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Drug prohibition kills cops. At the least, seven more died of drug prohibition last year. There are measures we could take to reduce the toll, but that takes political courage -- and getting the cops on board.

With a draconian medical marijuana "reform" bill set to become law in a matter of weeks, the Montana medical marijuana industry is fighting back with lawsuits and an initiative campaign.

The Montana legislature has passed a medical marijuana reform bill that is "repeal in disguise," according to advocates. The governor is also unhappy with it. He has ten days to veto it, but says he will let it become law.

Federal prosecutors are threatening elected officials in states considering regulating medical marijuana dispensaries. It's working, so far.

A pro-legalization US representative was the keynote speaker at the NORML conference in Denver Saturday. He said we're on the cusp of victory.

Federal prosecutors threw a stink bomb in the room just as the Washington legislature was finalizing a medical marijuana dispensary bill. Now, the bill's future is in doubt.

A new poll in California shows strong support for reducing drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor and lesser, but still substantial, support for decriminalization.

A court in Ontario has struck down Canada's marijuana law, saying it prevented patients from gaining access to their medicine. Now, the government has 90 days to respond before pot is legal in Ontario.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill "realigning" corrections in the state, but that's just the tiniest of baby steps toward fixing an out of control prison system. How about some real sentencing reform?

New England has emerged as a hotbed of marijuana law reform. Why is that?