News Brief

Marijuana, marijuana, marijuana. It's almost all pot news today, from Colorado taxes to decrim in Toledo and South Palm Beach, to a new federal bill aimed at ending DEA funding of marijuana eradication, and more.

NORML endorses the ResponsibleOhio legalization initiative, California legislators pass medical marijuana regulation, the White House issues its annual report on drug trafficking countries, and more.

It took until the last moments of the session, but the California legislature has finally passed statewide, comprehensive medical marijuana regulation.

Nearly 20 years after the passage of Prop 215, California may finally get statewide medical marijuana regulation; the Illinois governor's veto pen has an impact, but also gets blunted; there's a new report on drug policy and human rights in Latin America, and more.

New polls show majority support for legalization in Michigan and overwhelming support for having the feds butt out in South Carolina, efforts to get a medical marijuana regulation bill passed in California are still alive, Ecuador's president wants to toughen sentences for small-time dealers, and more.

Another month, another marijuana sales record in Colorado; Toledo votes on ending pot possession penalties today; Missouri activists eye a medical marijuana initiative, and more.

More cops with pill problems and more deputies with ethics problems.

The California legislature is still trying to pass a medical marijuana regulation bill, the ground looks fertile for another initiative in Arkansas, a Michigan bureaucrat overrides his advisory panel and refuses to allow PTSD as a qualifying condition, and more.

Another Indian tribe will grow marijuana, Arkansas voters want medical marijuana, British MPs will debate marijuana legalization, psychedelic drugs may have value in treating some mental conditions, and more.

Two sets of Massachusetts legalizers get the go-ahead for signature gathering, Denver activists will negotiate with the city over social marijuana use, Hillary Clinton unveils drug policy proposals, DC HIV infections drop thanks to needle exchanges, and more.