Court Rulings

A Michigan appeals court has shut the door on medical marijuana dispensaries, ruling that sales are not legal, even among patients.

Even as medical marijuana distribution centers prepare to open in New Jersey, a Garden State MS patient who grew his own medicine is sadly preparing to spend the next five years in prison.

The BONG HiTS 4 JESUS case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, and now, an Oregon professor has written all about it.

Florida's drug law has been found unconstitutional because it did not require proof of criminal intent. Tens or hundreds of thousands of cases could be affected.

The federal sentencing guidelines for Ecstasy offenses are too harsh and not supported by the scientific evidence, a federal district judge has ruled.

A judge's ruling Thursday is a "partial victory" for medical marijuana in Montana, advocates said. But this is by no means the end of the fight.

Last month, police in Sao Paulo attacked marijuana legalization marchers after their march was banned. Next year, they won't be able to do that.

An Indian regional appeals court has struck down a mandatory death penalty for drug offenses. That's the first time any court anywhere has done so.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act means exactly what it says when it comes to "cocaine base."

Your employer can fire you for a drug test result positive for pot even if you have a valid medical marijuana recommendation, the Washington Supreme Court has held.