Oklahomans launch ballot initiative for medical marijuana
The Oklahomans for Health on June 17 launched a ballot initiative to vote on legalization of medical marijuana in the upcoming midterm elections.
High point of the week: House votes to end medical pot crackdowns
The somewhat surprising 219-189 vote came as the House debated a bill funding the Justice Department's budget. The measure now heads to the Democratic Senate.
Efforts to relax marijuana laws gain support
Once consigned to the political fringe, marijuana policy is appearing on legislative agendas around the country thanks to an energized base of supporters.
Demonstrators protest raids at medical pot facilities
Protesters, many of them medical marijuana users, massed in downtown Oakland to protest the raiding by federal agents of Oaksterdam University, which trains workers for the medical marijuana industry.
Chicago lawmakers: It’s time to decriminalize possession of pot
Several aldermen announced they plan to introduce an ordinance to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana caught on people by the police.
California ballot measures: ecology wins, marijuana loses
Voters returned decidely mixed results from the nine propositions on the Nov. 2 ballot.
Ballot prop to legalize pot gets everyone's attention
If you want voters to pay attention to propositions, try putting one on the ballot to legalize pot.
Factory-scale medical pot production set
OAKLAND, Calif. - With a City Council vote July 27, Oakland became the first U.S. city to authorize industrial-scale production of medical marijuana.
U.S. halts prosecutions for use of medical marijuana
The Department of Justice yesterday ordered its lawyers to cease prosecution of people who use or prescribe medical marijuana in states that have legalized the drug for that purpose.
