Sentencing: Maryland Passes Reform Measure for Drug Offenders
With a big push from reform organizations, the Maryland legislature has passed a measure that will help more than 1,000 drug offenders have a chance to get out early.
Medical Marijuana: Feds to Retry Ed Rosenthal in Futile Prosecution
Vindictive federal prosecutors are determined to go after Ed Rosenthal, even though they can't send him to prison and the judge told them not to.
Europe: British Junior Docs Call for Marijuana-Based Medicine Prescriptions
The British Medical Association Junior Members Forum has called for cannabis-based medicines to be prescribed by the National Health Service.
Salvia Divinorum: Vermont Town Gets Fight Over Sales Ban
Last week, the Middlebury, Vermont, town council blindsided the Emporium Tobacco and Gift Shop with a sudden order to cease and desist from selling salvia divinorum. Now, the shop owner is fighting back.
Latin America: More Trouble in Peru's Coca Fields
Tensions are rising in Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley coca fields, as government eradicators come under attack, growers go on strike, and the GarcÃa government vows to take a hard line.