Pot Busts Rose Last Year After Hitting a Two-Decade Low in 2015
The total was still 25 percent lower than the 2008 peak, although it was three times as high as the number of marijuana arrests in 1991.
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The 28 States Where a Little Pot Can Still Send You to Jail
Tomorrow New Hampshire becomes the 22nd state to eliminate that possibility.
Nevada's Legislative Counsel Says Marijuana Lounges Are Already Legal
The governor, who worries that pot-friendly businesses could provoke a federal crackdown, disagrees.
Canadian Cops Claim They Won't Be Ready for Marijuana Legalization by 2018
The government insists it's sticking to its timeline.
Disjointed Coughs Out Some Tired Dope Humor
Cheech and Chong were decades ago, but Netflix show leans on the same old pot jokes.
Want to Get Into California's Legal Pot Market? Expect a Regulatory Morass
The country's largest retail cannabis market will be covered in red tape.
Despite Legalization, Adolescent Marijuana Use Hits 15-Year Low
Past-month cannabis consumption by 12-to-17-year-olds is down by more than 20 percent since 2002.
Roadside Crotch Search Was Unconstitutional, Indiana Appeals Court Rules
The court says a marijuana odor did not justify reaching into a woman's underwear during a routine traffic stop.
Colorado's Governor Sets Jeff Sessions Straight on Marijuana Legalization
It has not been the disaster portrayed by the prohibitionists whose numbers the attorney general likes to cite.
I Became a Pot Felon at 18. I'm Owed More Than an Apology.
Maybe reparations from the federal government are in order.
A Cannabis Industry PR Exec Explains Why the Future of Pot Is Old People and Office Workers
How competition and legalization will make weed better, more consistent, and more accessible than ever.
Governors Challenge Jeff Sessions' Tendentious Questions About Legal Pot
By asking states to regulate marijuana better, the attorney general concedes that prohibition is gone for good.
Las Vegas Welcomes Marijuana Buyers but Not Marijuana Consumers
Millions of pot-seeking tourists have nowhere to enjoy their purchases.
Sessions Stays Off the Grass
Why the attorney general might be reluctant to target state-licensed marijuana merchants
More Evidence That Jeff Sessions' Cannabis Crackdown May Never Materialize
A DOJ panel's recommendations reportedly do not include any significant changes in marijuana enforcement.
NFL Owners Agree To Consider Letting Players Use Medical Marijuana
The NFL's new chief medical officer says marijuana could be "really important" in treating short-term and chronic pain.
The Justice Department Is Asking Legal Marijuana States to Do the Impossible
Sessions wants Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to do something that can't be done.
Cory Booker's Revolutionary Marijuana Reform Bill Doesn't Have a Snowball's Chance in Hell
The most far-reaching marijuana reform bill ever introduced in the Senate is essentially a progressive fantasy.
California Wants to Stop Pot Dispensaries from Branding Merchandise
The nanny state comes after swag.
Federal Appeals Court Castigates Kansas Cops for Pot Raid Triggered by Tea
One judge notes that police raided a family's home "based on nothing more than junk science, an incompetent investigation, and a publicity stunt."
Reefer Madness at The New York Times
America's Paper of Record, which officially turned against marijuana prohibition in 2014, spent most of the previous century credulously promoting it.
Sessions Boosts Forfeiture and Mandatory Minimums but Lets Pot Prohibition Collapse
Could the contrast have something to do with his boss's policy preferences?
Marijuana Legalization Is Another Reason Dogs Should Not Issue Search Warrants
A Colorado appeals court concludes that a canine sniff-over is a search and by itself cannot supply probable cause.
Nonmedical Marijuana Use Is (Mainly) Recreational, So Why Not Call It That?
Fear of fun can be found on both sides of the legalization debate.
Oregon Town Cracks Down on Pot-Selling Robotic Blonde Mannequins
A constitutionally dubious ordinance
Feds Authorized Montana Woman's Hemp Farm, but Now They're Killing It
Inconsistent federal agency policies end in denial of access to water.
Nevada's Half-Hearted Marijuana Legalization Guarantees a Healthy Black Market
Legalized marijuana came to Nevada, but so have the high taxes and complex regulations that preserve illegal sales elsewhere.
Philando Castile's 'Audacity To Smoke Marijuana' in Front of Child Doomed Him, Says Cop Who Killed Him
Welcome to one of the darkest corners of your War on Drugs, ladies and gentlemen.
This Bill Would Protect Medical Marijuana Suppliers From Jeff Sessions' Whims
The bipartisan CARERS Act prohibits federal prosecution of patients and providers who comply with state law.
In Private Letter, Jeff Sessions Asks Congress for Permission to Go After Medical Marijuana
Sessions uses a straw man to justify a war on medical pot.
U.S. Customs Seizes Combination Locked Travel Bags as Drug Paraphernalia
The reason given was that too many people were finding them a useful means of keeping weed away from their kids.
10th Circuit Allows RICO Suits Against State-Licensed Pot Suppliers
But the appeals court rejected claims against state and local officials who regulate marijuana businesses.
Detroit Cracks Down Hard On Medical Marijuana
The city has shuttered well over half its dispensaries, and has plans to close many more.
South Dakota Jury Acquits Tribal Cannabis Consultant of All Charges
The verdict is a rebuke to an attorney general who helped doom plans for a marijuana resort on an Indian reservation.
Vermont's Governor Vetoes Marijuana Legalization Bill Over Concerns About Driver Impairment
Republican Gov. Phil Scott cited absence of a roadside sobriety test for THC.
Thanks to Insane DUI Law, Driver Gets 6 Months for Fatal Crash She Did Not Cause
Michigan's "zero tolerance" standard for THC-positive motorists inflicts another injustice.
Vermont Legislature Becomes First In Nation to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Bill now heads to Gov. Phil Scott.
Like Most Americans, NFL Players Think They Should Be Allowed to Use Medical Marijuana
The NFL's opposition to legal medical pot (like the federal government's) increasingly runs against not only public opinion but common sense.
Kansas Jails Cancer-Stricken Grandmother for Driving After Taking Anti-Nausea Drug
Angela Castner tested positive for THC because she used doctor-prescribed Marinol to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy.
Marijuana Policy in the Trump Era
Reason sat down with experts and advocates to discuss the state legalization, science, and the marijuana industry.
Chris Christie Says Marijuana Legalizers Want to 'Poison Our Kids' for 'Blood Money'
New Jersey's governor also worries that the government might eventually "let everybody choose."
'Kratom Is the Cure for the Opioid Epidemic.' Q&A With Filmmaker Chris Bell
Yet the DEA wants to ban it.
Wacky Wavy Inflatable Tube Men Can't Sell Weed, Say Washington State Lawmakers
Bill would also add severe restrictions on retail businesses' use of billboards.
Roger Goodell Says Medical Marijuana Might Not Be Safe Enough For Grown Men Who Hurt Each Other For a Living
Football is more dangerous than pot.
