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Breaking his silence on the topic of marijuana legalization since two states approved ballot initiatives, President Barack Obama addressed the issue in...
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...
Sixty-four percent of Americans oppose the federal government interfering in state laws that allow for the legal use of the substance by adults...
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...
Marijuana legalization: Some 51% of respondents said the federal government should "exempt adults who follow state law from enforcement."
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
History was made in Washington on Election night when 55 percent of voters decided in favor of Initiative 502, legalizing cannabis. And at 12am this...
On December 5, 1933, the 21st amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing federal prohibition of alcohol & sending regulation back to the states.
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...
US Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress, House Bill 6606, The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2012 , to amend...
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 congressional...
The message from the big marijuana wins on Election Day has already begun to reverberate around the nation. Right on the heels of the votes in WA and CO...
Tues morning Former Baltimore narcotics officer Neill Franklin delivered a letter signed by 73 current and former law enforcement, judges, prosecutors to...
During a press conference today, the governor-elect for the Washington state, Jay Inslee, defended his state’s recently approved marijuana legalization...
