State & Local Executive Branches

From California to the nation's capital, medical marijuana keeps making news. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has quietly signed into law a controversial bill that mandates drug testing for state employees. Florida becomes the first state in the nation to do so.

Florida becomes the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring the random, suspicionless drug testing of state employees. It will most likely be challenged in the courts.

Federal threats continue to hover over medical marijuana distribution across the country, and local battles continue as well.

We read a classic text in marijuana policy reform, and see just why it is a classic.

A marijuana decriminalization has squeaked to victory in the New Hampshire House, but faces a veto threat from Gov. John Lynch (D).

Bills are being considered in some states, busts are going on in others, and local governments grapple with medical marijuana from Washington state to New Jersey.

The Florida legislature is one vote away from approving the mandatory, suspicionless drug testing of state employees. The courts may have something to say about that.

The literature of the Mexican drug war and the border continues to expand. Here, we look at four recent titles.

Medical marijuana is making news all around the country, from city halls to federal court houses, not to mention dispensaries and patients' homes.