New Yorkers may be toking more brazenly than ever before, but the NYPD says marijuana arrests are the lowest they've been in almost two decades.
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In all of the states least likely to legalize pot, possession is a felony under certain circumstances. Perhaps due to strict penalties, estimated usage rates are below average in these states.
Oklahoma and Nebraska plan to continue to press the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to sue Colorado over its marijuana laws, despite objection from President Barack Obama's administration.
Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson said he plans to continue to press the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to sue.
President Barack Obama's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma and Nebraska seeking to block Colorado's voter-approved law legalizing recreational marijuana use by adults.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is not having a great year.
The chief of the agency stepped down in April under a cloud of scandal.
Parents who are even occasional weed users can face accusations of child neglect or abuse, and can risk losing their children as a result.
Washington State University researchers are developing a hand-held device that police officers can use to detect THC in breath. THC is the main psychoactive compound in marijuana.
Mexico City (AFP) - The Mexican government's resistance to legalizing marijuana has taken a hit following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that could pave the way to lifting the nation's ban on pot.
Tricia L. Nadolny ~ Philly.com ~
In the year since the city decriminalized possession and use of small amounts of marijuana, arrests have fallen nearly 75 percent.
Kathleen Burke ~ MarketWatch ~
If you’re a small-business owner and marijuana has been legalized in your state, should you care?
Jackie Borchardt, Northeast Ohio Media Group - via Cleveland.com ~
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is suing the city of Toledo over a new voter-approved city ordinance that reduces penalties for marijuana possession and other drug crimes.
State lawmakers are calling on the federal government to change its drug laws to let states experiment with marijuana and hemp policy.
Malena Castaldi ~ Reuters ~
Marijuana pioneer Uruguay said on Thursday it had granted licenses to two companies to grow the plant for commercial distribution, adding that the pot should go on sale in pharmacies next year.
Gosia Wozniacka ~ Associated Press ~
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's medical marijuana dispensaries are getting ready for a watershed moment this week: when recreational pot users will also be able to buy weed at their pot shops.
Keith Coffman ~ Reuters ~
Despite an increasing number of Americans who do not view marijuana use as a crime, pot arrests across the United States increased last year for the first time since 2009, proponents of the drug's legalization said on Monday.
BBC News ~
Scores of cannabis plants have been discovered growing in a remote area of disused land in south-west London.
Arizona senator does not believe legalizing marijuana is a good idea.
As it prepares to begin retail marijuana sales next month, Oregon is blazing a profoundly new trail, legal experts and marijuana business people said, to rethink cannabis-related violations.
Ronda Rousey just made it known that she’s against drug testing for marijuana.
