News Brief

Employers can fire workers who test positive for marijuana even if their use is legal in the state, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled.

The first dispensary in Phoenix has opened, dispensaries in Washington, DC, are ready to go, and there has been more federal enforcement activity in California.

The US Supreme Court has held that an immigration judge went too far when he ordered the automatic deportation of a Jamaican man who resided in the US for most of his life over the possession of 1.3 grams of marijuana.

With the introduction of the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 in the House this week, now both houses of Congress have the sentencing reform bill before them.

The drug czar's office released the 2013 National Drug Control Strategy Wednesday. It talks a good game, but much remains the same.

There are problems at a Maryland state prison in Baltimore, fallout continues from a bust of crooked cops in suburban Chicago, and a jail guard goes down in a Texas border town.

Ten states have seen marijuana legalization bills this year. Now, add Puerto Rico.

US Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis has introduced a bill that would create a national marijuana policy commission similar to the 1971 Shafer Commission.

A Missouri man is dead after allegedly shooting a shotgun at a police SWAT team that was executing a search warrant at his home.

In what could be the opening shot in the 2014 California gubernatorial race, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom came out strong for marijuana legalization and against the war on drugs Saturday.