Category: Law & Politics

09:15pm Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson continues his coverage of marijuana legalization with a not unjustifiably optimistic article, “The Next Seven States to Legalize Pot.” Dickinson’s predictions:...

Denver lawyer Rob Corry said his client expects to receive $5,000 per plant (totaling $210,000), based on what law enforcers have testified a marijuana plant is worth,...

Montana medical marijuana provider Chris Williams has reached a settlement with prosecutors.

During an interview with HuffPo Live yesterday, Newark Mayor and potential gubernatorial candidate Cory Booker made some very strong statements in favor of drug law reform. When asked...

The group in charge of creating rules for an industry that has never existed before — the recreational marijuana stores allowed under Colorado’s newly enacted Amendment 64...

A majority of Americans are now demanding we reassess our cannabis policies. As I argue in The Seattle Times, this reassessment should also include amending employers’ policies that sanction workers’...

The city of Oakland renewed demands to stay forfeiture proceedings against a local medical marijuana dispensary whose business it defends as a matter of state’s rights. Though...

At least two Massachusetts towns have voted already to ban dispensaries — Wakefield and Reading. Other communities are considering similar moves.

04:55pm The number of people in prison in America declined last year for the second year in a row, according to a new report from the Bureau...

Should you go to prison if you smoke pot in Georgia? A campaign to decriminalize marijuana in Georgia will be launched Monday at the State Capitol.

A Northern California county last week barred medical marijuana cultivation in apartment complexes and mobile home parks – “unless park management sets up a designated garden area”...

Two new polls, published this week by Quinnipiac University, show solid support for marijuana legalization in both New York and Ohio. In a New York State poll...

06:13pm A Memphis police officer was shot and killed early Friday morning during a marijuana raid, and, hours later, a Dallas man was shot and killed...

Ohio had an even split, with 47 percent support legalizing marijuana and 47 percent opposing it, in a Quinnipiac poll released this past week.

I’ve been organizing and advocating for marijuana policy reform in New Hampshire since 2007, and some of the successes have been very gratifying. After two near-victories on...

Two states on Nov 6th changed their laws on cannabis, joining many who have already legalized for medicinal purposes, and now making it recreationally legal. This has...

The cost of medical marijuana in Canada is about to hit a new high as the government seeks to get out of the business. Proposed regulations posted...

Delaware Governor Jack Markell says the Obama administration should be more clear about its position on pot, because if the feds won’t pursue medical or recreational users...

Cannabis Prohibition is ending in America (and likely soon around the world too). It is not going to end without prolonged legal, political and regulatory battles. This...

10:03pm I have criticized the ease with which some media outlets and even some reformers have accepted the argument made by prohibitionist advocates that courts are certain to...