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I am completely flummoxed by the complete u-turn made by our president regarding medical marijuana.
In 2004 the citizens of Montana overwhelmingly passed an initiative to legalize the medical use of marijuana. (Please, if you oppose legalizing marijuana, do not let the subject fog a clear understanding of the point of this article--personal views on morality is not the issue.)
MARIJUANA is now legal under state law for medical purposes in 16 states and the District of Columbia, encompassing nearly one-third of the American population.
?The Obama Administration has officially "responded" to the "We The People" online petitions regarding marijuana legalization. Well, kind of -- if you're willing to dignify a bureaucrat mouthing the same old meaningless platitudes by calling that a "response."
Group claims crackdown on their medical marijuana businesses are unconstitutional.
In 1969, a Gallup poll found that a whopping 84% of Americans believed that marijuana should be illegal.
President Obama did not see the 200 or so California medical cannabis protestors who came to greet him eye-to-eye during his short San Francisco fundraising stop Tuesday afternoon.
A California appeal court on Monday tossed a pound of marijuana as evidence in a case where police had opened a shipped package that smelled strongly of pot.
Marijuana is almost twice as cheap to buy in the west of America than on the East Coast, a new study has revealed.
President Barack Obama heads to San Francisco today for a lunch fundraiser, but he may get a little more green than he bargained for.
Motorists driving on expressways around Flint are getting surprised by a stunning tactic that the Genesee County sheriff has been using to fight the flow of illegal drugs -- one that legal experts said will not withstand a court challenge.
A letter from federal prosecutors accomplished what nearly $600,000 in legal fees couldn't do in this Orange County suburb: it shut down medical marijuana shops.
Seven in 10 say doctors should be able to prescribe cannabis. It's only a matter of time before a presidential candidate sides against prohibition.
The former U.S. Attorney says local growers broke state and federal laws.
Recent raids by federal drug agents who seized medical marijuana by the dump truck load have rankled some Oregon lawmakers who say federal authorities are overstepping their authority.
The state's largest labor union today announced that it has hundreds of new members from the medical-marijuana industry.
Northstone Organics owner Matthew Cohen confirmed Thursday that federal authorities raided his Redwood Valley home, which doubles as the cooperative's medical marijuana garden and office.
A Northern California pot farm that delivers cannabis all the way to Los Angeles was raided by DEA agents today, according to an announcement from California NORML.
During his run for the presidency, Barack Obama instilled hope in medical marijuana supporters by pledging to respect state laws on the matter. And for the first two years of his term, he was generally faithful to his promise. Yet suddenly, and with no logical explanation, over the past eight months he has become arguably t...