Category: Law & Politics

Medical marijuana advocates gathered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to tell lawmakers to legalize the plant for medicinal uses.

Drugs, Crime, and Violence: From Trafficking to Treatment by Howard Rahtz (2013, Hamilton Press, 141 pp., $25.98 PB Amazon) The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973 by Kathleen Frydl (2013,...

Poland has hosted several speakers from Seattle to discuss drug laws, their costs and the benefits of reform.

A newly released poll found that over half of Georgia voters support a marijuana legalization policy similar to that of Colorado and Washington (54%), however that same...

Advocates in Oregon are worried that the medical marijuana testing rules they fought for may have become too restrictive.

When Andrew Cuomo unveiled his plan for legalizing cannabis for medical use in New York State, one element activists were quick to criticize was the method of distribution. Under Cuomo’s proposal,...

Residents of a pair of California counties are fighting back against restrictive ordinances, Arizona rejects some new medical conditions, Illinois sets out draft rules, and more. Let’s...

Marijuana Policy Project has started a petition on Change.org to remove cannabis from the list of controlled substances.

Chicago Tribune covers one of Illinois’ more controversial proposed medical marijuana rules: give up your right to own a gun for your card.

The stench grows in Philadelphia, a parole officer gets caught stealing parolee’s pills, a reserve cop tries to trade dope for sex, and jail guards continue to...

Bill Gates told Buzzfeed he voted yes on I-502 to legalize recreational marijuana in his home state of Washington in 2012, but would not answer if he’s...

Illinois’ medical cannabis pilot program has made its draft rules available to the public and asks for feedback to make the program safe and convenient.

Daily Beast’s Nick Gillespie explains that ending the war on pot is Obama’s opportunity to be remembered as President.

Sometimes-loved ACLU lawyer Allison Holcomb and unlikely ally Sharon Foster (Chairwoman of the WA Liquor Control Board) have publicly stated that, should it come to it, they...

Although a recent poll showed 76 percent of Minnesotans are in favor of legalizing medical marijuana, cannabis activists are planning to take their fight to the Minnesota State...

Presente.org has alerted CourageCampaign.org – which in turn alerted San Diego ASA – to a shameful racist attack in San Diego. With just weeks until a special...

A Nottingham bar was closed for hosting the Nottingham Cannabis Club, and law enforcement reminds us that all drugs destroy user’s lives… Oh, except alcohol.

A proposed temporary dispensary ban in Hillsboro, Oregon is not meant to become permanent, according to Planning Director Colin Cooper.

With the recent opinion on I-502 moratoriums released by WA State AG, it seems that local governments can effectively ignore the state laws and ban even state-backed...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the Las Vegas Sun it’s time to look at medical marijuana, although he’s never tried it: “I think we need to...