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Medical Marijuana Update
The federal offensive against dispensaries in California and Colorado continues, even as more state legislatures take up medical marijuana.
Ballot Measures
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Medical Marijuana Update
Monday's federal raid on Oaksterdam University in Oakland has ignited a firestorm of criticism of heavy-handed federal efforts to clamp down on medical marijuana distribution. Meanwhile, battles continue to be fought from Washington, DC, to local city halls.
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Rasmussen Poll Finds 47% Say Legalize, Tax Marijuana
Marijuana legalization continues to gain support in the latest Rasmussen poll.
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Medical Marijuana Update
More DEA raids in California, more threat letters in Colorado, plus action from the statehouse to the courthouse. Just another week in medical marijuana politics.
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Medical Marijuana Update
From California to the nation's capital, medical marijuana keeps making news. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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Why Obama Won't Oppose Marijuana Legalization in an Election Year
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The anti-marijuana zealots at the Christian Science Monitor are at it again, pleading with the President to please, please, please help promote pot prohibition. They're frustrated that Vice President Biden traveled all the way to Mexico to lament legalization talk among Latin American leaders, yet the Obama Administration remains silent regarding marijuana legalization measures hitting the ballot in Colorado and Washington this year.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Federal threats continue to hover over medical marijuana distribution across the country, and local battles continue as well.
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California Medical Marijuana Measure Dropped in Favor of Legislative Campaign
The coalition behind this year's California medical marijuana initiative is shifting gears. It has dropped the initiative effort, and will instead concentrate its efforts -- and its cash -- on passing a measure in the legislature.
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Oregon Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Moving [FEATURE]
There are four marijuana legalization initiative campaigns under way in Oregon, but only two of them look to have a serious chance at making the ballot. One would be enough.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana is making news all around the country, from city halls to federal court houses, not to mention dispensaries and patients' homes.