State & Local Legislatures

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.

Louisiana state Sen. JP Morrell doesn't like drugs. He's introduced four bills to prove he's serious.

The New Hampshire Senate has passed a medical marijuana bill, but not by enough to overcome a threatened veto. The bill still has to pass the House, so there is time to keep working the Senate.

A bill that would make possession of controlled substances a misdemeanor instead of a felony has been introduced with bipartisan support in Colorado.

Medical marijuana bills won key committee votes in Connecticut and New Hampshire this week.

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

A bill pending in California would make misdemeanors out of drug possession offenses that are currently felonies. An impressive coalition is growing in support of it, but law enforcement is skeptical.

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.