News Brief

There could be a California initiative to bring statewide regulation to medical marijuana next year, organizers said Tuesday.

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

A Pittsburgh-area man has become the third person to die from swallowing drugs during a bust in recent weeks and the 41st to die so far this year in US domestic drug enforcement operations.

Mexican President Calderon admitted this week that the state of Veracruz had been left to the cartels. Meanwhile, the killing continues without let up.

A quiet week on the corrupt cops front this week, with only two reports. But one of them raises interesting questions: Why does a drug task force commander who steals from suspects and tries to cover up his crimes only get probation, when suspects potentially face prison?

An initiative that would make the enforcement of marijuana laws against adults the lowest law enforcement priority on Hawaii's Big Island will go to the voters in November.

The feds continue their war on medical marijuana distribution in California, with two new DEA raids Monday and the use of asset forfeiture threats to shut down eight dispensaries in Orange County.

Half of all Americans now support marijuana legalization, according to the latest Gallup poll. There is majority support in every region of the country except the South.

California's largest doctors' group has called for marijuana legalization, making it the first in the nation to do so.

An Illinois man died in police custody after swallowing drugs during a drug arrest. The death comes only weeks after the city paid out big for letting a man die in similar circumstances last year.