06:02pm The libertarian Cato Institute has published a Policy Analysis, “On the Limits of Federal Supremacy: When States Relax (or Abandon) Marijuana Bans.” The author of...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will announce “relatively soon” its policy on recently passed state measures legalizing the use of marijuana as “there is a...
02:54pm A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, “Obama’s Pot Problem,” missed the mark on the federal preemption question — can the feds shut...
Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, Rolling Stone explores if President Obama will continue the government’s war on weed, or tell the DEA and DOJ...
10:42pm A slight majority of adults say the federal government should not attempt to enforce federal marijuana laws in states which have voted to legalize it,...
Arizona’s medical marijuana law is not pre-empted by federal drug laws because it does not stop the federal government from enforcing its laws, a Superior Court judge...
History was made in Washington on Election night when 55 percent of voters decided in favor of Initiative 502. And at 12am this morning, history was made once again. Today,...
01:16pm On December 5, 1933, the 21st amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing federal prohibition of alcohol and sending alcohol regulation back to the states. Tomorrow,...
Adults in Washington state will be able to smoke marijuana legally on Thursday, even though the Justice Department has offered no guidance on the conflict with federal...
United States Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress — House Bill 6606, The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2012 — to amend the US Controlled...
012, 04:02pm In the wake of this month’s vote in Colorado to legalize marijuana, which won with 55% of the vote, a bipartisan group from the state’s...
012, 03:12pm Tuesday morning, former Baltimore narcotics officer Neill Franklin delivered a letter signed by 73 current and former police officers, judges, prosecutors, and federal agents to...
During a press conference today, the governor-elect for the state of Washington, Jay Inslee, defended his state’s recently approved marijuana legalization initiative. He stated that he believes...
09:30pm In the wake of last week’s victories for marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington, everyone is waiting to see how the federal government will respond....
Voters in Washington and Colorado didn’t just pass historic measures legalizing recreational marijuana use last week, they blew smoke in the face of Attorney General Eric Holder and, by...
Polling data released Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports shows the American public is now evenly split on the issue of marijuana legalization, with 45% in support, 45% opposed,...
Mark Osler, a law professor and former federal prosecutor, says the federal government should “step back from continuing marijuana prosecutions in Colorado and Washington.” In the conflict of “two...
On Election Day, voters in the states of Colorado and Washington approved ballot initiatives to remove criminal penalties for adult marijuana use and regulate the substance in...
California Governor Jerry Brown was on CNN’s State of the Union this past Sunday November 11, 2012. Candy Crowley and Governor Brown discussed the recent election results, his push...
