises the...
A Portland billboard put up by Marijuana Policy Project in March only lasted one night before being destroyed. The billboard featured pictures of beer, wine and a...
Rhode Island is set to see its first dispensary open next, Mendocino County faces down the feds, and more news from around the country. Let’s get to...
Wednesday the Massachusetts Department of Public Health discussed medical marijuana draft regulations with the Public Health Council. One of these regulations would require dispensary owners to have...
The number of marijuana plants eradicated by law enforcement has plummeted in the last few years from a record high of over 10 million plants in 2009...
And then there were eight. That is, as marijuana legalization bills have been formally introduced this month in Alabama and Pennsylvania, the number of states to see...
Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP, said Tuesday “For about 40 years, we’ve decided that is how we solve almost every problem, whether it’s homelessness or drug addiction, we’ve gotten to...
A coalition of more than 175 artists, actors, athletes, elected officials, and civil rights and civil liberties advocates Tuesday sent an open letter to President Obama urging him to...
A police officer in the suburban Dallas community of Richardson, Texas, shot and killed a woman with outstanding drug arrest warrants as she fled from an attempted...
