NYC Police Commissioner Says Marijuana Trade Is Too Violent to Be Legalized
William Bratton cites a problem created by prohibition as a reason to keep it.
William Bratton cites a problem created by prohibition as a reason to keep it.
That exaggerates the actual change by a factor of 72.
Kristine Kirk's family say her husband would not have killed her if he had been properly warned about THC side effects.
Traffic safety trends in Washington after marijuana legalization are ambiguous.
MPP, which decried the behind-the-counter rule as "absurd" and "unconstitutional" in Colorado, is backing it in Maine.
Recent polls indicate that legalization also has plenty of public support.
The percentage of students who say pot is easy to get shows little change in recent years.
An initiative that was temporarily derailed by a notary public's sloppy signature qualifies for the ballot.
The two states want to join appeals filed by landowners and sheriffs.
Park security looked the other way.
The bill also covers candy shaped like fruit or people but not moons, stars, hearts, or marijuana leaves.
A new report from the state Department of Public Safety considers the consequences.
A new report suggests some tentative observations about the consequences of legalization.
Exchanging marijuana "gifts" for "donations" is not, alas, legal in Washington, D.C.
Creative entrepreneurs try to fill the gap between legal demand and illegal supply.
Clinton minimizes her role in advocating longer sentences and exaggerates her role in trying to shorten them.
"The people of Colorado have the right to make the decision," he tells reporters in Denver.
The ruling says the secretary state improperly rejected signatures based on an unreasonably narrow reading of the law.
Contrary to what prohibitionists claim, the numbers from Colorado are equivocal.
Colorado's numbers do not show what opponents of legalization claim.
Diane Kroupa helped establish the confusing rules for paying taxes on income from marijuana sales.
The president prefers to pretend that rescheduling requires congressional action.
A long overlooked provision of the Controlled Substances Act makes it a felony to "place" a marijuana ad.
The Reschedule 420 campaign seeks to remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug.
Where other conservatives see cannabis chaos, Mike Ritze sees a victory for federalism.
"Does anybody trust anybody that's high to do anything?" the MSNBC host wonders.
Can newspaper publishers go to prison for accepting ads from pot merchants? Maybe.
The Columbia University neuroscientist wants to shift the focus to harm reduction.
Can marijuana transform a struggling local economy reliant on prisons, alternative energy, and predator drones?
As the U.N. prepares for a special session on "the world drug problem," 22 experts catalog the costs of prohibition.
Perturbed by smuggling, the two states had demanded an end to their neighbor's licensing and regulation of marijuana merchants.
A new study indicates that marijuana's impact on crash risk is much smaller than prohibitionists claim.
Driving after toking is not safe, but it's not as dangerous as prohibitionists claim.
With a "permissible inference" based on THC levels, innocent people can still be convicted.
Roger Morgan, who is spearheading the campaign against legalization, says cannabis really is a "killer weed."
Unlike Denver, the city lets people use marijuana outside their homes.
Anticipating approval of a legalization initiative, a legislative committee recommends heavier taxes and stricter regulations.
The secretary of state rejected nearly half of the signatures submitted by the initiative's backers.
Seven states could legalize marijuana for recreational use this year.
Data from a hospital near Denver show the rate of marijuana mentions among patients from other states doubled in 2014.
The former attorney general says cannabis does not belong in the same category as heroin.
This California city wants to change its reputation from prison community to legal pot manufacturer.
Pot is almost as big as craft beer, but the tax revenue it generates is still a tiny share of the state budget.
Officials learn the hard way that high taxes and red tape just encourage black markets to continue
Marijuana federalists lead the GOP race, while the most pugilistic prohibitionist is stuck in single digits.