Medical Marijuana

From California to the nation's capital, medical marijuana keeps making news. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Federal threats continue to hover over medical marijuana distribution across the country, and local battles continue as well.

The coalition behind this year's California medical marijuana initiative is shifting gears. It has dropped the initiative effort, and will instead concentrate its efforts -- and its cash -- on passing a measure in the legislature.

Nevada's legislature has failed to provide a way for medical marijuana patients to buy their medicine, and that's unconstitutional, a state district court judge has ruled.

Bills are being considered in some states, busts are going on in others, and local governments grapple with medical marijuana from Washington state to New Jersey.

Medical marijuana is making news all around the country, from city halls to federal court houses, not to mention dispensaries and patients' homes.

A severe lack of funding could prevent any of the California marijuana reform initiatives from making the ballot. "Anyone got a spare $2 million?" the campaigns asked plaintively at a Mill Valley public meeting Tuesday night.

From Alabama to Washington, medical marijuana continues to be a burning issue.

Medical marijuana patients are taking to the streets Thursday, Feb. 16, to protest the Obama administration's clampdown on medical marijuana across the country. And then, there's the action at the state and local level.