Marijuana would be essentially decriminalized in Atlanta, Georgia under a proposed ordinance going before the City Council on Monday. Councilman Kwanza Hall, a Democrat who also...
As reported earlier, new FBI data reveals that drug arrests increased in the United States last year. But due to a change in how the annual law...
Drug arrests are increasing in the United States, new FBI data shows. The numbers, released on Monday, show that there were 1,572,579 drug arrests in the U.S. in...
The nation’s top law enforcer is continuing to speak out against marijuana legalization. “I’ve never felt that we should legalize marijuana,” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on...
For the second time in as many days, U.S. Sen. Al Franken just added his name to a marijuana bill. On Tuesday, the Democratic lawmaker from...
Under the laws of 29 states and Washington, D.C., patients seeking medical marijuana must get official recommendations from doctors. But a local lawmaker in the nation’s capital is...
Opponents of legalizing marijuana have long claimed that it is a “gateway drug” that leads to use of other substances. But one of the country’s most...
Last November, California voters approved a ballot measure to legalize marijuana. Now, the state’s lawmakers are formally calling on the federal government to reclassify cannabis. “The Legislature urges...
A panel of just five officials is now in charge of implementing Massachusetts’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law. Advocates expressed concern amid news that four members of...
“States’ rights” has long been an adage of the political right. But on Friday’s night’s episode of his HBO show, “Real Time,” liberal comedian Bill Maher...