The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on mandatory minimum sentencing last Wednesday, as Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and fellow committee member Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) sought to...
Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford, tackles four fundamental questions on Huffington Post to determine whether marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington puts the US...
In a speech Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder said he was expanding the Justice Department’s recently announced policy of not pursuing mandatory minimum drug sentencing to include...
In a great article on Reason, Jacob Sullum explains that the federal government had little choice but to accept the legalization of cannabis in Washington and Colorado....
Last Friday, the White House released its annual scorecard on other countries’ compliance with US drug policy demands, the presidential determination on major drug producing and trafficking...
The FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe that marijuana should be legalized, the...
It’s not just medical and legal marijuana states that watched the Justice Department’s announcement of its response to marijuana law reforms in the states with interest. Nine...
Tuesday’s historic hearing in the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary may not have marked the tipping point in ending the federal war on medical cannabis patients, but there...
“Marijuana’s continued presence on the statute’s list of illegal substances isn’t based on whim. It’s based on what science tells us about this dangerous and addictive drug....
Speaking today before the US Senate Judiciary Committee, Deputy Attorney General James Cole reaffirmed that the Justice Department is unlikely to challenge statewide marijuana legalization efforts, provided...
Following the hearings, patient advocates will host Google Hangout panel at 5pm ET to discuss reaction to testimony Less than two weeks after the Department of Justice...
Because I signed one of those pro-cannabis online petitions once upon a time, the White House sent me a follow-up email that made reference to last week’s...
Over the weekend, we brought you the meta-story that a fire chief was quoted speculating that the cause of the massive Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park...
Friday, September 6, 2013 marks the 25-year anniversary of an administrative ruling which determined that cannabis possesses accepted medical utility and ought to be reclassified accordingly under...
Last week brought us two more prime examples of where our national drug policies are failing. 1. A recent UC San Francisco study found that cocaine can rewire...
The annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health released Wednesday by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
In a great article on Ladybud, Angela Bacca recalls the events of the recent raids in Oakland, when DEA agents moved to shut down Oaksterdam. Jose Gutierrez, a...
Last week, the Huffington Post covered a group of law enforcement officers who slammed Attorney General Eric Holder for releasing a marijuana policy memo stating the federal...
In what may come as a surprise to many weed advocates, Attorney General Eric Holder assured the governors of Washington and Colorado on Thursday that the federal government will...
