The old saying goes “everything changes, nothing changes,” and in some ways the last few years in the United States have proved that human nature is strange...
Even in one of the country’s most marijuana-friendly states, smoking pot off the job and away from work can still get an employee fired. That was the...
Two neighboring states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Colorado’s laws legalizing recreational marijuana. Nebraska and Oklahoma filed the lawsuit directly with the nation’s highest...
Today’s hearing on cannabis policy is a very big deal. By finally taking updated testimony from eminent experts – including Dr. Carl Hart, Dr. Phillip Denny, and the...
American law enforcement can now forcibly pull motorists over based solely on the anonymous “911” tips they receive from highway rats. High Times reported the U.S. Supreme...
In an interview with NPR released today, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens came out in support for marijuana legalization. When asked if he believed the...
A national clinical cannabis conference is coming to Portland next month, state legislatures continue to deal with medical marijuana and CBD bills, Colorado wants to crack down...
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear an appeal from medical marijuana advocacy groups who had challenged the DEA’s decision to maintain marijuana’s status as a...
Heavily redacted Border Patrol records deprived an alleged marijuana smuggler of his right to challenge the reliability of a drug-sniffing dog, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday. Jonathan...
Patient advocacy group argues that over 200 peer-reviewed studies are more than adequate to show medical efficacy. Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA)...
There was a big Supreme Court ruling today. In Alleyne v. United States, a 5-4 majority extended an important sentencing reform that had begun with in the 2000 case Apprendi v....
From the US Supreme Court to the local city council chambers, medical marijuana continues to be a contentious issue. Here’s the latest. National On Monday, the US Supreme...
Marijuana rescheduling is headed for the US Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court upheld local dispensary bans, the feds strike again in Berkeley and Washington state, and...
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, last week the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing filed be Americans for Safe Access...
A Jamaican caught with a small amount of marijuana cannot be deported for an aggravated felony, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Adrian Moncrieffe was about 26...
Special to Drug War Chronicle by Clarence Walker, freelancewriter82@gmail.com Blocked by a Supreme Court decision from using GPS tracking devices without a warrant, federal investigators and other law...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday relaxed the standards for courts to consider vehicle searches prompted by an alert from a drug-sniffing dog. Writing for the unanimous panel, Justice...
special to Drug War Chronicle by investigative journalist Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.com A case that began with reports of suspicious activity in northeast Wisconsin forest land last spring may...
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear from California raisin producers who are challenging a federal price support program granted by the Constitution’s Commerce Clause and...
