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Compare Rebecca Maes’ prison sentence to the current plight of Texas teen Jacob Lovato, who is facing a life sentence for making and selling pot brownies. Jenny Kush
Colorado has certainly garnered a lot of attention since voters there decided to legalize marijuana in the 2012 election, but when it comes to drug reform, there's a lot more going on in the Rocky Mountain State than just buds, blunts, and bongs.
A bill reforming CA's drug sentencing laws is poised for approval in the state Senate, and a new poll shows strong support for reform among Latino voters.
In recent talks with Attorney General Eric Holder, DEA Chief Michelle Leonhart was encouraged to tone down the Drug War propaganda she has been advancing since the Obama administration did not sue the state of Colorado for legalizing marijuana.
On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Nixon made Missouri history by allowing the state to join the ranks of 18 others that have eliminated the possibility of jail time for the possession of marijuana.
Medical marijuana patient Larry Harvey, 70, is traveling to Washington, D.C. this week to persuade Congress to stop funding unnecessary federal prosecutions like his.
DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday to warn of the dangers of marijuana legalization and affirm her support for mandatory minimum sentences.
The Smarter Sentencing Act (House Resolution 3382/Senate Bill 1410) now has 26 cosponsors, including 10 Republicans. The Senate version of the bill...
A Colorado appeals court ruled that Amendment 64 applies retroactively to the sentences of people convicted of minor cannabis offenses.
Thanks to recent reform, Italy no longer treats cannabis enthusiasts the same as heroin enthusiasts, and is set to release 10,000 pot prisoners.
Italy's constitutional court struck down a law that removed the distinction between "soft" and "hard" drugs, treating pot possession like heroin possession.
The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday gave its imprimatur to the Smarter Sentencing Act, approving the bill and sending it on to a Senate floor vote.
The defelonization effort comes a year after voters approved Prop 36, which rolled back the state's three strikes law by exempting most nonviolent offenders
The ACLU recently released a report called “A Living Death: Life without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses,”
Efforts are afoot to push a defelonization measure through the Washington legislature next year.
The hearing comes in the face of a prison population that has increased seven-fold in the past 30 years, driven by mandatory minimum sentences.
Eric Holder said he was expanding the policy of not pursuing mandatory minimum drug sentencing to include people whose cases are already in the pipeline.
California sees about 10,000 drug possession cases each year. That figure does not include marijuana, decriminalized under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
