The Vermont House of Representatives approved a bill 98-44 Friday that would decriminalize possession of limited amounts of marijuana. The bill is scheduled for another House vote...
A bill introduced by State Rep. Kelly Alexander, Jr. (D-Mecklenburg) to downgrade the penalty for simple possession of marijuana in North Carolina, passed first reading Wednesday and...
A bill that would have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana has died in the House. Legislators earlier killed a marijuana legalization bill. The decriminalization...
Hearings on bills to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Vermont will be held by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, April 3 and the...
Possession of small amounts of marijuana will no longer carry criminal penalties in Rhode Island when a law adopted last year officially takes effect on Monday. S...
Written Testimony In Favor of Senate Bill 297 To Be Heard By The Members of the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 1:00pm By Allen...
Despite what some may think, marijuana reform is not a rallying cry for simply one side of the political spectrum. In response to a comment from Sen....
For the fourth time in five years, a cannabis decriminalization bill has been approved by New Hampshire’s House of Representatives. The bill would reduce penalties for possession...
A bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in Maryland passed the state Senate Tuesday by a nearly two-to-one margin. The vote was...
Lawmakers in Albany are still negotiating over the state budget, as part of the proposed deal, Governor Coumo is pushing for the decriminalization of small amounts of...
NORML will be among a number of advocacy groups in Annapolis tomorrow to testify in favor of House Bill 1453, which seeks to legalize and regulate adult marijuana...
An officer sued the St. Louis Police Commission, claiming it violated his speech rights by threatening to discipline him for advocating reform of marijuana laws. Gary Wiegert...
A bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults and depenalize the possession of up to a half pound of pot, narrowly...
House Bill 184 is scheduled for a hearing today. The bill does not decriminalize marijuana in Texas, but the penalties for possession of up to an ounce...
Love is hate. Freedom is slavery. And if Hawaii has its way, pot will be decriminalized but illegal. Its state senate unanimously passed a proposed law that would...
The Norwegian government said Friday it wants to decriminalize the smoking of heroin as a harm reduction measure, Agence-France Presse reported. Smoking heroin is less dangerous than injecting it,...
Our friends at the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union have a fascinating interview with former EU drugs commissioner Carel Edwards online. He explains that the EU — an overarching body...
Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational, and Scientific, by Martin Lee (2012, Scribners, 519 pp., $23.10 HC Amazon) Super-Charged: How Outlaws, Hippies, and Scientists Reinvented...
It costs B.C. taxpayers about $8,750 per pot conviction, most of them for simple possession. Estimates show decriminalizing cannabis would save B.C. taxpayers over $10.5M per year....
