State & Local Legislatures

That federal offensive against medical marijuana distribution in California is rubbing a lot of people the wrong way, including a growing number of elected officials.

A pair of Bay area state legislators are blasting the federal government for its California medical marijuana crackdown and saying they could craft a legislative fix if the Justice Department cooperates.

A Florida federal district court judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Florida's welfare drug testing program.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a hemp bill, calling the federal ban on hemp production "absurd" as he did so. But that didn't mollify industry groups.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a pair of bills that will expand syringe access and help slow the spread of infectious diseases.

Montana voters will get a chance to weigh in at the polls on the legislature's trashing of their medical marijuana program.

An initiative to undo the state legislature's undoing of Montana's 2004 voter-approved medical marijuana program appears poised to make the ballot as a Friday deadline draws near.

A bill to allow a four-county, eight-year pilot project for industrial hemp production has passed the California legislature and awaits Gov. Jerry Brown's signature.

The new Florida law require welfare applicants to pass a drug test has now been challenged in federal court.