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The Madison and Wisconsin chapters of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), along with Is My Medicine Legal YET? (IMMLY), the Wisconsin medical cannabis advocacy group founded by…
The US government is set to vote on an e-mail privacy bill which, if passed, will enable government agencies to read Americans' e-mails without warrants...
In the wake of this month's marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington, legislators in New England are ramping up efforts to be the next...
In the wake of this month's vote in Colorado to legalize marijuana, which won with 55% of the vote, a bipartisan group from the state's congressional...
Will big corporations get involved in marijuana? At this point even legal dispensaries under state law are still labeled as drug traffickers under federal law.
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of November 20, 2012...
The message from the big marijuana wins on Election Day has already begun to reverberate around the nation. Right on the heels of the votes in WA and CO...
Tues morning Former Baltimore narcotics officer Neill Franklin delivered a letter signed by 73 current and former law enforcement, judges, prosecutors to...
For the 20 states in which marijuana is legal, either for medicinal or recreational purposes, there’s a new challenge for law enforcement: judging whether stoned users are too impaired to drive.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of November 20, 2012:
Illinois state lawmakers are expected in the coming days to consider legislation that seeks to allow for the limited use of cannabis by authorized patients.
Health insurance rarely if ever covers its use; some patients spend hundreds of dollars a month or more on the drug. The situation may not change anytime soon, some experts say.
The morning after Election Day, as news sunk in that voters in two states had legalized recreational marijuana, state Rep. Bruce Hunter was having conversations with constituents on their front lawns about the prospect of Iowa doing the same.
New Jersey’s first medical marijuana dispensary is set to open in Essex County, and some experts and officials have differing opinions on the state of the program and guesses as to just…
Efforts to legalize industrial hemp in Kentucky are getting help from votes in Washington and Colorado to legalize marijuana, according to Kentucky agriculture secretary James Comer.
Prosecutors throughout Colorado and Washington state continue to dismiss hundreds of pending misdemeanor marijuana possession cases.
ThePetitionSite.com has recently introduced a petition to limit Chris Williams prison sentence. Sign the petition and let U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen know how you feel .
The parliament of Singapore has approved legislation abolishing mandatory death sentences in some drug trafficking cases.
