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In California, the battle between federal and state authorities over legal marijuana at Harborside Health Center is coming to a head in a high-profile legal challenge. Watch the video and read the transcript.
Mendocino County officials filed a motion last Fri to try to quash a federal grand jury subpoena seeking records by Jan 8th about a now-canceled county...
Here are the Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy In 2012 from NORML. #1 Colorado and Washington Vote To Legalize Marijuana...
Recreational marijuana use has long been the subject of heated debate, and laws regulating cannabis consumption vary greatly from country to country.
A Mason district judge has ruled blood tests on a motorist to determine marijuana presence cannot be used in a case because the Michigan State Police...
California Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom said last Fri, “It’s shocking, from my perspective, the number of people that we all know who are recreational marijuana...
Please find below a recent memo from Florida Attorney General’s office rejecting activist’s petition to reschedule marijuana for medical access. ..
Michigan’s medical marijuana law does not allow a collective grow operation, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday in the case of a Grand Rapids man who gave warehouse space to others to raise pot.
Brionne Corbray, a medical marijuana entrepreneur, was the first Seattle dispensary owner to be sentenced on federal drug-dealing charges.
2012 Monitoring the Future Survey reports that there was no rise in daily or annual marijuana use among teens. According to the report, “annual marijuana...
Felipe Calderon has finished his term as president of Mexico and he leaves office known as the man who plunged his country into a drug war....
An opponent of legalization says it would exacerbate inequality in the United States. But he fails to account for the impact of jail time on inequality under currents laws.
It’s taken the FAA a long time to release info... This includes several thousand pages of drone authorizations for law enforcement agencies, universities...
Harborside is in the news again today. Two weeks ago we noted the premiere (and largest) dispensary had won a battle in state court. Facing threats by...
In some ways 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug prohibition appears to crumble before our eyes.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of December 19, 2012:
Who knew throwing a cigarette butt out of your car window would lead to a publicly humiliating body cavity search under the guise of 'the war on cannabis'?
Lubbock High School’s orchestra director, Alejos Anaya, resumed teaching duties on Monday after the resolution of his arrest Nov. 7 on a marijuana charge.
