Medical Marijuana

Even as medical marijuana distribution centers prepare to open in New Jersey, a Garden State MS patient who grew his own medicine is sadly preparing to spend the next five years in prison.

First the Arizona governor and attorney general filed a federal lawsuit effectively stalling medical marijuana dispensaries. Now they've filed a state lawsuit to go after compassion clubs too.

If advocates for medical marijuana in New Jersey needed a poster boy, they've found him in John Ray Wilson. The broke, unemployed, MS patient goes on trial next week for growing his own medicine. He's looking at 20 years in prison for something that might not even be a crime next month.

The Israeli health ministry will begin overseeing medical marijuana production next year under an arrangement approved Sunday by the cabinet.

Ohio medical marijuana patients are growing increasingly tired of waiting for the legislature to act, so they are now planning two different initiative campaigns aimed at November 2012.

Marijuana arrests jumped in Canada last year, and activists want to know why.

Americans for Safe Access is appealing in the federal courts the DEA's decision to keep marijuana Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie today shrugged off federal threats and promised to move ahead "immediately" with the state's long-delayed medical marijuana program.

President Obama has backtracked on a campaign promise to respect state medical marijuana laws. Please use our web site to tell him you're unhappy about that.

Marijuana initiative fever is breaking out all over! Now you can add Missouri to the list.