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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker thinks that alcohol is safer than pot, and is upset about the president’s remarks to the contrary.

Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) has introduced federal legislation, House Resolution 4046, to remove legal restrictions prohibiting the Office of National Drug Control Policy from researching marijuana legalization....

Texas governor hopeful, Wendy Davis, supports medical marijuana and would consider decriminalization.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio declined to answer whether he has smoked pot in his life, saying the answer would be taken the wrong way no matter what...

Vice President Joe Biden said in a Time interview on Thursday that the Administration supports smarter enforcement, but not outright legalization. “I think the idea of focusing significant...

Today, NORML PAC has announced its endorsement of Delegate Heather Mizeur and her running mate Delman Coates for Governor and Lt. Governor of Maryland. Delegate Mizeur has...

Wyoming Rep. James Byrd has sponsored House Bill 49, which would decriminalize up to an ounce of cannabis in the state. Someone caught with up to a half...

Senator Scutari of New Jersey plans to introduce legislation similar to Colorado’s Amendment 64, rightly claiming that legalization would generate and save millions.

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

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...

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...

In a profile published online over the weekend in New Yorker magazine, President Barack Obama continued his softening towards marijuana legalization. In the interview, the president alluded...

Michael Bolen encourages politicians and media to stop pretending cannabis prohibition protects kids.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz criticized Obama for not locking up Colorado marijuana users for violating federal law.

A new poll was released Monday showing increased support for allowing medical marijuana in West Virginia. The poll, which was commissioned by MPP and conducted by Public...

Leaf Science lists five of the world’s politicians that fought for marijuana reform in 2013.

Elizabeth Onheiber dives deep into Wisconsin medical marjuana politics, covering politicians such as state Senator Leah Vukmir who blocked MMJ bills in 2009 and 2012, saying “I’ve...

New York Senator Diane Savino plans to reintroduce a medical marijuana bill next year, after the last one was stomped by partisan politics.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Salinda Dissanayake, announced that he will introduce a bill to legalize marijuana.

New York lawmaker Steve Katz, who voted against MMJ then got a ticket for possession, has joined the ArcView Group of investors.