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Confronted with new synthetic drugs, Congress is poised to do what it always does: ban them. But there is a better way, say advocates.

Ohio medical marijuana patients are growing increasingly tired of waiting for the legislature to act, so they are now planning two different initiative campaigns aimed at November 2012.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie today shrugged off federal threats and promised to move ahead "immediately" with the state's long-delayed medical marijuana program.

The drug czar has released the 2011 National Drug Control Strategy, and there's little new there but a renewed attack on medical marijuana and legalization. Otherwise, it's pretty much business as usual.

A lot of federal crack prisoners are going to get out early after the US Sentencing Commission made sentencing guideline amendments reducing crack sentences retroactive. That's a big deal.

Musician Jimmy Tebeau bought a rural Missouri property and turned into a concert venue called Camp Zoe. Now, the feds want to seize it and jail Tebeau over allegations of drug use and sales at concerts there.

A bill that would end federal marijuana prohibition is now before Congress.

To mark the 40th anniversary of Nixon's declaration of the war on drugs, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition has released a scathing report calling for it to end.

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.

From sea to shining sea, people took to the streets for protests and vigils to mark the 40th anniversary of Nixon's war on drugs.