Category: Law & Politics

The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel recounts the disaster that is the drug war, giving several reasons to legalize marijuana.

An Alaska couple’s cannabis growing charges were dismissed due to issues about a police officer’s honesty.

As we mentioned here previously, NORML has worked with Representative Diane Russell in Maine to draft and prepare for introduction a measure that would have legalized and...

Constable David Bratzer, President of the Canadian branch of LEAP, filed a complaint against his chief for discrimination based on political views.

Nick Gellespie of The Daily Beast explains that the drug war is over as a political issue, as most Americans now favor legalization.

Denver’s city council recently voted down a proposed weed restrictions that would have made marijuana illegal to carry in parks or the 16th Street Mall. The smell...

I’m feeling blue and it has all to do with a grey area. For the past two weeks, all I’ve been reading is that medical marijuana is gonna...

Quick, wine connoisseurs, panic! Morgan Stanley Research released a report on Monday showing global demand for wine exceeded supply by approximately 300 million cases. The report goes...

Last week, Cowlitz County prosecutor Sue Baur dropped two Washington medical marijuana dispensary cases. Naturally Yours and Grass Rootz owners and employees charged in the cases are...

Monday, a Wisconsin MMJ bill was introduced, signed on by 18 lawmakers.

Reported this week in the Daily Herald: Community banks and credit unions are ready and willing to provide financial services to entrepreneurs in the state’s new legal...

Last Friday, Oregon activists organized as the New Approach Oregon political action committee filed a marijuana legalization initiative with the secretary of state’s office. Unlike the initiatives filed this year by...

If there were any doubts that cannabis has gone mainstream, here’s an article about Cheryl Shuman talking medical marijuana and parents on Dr. Phil.

Parents of a medical cannabis patient filed a suit for legal access to extracts after their son began having difficulty eating.

Winning the battle to preserve Washington’s medical marijuana industry is critical. Politicians want to effectively destroy it completely, claiming patients can buy their medication from recreational shops,...

Please sign this petition to change the SUNY New Paltz marijuana policy if you think students shouldn’t be expelled for marijuana.

Today, Intuit announced the 20 finalists who moved on to Round 3 of their “Small Business, Big Game” contest. Despite finishing first in the initial round of...

On December 5th, the Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments for the medical marijuana initiative that could put an amendment on next year’s ballot.

Some initial videos from last week’s conference — more coming soon. They were shot by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s Drugreporter team, whose work we’ve featured here...

Ireland’s Cannabis Regulation Bill 2013 was published last week by Roscommon TD Luke Ming Flanagan, who says “Ireland is ready for the legalization of cannabis.” The bill will...