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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...
An argument that's been made is that cannabis legalization would violate US obligations as signatories to the UN's international drug control treaties...
The Arizona Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on a high-profile medical marijuana case on Dec. 20. The Maricopa County Attorney requested ...
Voters in Detroit, Michigan overwhelmingly approved legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults on private property, but police...
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, an ardent opponent of marijuana legalization, said Wednesday he would respect the will of the voters on Amendment 64
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that he intends to hold a hearing seeking information about how the Obama administration...
The libertarian Cato Institute has published a Policy Analysis, "On the Limits of Federal Supremacy: When States Relax (or Abandon) Marijuana Bans."
US Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will announce “relatively soon” its policy on recently passed state measures legalizing cannabis
A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, "Obama's Pot Problem," missed the mark on the federal preemption question on marijuana legalization...
Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, Rolling Stone explores if President Obama will continue the government’s war on weed...
Arizona's medical marijuana law is not pre-empted by federal drug laws because it does not stop the fed government from enforcing its laws, a Superior Court
Adults in Washington state will be able to smoke cannabis legally on Thursday, even though the Justice Department has offered no guidance on the conflict...
In the wake of last week's victories for marijuana legalization in Colorado & Washington everyone is waiting to see how the federal government will respond.
3 Democratic members of Colorado's Congressional delegation are planning legislation that would exempt states enacting legalization systems for marijuana...
A Washington Post story reports that federal officials don't know what they are going to do about marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington...
The well-respected, non-partisan Pew Charitable Trusts wrote a fairly balanced article about the possible consequences of legal marijuana.
In November, will voters in Washington, Oregon or Colorado decide to legalize recreational marijuana and potentially start a revolt against federal law?
What if we're going about this all wrong? Is our path to cannabis reform playing right into the federal government's hands?
