The DEA Can't Legalize Medical Marijuana
An imminent rescheduling decision is bound to disappoint anyone hoping for pot by prescription.
An imminent rescheduling decision is bound to disappoint anyone hoping for pot by prescription.
Reports of pot prohibition's death have been greatly exaggerated.
Law forbidding businesses involved in medical marijuana distribution from giving to candidates in Illinois, or candidates accepting such money, challenged in federal court.
Underage consumption is lower today than it was before two dozen states legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use.
Prohibitionists warned that loosening legal restrictions on cannabis would encourage teenagers to smoke pot.
Spending bill amendment would halt gag order prohibiting marijuana discussion.
After trying to shut down the Harborside Health Center for years, the DOJ gives up.
A Fortune list highlights those fighting the good fight against pot prohibition.
Contrary to Obama's claims, he has the power to end the madness. Will he?
The feds had argued that a spending rider left them free to shut down dispensaries.
Gov. Tom Wolf plans to sign a bill that was overwhelmingly approved by the state legislature.
The agency always drags its feet before saying no, saying yes would require an embarrassing reversal, and the president has passed the buck to Congress.
The president prefers to pretend that rescheduling requires congressional action.
DCF says it doesn't seize children merely because their parents use marijuana.
But the case, which hinged on the DEA's broad statutory discretion, does not say much about the SCOTUS nominee's drug policy views.
Prosecutors say there was "no evidence" the bars contained cannabis.
Ruling doesn't affect recreational use.
This California city wants to change its reputation from prison community to legal pot manufacturer.
Governor signs law to fix flaw that caused cities to ban marijuana cultivation
A narrower version of a 2014 initiative qualifies for this year's ballot.
A federal jury convicts Lance Gloor of something hundreds of uncharged competitors openly did.
Lance Gloor, whose crimes are the same as those committed by hundreds of uncharged dispensary operators, could get up to 35 years.
Pro football lives on massive consumption of painkillers, but still bans therapeutic use of pot.
Some observers got carried away when Congress renewed the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment.
Contrary to what you may have heard, the federal ban has not been lifted.
As in 2014, the omnibus spending pill includes pro-pot and anti-pot amendments.
The evidence concerning marijuana's effect on fetuses is mixed and incomplete.
The evidence does not support the claim that cannabis poses an unacceptable risk to fetuses.
Moving pot to Schedule II is weak tea compared to Bernie Sanders' support for repealing federal prohibition.
His Democratic opponent said letting patients use cannabis for symptom relief would produce a "lost generation" of adolescent potheads.
Defense attorneys say hundreds of marijuana cases may be tainted by state crime labs' "systematic evidence tampering."
Practical suggestions for making it easier to investigate the therapeutic properties of cannabis
Thanks to a spending rider, California's oldest dispensary can reopen.
Spending restrictions aim to stop interference with state marijuana and hemp policies.
The remaining defendants in the Kettle Falls Five case receive sentences ranging from 12 to 33 months.
'Historic' marijuana bill spotlights the importance of initiatives.
But even the New Jersey governor concedes "the war on drugs has been a failure."
Paul, Fiorina, Bush all support letting states make own choices.
Spurred by a general legalization initiative, the bills would explicitly allow commercial cultivation and distribution for the first time.
Santa Ana officers tried to suppress a video that seems to show them sampling a dispensary's wares.
The "lost" medical cannabis laws of the '70s and early '80s
Judging from Ginnifer Hency's case, the official reason is implausible.
The county kept Ginnifer Hency's property even after the charge against her was dismissed.
The National Conference of State Legislatures wants the feds to stop interfering with legalization.
The DOJ's narrow reading of a law protecting medical marijuana contradicts what it said last year.
Santa Ana officers want to stop their department from using the footage to investigate them.