State & Local Legislatures

A new Louisiana law mandates prison time for pot possession in a school zone (including universities), an Arizona initiative would label drug cartels terrorist organizations, and more.

Houston will vote on marijuana deprioritization and banning no-knock raids, the Trump administration uses funny numbers as it rolls out a "treatment first" initiative for the homeless, and more.

Smoke shop owners are circumventing recent state rules that bar the sale of certain intoxicating cannabinoids.

The sales of hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoid products will remain unrestricted, at least until a looming federal ban takes hold in November.

The move could devastate the state's hemp-derived cannabinoid industry.

Whether to ban or regulate hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoids is the issue, and if they are to be regulated, how?

Cannabis advocates have begun moving to undo restrictions on hemp products and legal marijuana imposed by state lawmakers and the governor.

Ohio tightens the screws on cannabis, while Bay State lawmakers lean toward loosening up on magic mushrooms.

Iran is suffering an unforeseen consequence of Afghanistan's opium ban, Ohio lawmakers move to regulate -- not ban -- intoxicating hemp products, and more.

The State Department has revoked the visas of dozens of Mexican politicians and government officials over cartel ties, Kazakhstan legalizes industrial hemp, and more.