State & Local Executive Branches

The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling.

Medical marijuana has passed both houses of the New Hampshire legislature, but there are differences that will have to be resolved in conference committee.

Good Samaritan and Naloxone bills were signed into law in Vermont Wednesday.

Medical marijuana has passed the Illinois legislature. Will the governor sign the bill into law? Stay tuned.

The feds stay on the attack in California, and fallout from last week's state Supreme Court decision allowing local dispensary bans mounts. There's news from other states as well.

New York City arrested around 50,000 people for small-time marijuana possession a couple of years ago. This year, the number looks to be around 30,000, thanks to changes in policy and heightened public scrutiny.

Marijuana rescheduling is headed for the US Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court upheld local dispensary bans, the feds strike again in Berkeley and Washington state, and there is action in state legislatures, too.

Three Idaho medical marijuana activists are now caught up in a child endangerment battle after authorities seized their kids when a schoolmate got sick from what is alleged to have been marijuana that allegedly came from one of their homes.

Lots of action in California this past week, including more raids and more threat letters, plus action in various state legislatures.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who vetoed a Good Samaritan overdose bill last fall, has reached an agreement with legislators, folding Good Samaritan language into a naloxone overdose prevention bill. That's a twofer for New Jersey!